Revolutionary Russia (1920)

Peasants try to escape the Red Army as they move into Irkutsk, Siberia. Full titles reads: “Revolutionary Russia - Peasants from miles around flock into Irkutsk from the advancing ’Reds’.“ L/S of crowd of peasants standing outside a large building. The camera pans from left to right to reveal more people. M/S of the peasants, they are mainly women and children. They are wearing a varied assortment of clothes, including, head scarfs, hats, shawls and various coats. Some look towards the camera and smile. L/S We see yet more peasants standing outside an even larger building, the camera pans from right to left. Nice M/S of old man sitting on the steps of a doorway looking straight at the camera. He has a scruffy white beard and is wearing a shabby old overcoat. A young boy approaches him and hands him something. The old man looks at what he has been given and raises his hand in gratitude as the boy walks off screen. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV.