Allied Expeditionary Forces in Siberia, 1918-1919

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) (Most Recent) Series : Historical Films, compiled ca. 1914 - ca. 1936 Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985 Production Date: 1936 Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1161 Use Restriction(s): Undetermined Sound Type: Silent Scope & Content: Reel 1 has panoramic views of Vladivostok. Ger. POW’s unload the transport Sherman, refugees congregate in the railway station, U.S. troops stand inspection, 31st Inf. officers pose, and Japanese troops guard the station. Shows trucks and autos. Reel 2, U.S. troops march and stand inspection, machine guns are readied and fired, an airplane flies overhead, Col. Robinson and aides pose in Spasskoe, medics pose at a Khabarovsk hospital, and Japanese troops load war materiel on flatcars in Khabarovsk. Shows railway supplies in Ogalnia, Col. Styer, the Amur and Ussuri Rivers, and a Japanese depot. Reel 3 shows dock facilities at Red River Station on the Ussuri; U.S. and allied troops; civilians; sentries guarding a bridge over the Amur; a funeral procession; Styer posing with Japanese Gen. Oi; Ger. POW’s exercising at Red River Station; Cols. Murrow and Robinson on a train; a U.S. guard mount; and Russ. troops. Reel 4, Japanese troops guard a U.S. train, crew members pose, Japanese Gen. Kayizuka visits Styer, Ataman Kalmikoff’s Cossacks drill, U.S. troops put on a rodeo, Cossacks pose, and Morrow poses in his quarters. Reel 5, officers pose aboard the Brit. cruiser Suffolk, sailors row to the cruiser Brooklyn, Brit. Gen. Knox poses with aides, Brit. troops march thru Vladivostok, and Graves poses with aides Eichelberger and Offutt. Shows hospital cars on a siding. Reel 6 shows ships in Vladivostok, Japanese crewmen, docks, and Russ. army maneuvers. The transport Warren cuts a path thru ice and workmen board a tug. Reel 7, Czech’s guard and feed Bolshevik’s on a train in Pogranichnaya, Manchuria. Shows an . train near Nekolsk, Siberia, trucks on railway cars, wrecked cars in Harbi Manchuria, the Buchadeu hospital, and a train near Lake Baikal. Refugees walk along the Siberian railroad, Japanese and Chinese troops stand inspection, Russ. and Chinese troops guard the Harbin station, Japanese troops practicebayonet drills, and Czech’s unload a train. Reel 8 shows officers in autos and Cossacks on horseback, small ships in a river, horse drawn sleds, a horse drawn supply train, Red Cross nurses and doctors, men leaving a tug, Czech Gen. Stefannik, Gens. Gaida and Syrovy inspecting Czech troops, Serbian troops at the Ekaterinburg station, It. troops drilling in Krasnoyarsk, Russ. troops drilling, refugees huts, scenes of Omsk, and Fr. artillery. Russ. officers pose. Reel 9, Bolshevik POW’s arrive at an Ekaterinburg prison, . agents visit refugees’ huts, Russ. troops march, refugees wash clothing thru holes in ice, officers pose, wounded troops detrain, . supplies are unloaded, horse drawn sleds carry Russ. Army supplies, and Russ. soldiers guard a train. Shows scenes of Omsk, U.S. Consul Harris, wrecked towers and trains along the Siberian railroad, Red Cross Dr. Teusler and U.S. Consul Palmer at Ekaterinburg, a railway bridge, a Russ. cemetery, and Cossacks. Doctors examine patients in Tieumen hospital, men play chess and exhibit frostbitten feet, and nurses pose. Reel 10, Czech Gens Stefannik, Gaida, and Syrovy review and decorate Russ. troops in Ekaterinburg. Troops assemble for movement to the front. Shows int. and ext. views of the house where the Romanov’s were executed, masses of Russ. refugees, Lake Baikal from a moving train, and services at an Orthodox Church. Includes scenes of Ekaterinburg and close-ups of Czech officers. Reel 11, sailors are inspected and officers pose aboard the Chinese battleship Hai Yung, Can. troops board the Empress of Asia, officers walk thru a Can. cemetery, Czech cavalry demonstrates riding skills, allied troops engage in a tug-of-war as numerous allied Gens. look on, and allied MP’s pose. Shows panoramic views of Vladivostok, boats beached on a river bank, horse drawn vehicles, a tug covered with troops, disabled Can. soldiers, and the decoration of Can. officers. U.S.,Brit., Can., Fr., It., Japanese, Russ., Czech, Serbian, and Chinese troops pose. Japanese sailors wave flags and cheer on comrades in a tug- Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@ National Archives Identifier: 24666 Local Identifier: 111-H-1161