Gun fired from a boat. Shell strikes near opposite shore. Wounded Russian White Guards carried on stretchers, being loaded on boats at the beach, for evacuation. A doctor in white coat and medical hat accompanies them. Boats loaded with evacuating White Guards, head for Vladivostok harbor, where they pull up beside a large steamship. American troops lined up on wharf. Large American flag flying from docked American warship. Officers inspect American troops readying for departure. Troops are loaded aboard launch flying American flag, and depart from the wharf. The American warship is seen steaming out of the harbor.
Vladimir Lenin addressing delegates at meeting of the Second Congress of the Communist International ("Comintern"), held in the Tauride (Tavrichesky) Palace, in Moscow, on July 19, 1920. Some illuminated candles on tables behind the speaker. (The sign on the speaker's stand, in Russian and French, simply asks attendees to refrain from smoking.) Next, Lenin is seen outdoors on a cold day, on March 18, 1919, in Red Square, Moscow. He is speaking at the funeral of Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov, his close associate, and Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR). (Sverdlov died on March 16th at age 33.)
Life of people in Georgia Soviet Socialist Republic. Men ride horses on a field. A woman at the bank of a pond near a dam and waterfall. Narrator discusses the beauty and warmth of this area of the Caucasus mountain region on the Black Sea. Women rest in the yard of a convent. Women and men hanging and curing Turkish tobacco leaves in open air. A woman smoking a long pipe of tobacco. A woman leads a team of oxen to till and cultivate a piece of land using an ancient, slotted, rotating tiller. A herd of goats graze on a mountain slope.
Hundreds of horses are seen being herded by Kyrgyz horsemen, inhabitants of the Kirghiz (Kyrgyz) Soviet Socialist Republic (formerly known as Kirghizia). The horses are being moved from summer quarters in the mountains to winter quarters. Closeup of horses and a famous breeder who is also a member of the Kirghiz parliament. He is in charge of the annual drive of horses to their winter quarters. Horses moving as a herd across mountainous land and later being escorted singly, by men on horseback, along a tree-lined trail. Narrator states these horses are generally a cross between Kirghiz breeds and English purebloods, and have won many races on Soviet racetracks. Next, men are seen riding their horses into Lake Issyk-Kul for a bath. They ride out again and across the sandy shore. Mountains are visible in the background. The final scene shows horses in their winter quarters stalls.
White Russian Guards, who made their headquarters in Alexander Palace, are seen on parade in Palace Square, St. Petersburg. Crowds jam the square to watch the parade. Some spectators scramble up on the ornate palace gates. (During period of Russian Revolution and World War 1.)
Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin arrives at a political rally at the Russian capital Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) during World War 1. Crowds with Russian communist placards showing support for Vladimir Lenin, who recently returned from his exile in Switzerland. Vladimir Lenin, wearing a thick black coat, addresses the crowd. A man addresses the crowd at the Nevsky Prospect, the main street of Saint Petersburg. Aux Gourmets (O’Gurme in Russian) store, specializing in imported food from Europe, can be seen in the background. A Bolshevik addresses the crowd in Nevsky Prospekt. A woman behind a placard makes an emotional speech to the crowd. Bolsheviks distribute pamphlets to the crowd. Russian military officials disembark from a car, making their way through the crowd. Bolshevik supporters rallying, marching through the streets of Saint Petersburg while holding placards and banners. More leaflets are distributed to supporters. Vladimir Lenin speaking privately.
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