Newsreel of the Civil War (1918-1922)

Cavalry charge.

Trotsky L.D. with naval binoculars among military sailors during a trip along the Volga in 1918. Trotsky looking through binoculars.

Trotsky on board a steamship.

Trotsky on Red Square presenting the banner of one of the newly formed units of the Red Army in 1920-1921. Trotsky speaking from the rostrum on Red Square, panorama of a part of Red Square with troops lined up on it.

Students of the Military Academy on Red Square during Trotsky's speech.

Trotsky speaking from the rostrum.

Cavalry marching along Red Square during a parade.

Trotsky stands among the military and greets the passing troops.

Red Army parade on Palace Square in Petrograd.

Zinoviev among the leaders of the Petrograd Commune.

Trotsky's face.

Military buglers on Red Square sound a signal during a parade in the early 1920s.

Troops in parade formation on Red Square (panorama).

The buglers give the signal.

Trotsky is on the platform.

The Red Army soldiers with rifles "in hand" recite the words of the oath in chorus, Trotsky reads the text of the oath from the platform.

Trotsky greets the passing troops during the parade on Red Square.

Troops pass through Red Square.

Trotsky, standing on the step of a train car, delivers a speech to Red Army soldiers in 1918. Trotsky in his office.

Members of the Soviet delegation on their way to another round of negotiations in Brest-Litovsk in December 1917. Views of a revolutionary rally in Berlin in November 1918. Panorama of a courtyard with bodies of the dead lying on the ground, soldiers in the courtyard.

Red Army soldiers gathering for a rally in the Volga region in 1919. Trotsky delivers a speech to Red Army soldiers.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic I. I. Vatsetis speaks with members of his staff.

Vatsetis on the railroad tracks.

General A. A. Brusilov at a table over a map.

Trotsky and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces S. S. Kamenev on Red Square during the May Day parade in 1923. Red Army soldiers take their seats near the flag for a photo.

Trotsky and his entourage review the parade of the 25th Division in 1919. Trotsky greets his commanders at a train carriage during a tour of the Civil War fronts.

Infantry during a tactical exercise.

Cavalry attack.

Red Guards and revolutionary sailors march through the streets of Gatchina in November 1917, Trotsky delivers a speech while standing in an open car.

Checking the pass of an ambulance driver.

Red Army soldiers and sailors during exercises, combat operations, and rest.

Members of the Austrian and German delegations leave the White Palace in Brest-Litovsk after another round of peace talks in December 1917. Members of the German and Austro-Hungarian delegations converse with each other.

American soldiers near a car in Vladivostok in 1918. A train arriving at a station.

American soldiers near a car with textiles destined for export from Russia to the United States.

American soldiers on a street in Vladivostok.

An American warship in the port of Vladivostok.

Officers of the Siberian Army of Komuch in Omsk at the entrance to the building before the start of the meeting.

The soldiers leave the building, stand next to each other (panorama).

The officers take turns saluting and entering the building.

US representatives and journalists on the corner of a street in Vladivostok.

The faces of American soldiers and representatives of the Russian administration conversing.

A shop window of a stationery store in Vladivostok, people are passing by, an American soldier stops and looks at the window.

The American, standing at the window, is talking to a girl.

The American and the girl walk down the street.

A medical tent at a Japanese military unit in the Far East in 1918, providing assistance to a wounded man.

A camel caravan under the Turkish flag passes by.

Cattle crossing a river.

Map of the White Army offensive on Central Russia in 1918-1919. A Red Army soldier deals with White generals (animation).

Recruitment of new recruits in one of the Red Army units in 1918-1919. Recruits during a tactical lesson.

Drill training lesson.

A Red Army unit passes by, an improvised orchestra follows behind.

Kalinin M.I. reviews the parade of one of the Red Army units in 1918. Trotsky speaks to Red Army soldiers during a tour of the fronts in 1919. Red Army soldiers in formation on the tracks in front of the carriages of a train (panorama).

Red Army soldiers boarding a train, panorama of the carriages.

View of one of the armored platforms of a moving armored train, cavalrymen approaching the railway embankment.

