Russian troops, of the Provisional Government, weary of fighting against the Central Powers, are seen returning home, fording a river on horseback. They stop to check a communications line. City street scene with crowds of military and civilians, some carrying banners, around time of Russian Revolution. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Supporters favoring establishment of the post-war Provisional Government surround Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky, who became its second Prime Minister. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A group of demoralized Russian Provisional Government soldiers in an agricultural field during World War 1. Soldiers remove vermin from their clothing. A soldier takes his shoes off and picks out vermin.
Referring to Russian operations against German forces in World War 1, Slate reads: "Disaster rapidly followed disaster. The German armies advanced and whole provinces had to be evacuated after 24 hours notice." The film continues with a montage of World War 1 scenes. Mounted British lancers charging across a field. A German gun crew standing by a camouflaged 7.7cm Feldkanone 16 artillery piece. Artillery shell exploding ahead and close to camera during battle. French soldiers charging out of their trench, into no-man's land. Gas shells exploding and gas drifting across a wooded area occupied by Russian soldiers and artillery, some of whom stand silhouetted without gas masks during attack. A hand grenade being thrown by a Scottish soldier. Russian civilians crossing railroad tracks and watching conflagrations from an artillery barrage on buildings in background. Closeups of buildings burning and destroyed by German shelling. Russian refugees leaving area of destroyed and burning buildings.The group includes several Russian soldiers. One, an ambulatory wounded, using an improvised cane, is assisted by a Russian officer and a woman nurse. The ground is partly snow-covered. View of smoke from fire sweeping over a railway line and station. Russian soldiers along with civilians heading away from the embattled areas.
Leon Trotsky, appointed Commissar of War by Lenin, is seen presenting colors to a new unit of Red Guards, during a ceremony in World War 1 and near the time of the Russian Revolution. Trotsky presents the colors and kisses the unit commander. He then salutes the formation of guards.
Dramatized enactment of event ostensibly taking place during World War 1, leading up to the Russian Revolution. Several Bolsheviks are plotting in an upstairs room of a cafe A Czarist policeman knocks at the door. One of the plotters, armed with a pistol approaches the door and shoots the policeman, as he pushes through the door. The policeman then falls down the stairs onto the main floor of the cafe.
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