The central railroad station in Vladivostok, Siberia, Russia, during the Allied Intervention there in World War 1, and during Russian Civil War. People are going about their business. Horse-drawn wagons move on the street and people leave and enter the train station. A group of American soldiers stands on the building steps, along with several Czech troops. Next, the American soldiers are no longer seen, and men, women, and children are seen in front of the station building and crossing the street. Scene shifts to a funeral procession making its way along Svetlanskaya street. The coffin is carried in an elaborate carriage pulled by two horses covered in black blankets. What appear to be Russian Orthodox clergy, lead the way. Men in overcoats and Formal Navy-style hats accompany the cortege. A small group of mourners walk behind. A horse-drawn carriage passes the procession. View along the street shows a tram or streetcar or trolley going uphill followed by a solitary automobile. The street scene is dominated by horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians. A parked car is seen. A group of Bolshevik prisoners walk along the street under White Russian guard.
Brigadier General Wilds P Richardson at a daytime social event in Archangel (Arkhangelsk) Russia, as the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1, comes to an end (also during Russian Civil War timeframe). Bunting decorates stairway of an official building. American Army and a few Navy officers proceed down the stairs to a courtyard. U.S. Brigadier General Wilds P. Richardson, is seen walking and conversing with a lady. White Russian and Allied officers and local officials,some escorting ladies, are also seen.
Russian troops unload war materiel from a boat on a river during World War I. They transfer large wooden boxes from the boat to a pier and thence to the shore. Two of the soldiers roll a 55-gallon fuel drum. An officer, standing on the pier, observes the activity.
Recording of remarks by Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana, who objects to the Roosevelt administration's lend lease bill. He says: 'The administration wanted battle but they lost the war, now Americans know that Lend Lease bill not only gave dictatorial powers to the President but also gave him right to carry on an undeclared war all over the world.'
U.S. destroyers carry Greek and Armenian refugees from Turkey to temporary refuge camp at Athens orphanage in Greece, during the period of the Greco-Turkish War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. Sailors carry a sick refugee on a stretcher. More refugees arrive on the ship. Refugees with belongings embark the ship.
Scenes in Constantinople, Turkey . Tenders from U.S. Navy ships shuttling civilian refugee passengers, mostly Greek and Armenian, including many children, to safety during the Greco-Turkish War and unrest during the post-World War 1 partitioning of the Ottoman Empire. Refugees gathered around a cut tree trunk. Construction of small buildings underway in a port area. Refugees with lots of smiling children waving white flags aboard a U.S. Navy tender in a port. Refugees and children on a dock smiling, with some holding an Armenian flag.
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