The Russian Revolution of 1917. Scenes of trench warfare on the Western Front during World War I. German soldiers firing at enemy positions. Ill-equipped Russian troops in the field, and suffering from pestilence and disease. A Russian soldier wearing no shirt and with no equipment is seen scratching at itches on his own body. Starving, sad Russian children are shown back in Russia. Scenes of St Petersburg, Russia in March 1917, during demonstrations for increased bread rations. Responding Russian troops defect and join demands for the transfer of power from the Czar to an elected parliament. A military vehicle loaded with troops is seen rallying and celebrating with Russian people. Minister of Justice in the Provisional Government Alexander Kerensky speaks to a large crowd. Czar Nicholas II, who has abdicated, sitting on a stump, with a few guards behind him. Political prisoners are freed from prisons. Leon Trotsky, speaking from a train platform, upon his return from exile in Canada. Summer, 1917, and Alexander Kerensky becomes Head of the Russian Provisional Government. Kerensky, standing in the balcony of a building, proclaims Russia a republic. A large crowd gathered outside the building. Vladimir Lenin speaking to a large crowd on the Kerensky Republic. View of Farmer workers with shovels in a field. Lenin and Trotsky call for the members of the Farmer Worker Army Union Soviet to work against the Kerensky Republic. View of Lenin speaking against the Republic and for class warfare. Lenin's Bolsheviks riot and seize the railroad stations, telegraph lines, and government offices. A tower column of the Russian monarchy is seen falling to the ground. Events on November 25 after the Russian Revolution: A number of people on a street during elections called for by Kerensky. View of Lenin talking to people in the streets. Lenin's Bolshevik group loses to the SR party. People in the streets near the time of the election. The elected assembly of the Socialist Revolutionary Party is seen meeting under the protection of Trotsky's Red Army which is seen marching near a crowd. Catherine Breshkovsky is seen standing and speaking at the assembly meeting. The elected assembly in session. The assembly refuses to turn power over to the Lenin Soviet. The members of the elected assembly are seen finally giving in to the Bolsheviks and the factions of the SR that have split to support the Bolsheviks. The leaders of the defeated faction of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (SR) are seen leaving the grounds of the assembly. In the next scene, a crowd protests against the dismissal of the elected assembly, to no avail.. Lenin speaking to a large crowd. He speaks about the power won and maintained by violence. Views of the demonstrating crowd.
U.S. 1st Aviation Brigade Corps in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A container is lowered to the ground and is unhooked from a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Bien Hoa Air Base. A soldier holding a baggage gets off from the helicopter onto the airfield. Several army trucks in view. A square open area at the base of the helicopter and a sling hook in view. The helicopter in a low flight over an airfield where several loads are arranged. A soldier looking through the area. A sling load of ammunition supplies being hooked on to the helicopter. The helicopter in flight over fields. The sling is unhooked and is dropped on a field. The helicopter in flight over a wooded region and a few fields. A water body in the fields.
U.S. Army aircraft in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army attack aircraft OV-1 Mohawk taxis at Vung Tau Army Airfield. A crewman walks up to the cockpit area of the aircraft and speaks to the pilot. U.S. Army 1st Aviation Brigade insignia on the aircraft. A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter in flight carrying a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter in a sling. An OV-1 Mohawk aircraft and a CH-47 Chinook helicopter taxiing on a runway. A few ground men beside the OV-1 Mohawk during a preflight inspection. Two men on the top of the aircraft checking the engines. The engines of the aircraft are started. The aircraft taxiing on the airfield.
Beginning slate identifies 1st Aviation Brigade and Long Binh. U.S Army ground crew refuels an Army Beechcraft U-21 Ute aircraft from a fuel truck. The aircraft's wing lowers as the fuel fills a wing tank. Control Tower is seen in background. Ground crewman stands fireguard as number one engine is started while the entrance steps are still in down position. After steps are raised and both engines running, the airplane taxis out for takeoff. View of the aircraft on takeoff roll in distance. (Vietnam War period).
Prisoners after being set free from German prison camps in Germany during World War II. Pastor Martin Niemoller smokes a pipe as he is interviewed by a soldier reporter, who takes notes as they converse. A snow covered prison building. A snow covered mountain. Capt John Alexander Elphinston, nephew of the Queen of England; Lord Las-celles, nephew of the King of England; 1st Lt John G Winant, son of the U.S. Ambassador.
“Monkey Island” section opens at Cincinnati Zoo (3400 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA) in Cincinnati, Ohio. Monkeys on trees and rocks at the zoo. The monkeys swim in a pond of water. They swim from one end of the pond to another.
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