Red Army soldiers on platforms traveling to the front.

An armored train fires on the move.

Military operations on the fronts of the civil war.

Red cavalry on the march and in attack.

Horse artillery changes firing positions at a trot.

Cavalry fording (above).

Red cavalry attacking the enemy.

Lenin V.I. during a walk in the Kremlin on October 16, 1918, after recovering from a wound, next to him is the manager of the affairs of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR V.D. Bonch-Bruyevich.

Lenin shows Bonch-Bruyevich his healed hand.

Conversation between Lenin and Bonch-Bruyevich on the territory of the Kremlin.

One of the units of the Red Army during the parade.

A military echelon passes.

Deserters clinging to a locomotive.

Commander of the 2nd Nikolaev Division V.I. Chapayev near a train carriage in 1918. The landing of the Red Army troops on the banks of the Volga during military operations in the Kazan region in 1918. Red Army soldiers dig in on the occupied bank.

Red Army soldiers and sailors on the deck of a steamship (panorama).

The pier near Kazan, destroyed by red artillery fire.

Red Army soldiers during a rest period.

A deck artillery gun on a railway platform, a train passes by.

Artillery guns captured by the Red Army near Kazan as trophies.

Inspection of captured guns by specialists.

Kazan market.

Red Army soldiers shaving at the market.

View of part of the market (from above).

Red Army soldiers and German soldiers at a checkpoint on the Russian-German demarcation line established under the terms of the Brest Peace Treaty in 1918 (panorama).

German troops march through the streets of Kyiv in the summer of 1918, German posts on the streets of Kyiv.

Entrance to the Bolshoi Theater before the start of the 5th All-Russian Congress of Soviets on July 4, 1918. Horse patrols in front of the Bolshoi Theater.

The congress security unit walks along Theater Square.

Congress delegates on the steps of the Bolshoi Theater.

Checking the credentials of delegates entering the doors of the Bolshoi Theatre.

A mounted patrol checks passes.

Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee Sverdlov Ya. M. in front of the entrance to the Bolshoi Theatre.

Delegates exit an approaching car.

Delegates entering the doors of the Bolshoi Theatre.

Red Army soldiers on a railway platform.

View of one of the turrets of an armoured train.

Artillerymen at guns on armoured platforms.

Artillery at a firing position, firing, loading a gun.

A Red Army unit passes along the outskirts of the city.

A Red Army unit on the march.

The crew of a gun mounted on a railway platform before opening fire.

Military operations on the Volga to capture Kazan by the Red Army in September 1918. Red Army commanders on the deck of a ship over a map during a military council.

Military operations in the vicinity of Kazan.

Red Army soldiers and sailors on the deck of a steamship before disembarking.

The entry of Red Army units into Kazan on September 10, 1918. Prisoners taken by the Red Army on the banks of the Volga (panorama).

Panorama of a part of the Petrograd quarter (from above).

View of the city square.

Loading boxes onto a cart, evacuation from the site of a fire.

Photograph of F.E. Dzerzhinsky at the table in his office.

Departure of a train to the front.

Austrian troops in the occupied city, faces of the Austrian military.

Exploding shell on the shore.

View of the coastal quarter of a populated area.

Red Army commanders, sitting in the saddle, clarify the direction of movement.

Units of the Red Cavalry on the march.

Sand and wood chips on the river bank.

Machine-gun crew during exercises.

Machine gun barrel during firing.

Infantry storming barbed wire entanglements.

Red Army soldiers firing rifles.

Machine-gun crew firing.

Cavalry attacking the enemy.

Red Army units crossing a bridge built by sappers, cavalrymen fording the river.

The Red Cavalry attacks the enemy.

Units of the 1st Cavalry Army attack the enemy in the steppes of Northern Tavria.

Loading the wounded onto a boat.

White Army soldiers in boats on the way to a transport vessel.

People's Commissar for Military Affairs of the RSFSR N.I. Podvoisky at a train carriage.

Red Army soldiers on a train platform.

A locomotive with a slogan in front of a military train.

Carriages of a passing train.

View of part of a rally (from above).

A unit of the White Guard cavalry moves along a city street.