The Great Turnaround How It Was

Chronicle documentary, historical and publicistic film. The film uses film documents and film materials from the Central State Archive of Film and Photo Documents of the USSR, the Gosfilmofond, filming by cameramen from Russia, England, France, Germany in 1913-1917, and feature films. Part I. Footage from the chronicle: Emperor Nicholas II with the Empress, courtiers and members of the royal family at one of the celebrations; production processes in agriculture, in the Baku oil fields, in mines. Large and medium-sized plans of the old Bolsheviks: Olminsky, Vinokurov, E. D. Stasova, K. A. Gailis, G. I. Petrovsky, M. I. Gubelman, K. T. Sverdlova, V. A. Radus-Zenkovich, I. M. Gordienko, S. G. Uralova, M. P. Sulimova, S. I. Petrikovsky, M. K. Ter-Artutyunyan. Part II. Chronicle footage: high society audience dancing on the deck of the ship; military factories; launching a ship at a shipyard; warships of Russia, Great Britain, France; the yacht of Emperor Nicholas; visit to Russia of the President of France R. Poincaré; Paris Stock Exchange; German soldiers marching on the parade ground; R. Poincaré's visit to Great Britain, present: King George V, Lloyd George and others; Paris, a parade of units of the French army, present: J. Clemenceau, Marshal Joffre, Minister Millerand; Turkey, Istanbul, Sultan Mehmed descends the steps of the building; Austria, Vienna, Emperor Franz Joseph with members of the imperial family, Archduke Franz Ferdinand; Germany, Field Marshal P. von Pendenburg and General E. Ludendorff; fighting on the fronts of the First World War, refugees killed. Part III. GI Petrovsky shares his memories (synchronously). Chronicle footage: hostilities on the fronts of the First World War, the French Minister of Armaments A. Thomas at the front, fraternization of soldiers at the front, a French soldier feeding pigeons, a soldier's cemetery, prisoners of war, Nicholas II with officers at the headquarters of the commander-in-chief; beggars on the streets of the city; Petersburg in winter, women work at the factory. Part IV. Petrograd, 1917. Demonstrations, rallies, a soldier knocks down the royal coat of arms; V. M. Purishkevich speaks at the building of the Tavrich Palace; large and medium-sized plans of members of the Provisional Government: Lvov, Milyukov, Guchkov, AF Kerensky; the funeral of the dead revolutionaries on the Champ de Mars; General L. Kornilov takes the parade; Moscow, the commander of the district, General Gruzinov, is receiving the parade. Part V. S. I. Petrikovsky shares his memories (synchronously). Chronicle footage: Petrograd. 1917, demonstrations. SI Gopner recalls the April conference of the RSDLP (b) (synchronously). Part VI. Chronicle footage: Visit of the US mission led by Senator Ruth to Russia; US President W. Wilson; The Statue of Liberty; there are American troops, US warships at sea; fraternization of soldiers at the front. ED Stasova shares her memories (synchronously). Chronicle footage: general and medium plans of A.F. Kerensky, General L. Kornilov, Rodzianko, Kaledin, Karaulov. Part VII. Chronicle footage: Riga, destroyed buildings, German troops enter the city; footage dedicated to the revolutionary events in Petrograd. Stills from the film "October".

B&W

7

1957