Opening slate in Russian refers to "Oil for the front" (in World War 2). First scene shows an oil field with drilling derricks in place and trucks passing over a bridge. Scene switches to oil worker high in a drilling rig, making an adjustment to a moving oil drilling arm. Closeup from even with the moving arm shows drill suspended from it. On the ground below, two supervisors look at a drilling site. Roughnecks attach a block and cable to a hook suspended from drilling derrick. A closeup of crude oil flowing into a compartment hatch on an oil tank rail car. View of train with oil tank cars being filled from pipes. A locomotive engine begins the train of filled oil cars.
U.S. soldiers of the 339th Infantry Regiment arrive by ship at Archangel (Arkhangelsk) Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention in World War 1. Most are soldiers carrying their rifles with bayonets affixed to them. But several are bandsmen, carrying their musical band instruments. Russian stevedores stand on the dock as the troops disembark. The ship is painted in camouflage colors. The troops assemble in formation on the pier. Sacks of flour are unloaded by crane from the ship as Russian peasants load them into horse-drawn carts. A U.S. soldier is seen performing guard duty at the scene. The loaded carts are driven across the pier, where they are unloaded by men and women, and slid down narrow planks, to women in small boats. A few women pose in their boat, for the camera. View of two boats with small sails raised, rowing away from the pier, with their cargo. A woman struggles to row a dory, loaded with flour sacks. Russian children pose on the dock. One holds a container of milk bottles (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Troops of the American 339th Infantry Regiment are drawn up in formation on a street in Archangel, Russia, during the Allied Northern Russia intervention, of World War 1, and of Russian Civil War. The Regimental Brass Band is playing while approached by a group of Allied reviewing officers, led by Imperial Russian (White Russian) General Yevgeny-Ludvig Karlovich Miller (also known as EK Miller). The reviewing officers pass in front of the formation, moving away from the camera. Next, British Major General Frederick C. Poole, Commander of the Allied forces, is seen decorating a 339th infantryman. American officers following General Poole, shake hands with the medal recipient, as they pass. (A small Russian boy in the foreground watches all the activities.)
U.S. 339th Infantry soldiers are led by their brass band playing a mournful dirge as they march slowly during a funeral procession in Archangel, Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1. In a separate sequence, they are seen parading along with U.S. sailors, in Memorial Day, celebrations, 1919. A streetcar approaches in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg,Russia. A woman stands at the curb and two guards stand outside a rough wooden fence in front of the Ipatiev House. Inside the house, General Radola Gaida (Gajda), a leader of the Czechoslovak legions in Russia, sits at his deck. Interior views of the Ipatiev House (where the Romanovs, Nicholas II and his immediate family were executed). The dining room, living room, and bed room of the house. Change of scene shows masses of Russian refugees with their belongings at a railway station.
German Army soldiers advance across open ground on Eastern Front during WWII. View from driving along dirt road. Damaged and abandoned Soviet caissons and artillery pieces at side of road. Group of Soviet women with scarves tied on their heads. Soviet prisoners of war assembled in a field, looking weary, dejected, and dirty. Soviet women civilians lining up for food with bowls in hand, with facial expressions of desperation.
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