Peace Negotiations at the Front (1917)

Description: This Soviet newsreel, composed of foreign clips and some native footage, attempted to brighten the mood of the people by showing signs of fraternization on the German front. Pictures, which include Kaiser Wilhelm's signature on the peace document, the rearguard of front-line positions, and Germans standing in position.

Source: ##### Russian State Film & Photo Archive at Krasnogorsk (2000).

1917

EVENTS February Revolution Formation of the Soviets April Crisis Revolution in the Army July Days Kornilov Affair Bolsheviks Seize Power First Bolshevik Decrees Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest Litovsk
FOUR KINDS OF STATES Communist Party Building Economic Apparatus Building the Soviets Red Guard into Army State Security
DISINTEGRATION OF THE OLD SOCIETY Depopulation of the Cities Food Supply Conflict with the Church Death of the Old Culture Destruction of the Left The Empire Falls
CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY New Letters and Dates Culture and Revolution The New Woman Workers Organization Peasant Revolution Organs of the Press Raising Socialist Youth