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Russian Tsar Nicholas II overthrown and short lived Russian Republic falls to Bolshevik Revolution, in World War I
Momentary image of Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, Russian mystic and advisor to the Russian Imperial family. German troops fighting in no man's land on Western Front in World War 1. Ill prepared and equipped Russian troops clean themselves and clothing of fleas and lice, that cause heavy casualties from typhus. Explosions on front lines. Starving Russian civilians at aid camp. Demonstrations for increased bread rations, in St. Petersburg, Russia, March, 1917, getting out of hand. Tsarist troops sent in to quell the disturbance, instead, join in the revolutionary protests. Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky, member of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma, vice-chairman of the Petrograd Soviet,and first Minister of Justice in the Provisional Government, is seen tipping his hat, and later giving a speech. Czar (Tsar) Nicholas II, seen sitting on a tree stump, with soldiers behind him. Russians crowding a square, breaking down prison bars, and releasing prisoners. Dissidents haranguing Russian crowds. Kerensky speaking to crowd. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returning by railroad train from exile in Switzerland. Leon Trotsky arrives from Canada and is seen speaking to a crowd. Kerensky on a balcony as, head of the provisional government, in Summer, 1917, proclaiming Russia a Republic. Young women marching in parade. Lenin making remarks. Field filled with farm workers (worker army union, AKA Soviet) tilling soil with hand tools. Lenin, bareheaded (holding his cap behind his back) making a speech. An unidentified cathedral seen in background. Bolsheviks stir up unrest. Winged Victory column topples. Bolshevik mobs take over government buildings in Russian Revolution.
Shooting of Bernt Leuton in 1961 explained in context of Soviet history, beginning with Czar Nicholas II and Russian Revolution of 1917
A picture of Bernt Leuton, a resident of East Berlin East Germany, who fled to West Berlin West Germany. Border guards at the Communist side of Berlin in East Germany. View of Leuton on August 13, 1961 after being shot by an East German guard, after successfully swimming across the connecting canal. He is hauled out by West German guards. A map of the world. Narrator begins to trace history of Bernt Leuton's shooting by recounting prior events in history of Russia and Soviet Union. View of the Winter Palace of Czar Nicholas II, with the Czar and Czarina Alexandra standing on a balcony. Saint Petersburg, Russia on January 22nd , 1905 : Peasants and workers, with their leader Russian Orthodox Priest, Father Georgi Gapon, gathered outside the palace to deliver a petition to Czar Nicholas II. A number of the people carry banners. A picture of Czar Nicholas II. Reenactment of Czar's armed cossack cavalry dispersing the crowd, The words 'My autocracy will remain unchanged' issued by the Czar to which Father Gapon replies that they "no longer have a Czar." Picture of Father George Gapon. Picture of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, and moving images of Lenin speaking. The Czar Nicholas II and his wife, escorted by guards, moving on a path during a ceremony. The Czar mounting a horse and the guards saluting him. A picture of the Czar's wife and hemophiliac son. Picture of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, whose occult powers were believed to have kept the Czar's son alive.
Operation Barbarossa in Russia. Germans bogged down by severe Russian winter and stiff Soviet resistance
A map shows the Eastern front. German infantry moving slowly in difficult snow conditions. Mules and sleds used to transport snow-covered arms and supplies. German troops take cover frequently as Soviet artillery shells strike very closeby . Counterfire by German heavy artillery and machine guns. Germans endure continued artillery barrages from Soviet artillery during the night. Germans employ StuG III Assault Guns as shields and as field artillery. They also fire field artillery pieces. German infantry move behind StuG's. (World War II period).
Ordinary working people in Russia. Women carrying branches. Horse carts. Camel cart. Street cars
Men carry load towards their destination in Europe. Two women carry branches on their backs. Men with branches on horse carts, being passed on road by car carrying tourists. Views of workers with feet wrapped in cloth (Portyankis) and wearing heavy aprons. Double car electric trams on town street. People hang on back of trams, a man runs for one. Camels draw carts loaded with logs.
Czar Nicholas II with wife and daughters in Russia. Edward is made Prince of Wales, in England.
Czar Nicholas II descends steps to enter a carriage. He is followed by Empress Alexandra and daughters Olga, Tatiana, and Maria. Prince Edward, son of King George V and Queen Mary, is made Prince of Wales, on June 23, 1910, his 16th Birthday.
Interior of railroad wheel manufacturing plant in Russia and Russian farmers submitting their harvest.
A plaque marked with "30th of October Plant" in Russian. Interior of the plant in the Soviet Union is shown, technicians at work. Railroad wheels are manufactured in the plant. Scene changes to Russian Kolkhoz farmers taking their grain harvest to Marinskian authorities in their carts. Farmers receive a portion of their harvest as an award for the work. Russian peasant women (“babushkas”) wearing traditional head scarves assist the men with the grain delivery.