American soldiers of the 27th Infantry Regiment, standing in a line with their mess gear, in Vladivostok, Siberia, Russia, during the Allied Intervention in Russian Civil War and World War 1. Some are already seated and eating. Some small Russian children are standing with the soldiers. Scene shifts to Colonel Henry D. Styer, Commander of the detachment of 27th Infantry, standing with a staff officer. They summon Captain Beatch, commander of its Machine Gun Company. Some orders are given and the scene shifts to the Machine Gun Company members walking along a dirt road, pulling wheeled caissons carrying machine guns and ammunition.
German prisoner workers prepare to engage in normal activities, in Vladivostok, Siberia, Russia, during the Entente Powers intervention there during World War 1 (and during Russian Civil War). The prisoner workers walk out of large hangar-like structure. An American armed soldier is seen walking past them.
Archaeologists and technicians in a laboratory in Moscow, Russia. The technicians work on a mummy discovered in the Pazyryk Valley in Siberia. They stand near the mummy lying on an examining table. A tattoo is clearly visible, covering the right shoulder of the mummy. Another mummy placed in glass enclosed container. The technicians look at a bust showing the likely appearance of that person in life.
Entente Powers intervention in Russia during Russian Civil War and World War 1 time frame. Allied forces in Vladivostok, Siberia, Russia. Panning views of the Imperial Russian Naval barracks, where eight thousand American soldiers, mostly from the 27th and 31st Infantry Regiments are quartered. Ships in the harbor and views of buildings and mountains in the background.
Wounded Czech soldiers in Red Cross hospital at Tyumen, Siberia, (halfway between Ekateringburg and Omsk) during Russian Civil War intervention, and World War I. Patients lying in their beds. Red Cross staff start distributing packages to the patients. Uniformed personnel of the American Red Cross, pass out packages to the patients. Recovering ambulatory patients walk about posing for the camera. One playfully removes a pipe from mouth of another. Recovering soldiers from Czechoslovakia are seen playing chess. Doctors examining patients with severe cases of frostbite. (Note: The hospital was originally a private school and one of the most well built and equipped in Siberia. When asked about turning it into a hospital, the builder-owner, a Mr. Kolekolnickof, graciously consented. Physicians who served during startup of the hospital, included: Team head, Dr. Charles Lewis; Dr. J. H. Ingram; Dr. George Hayden; and Dr. R. V. Taylor)
The Czechoslovakian military mission from Siberia visiting in Washington DC during Russian Civil War and World War I. Professor Thomas Masaryk, Commander in Chief of the Army of Czechoslovakia (and later President of Czechoslovakia), seen on a Washington DC sidewalk with two other officers. A man comes, talks to them and goes away. Masaryk's party waves, turns and walks away. Streetcar passes by in the distance. Slate indicates they are in Washington DC to inform President Wilson about the Siberian Russia conditions.