Film opens showing devastated snow-covered remains of Peterhof Palace and its fountains, in Leningrad, after the Russians ended the siege of that city in January, 1944 of World War II. The next scenes show crowds gathered on 25 August, 1946, to celebrate the newly restored fountains, which are seen spraying water again. (Narrator notes that Russians now call the place Petrodvorets, meaning Peter's Palace.) An official speaks, at the ceremony, about the architecture of Petrodvorets and its cultural masterpieces still to be restored. Glimpse of statuary and array of fountains. Closeup of several young women holding flowers. Another shot of the fountains spraying along both sides of a central pond, with spectators crowded along the extreme sides near lines of trees.
German truck convoys move supplies through snow blizzard, advancing to engage Soviet Russian troops on the eastern front in World War II. German soldiers shovel snow and clear pathway through snow. A German soldier with a snow encrusted, frozen mustache. German soldiers walk through a snowy trench with snow roofed area. Wire entanglement placed across open field and a German soldier scans the horizon with binoculars. Tanks and tracked armored vehicles uncovered from barn covering camouflage. Artillery forward observer moves through field on Panzer tank. Signal man relays message. German artillery fired. Fire and smoke. Shells hit objectives. German Tanks roll on the snow covered battlefields. Scenes of destroyed Soviet tanks and dead Russian soldiers on snow covered ground.
Children of gypsy community in Moscow, Soviet Union. Children come out of a building. They play around a hand drawn cart. Children eat their meal and wash clothes. Young boys dance and clap. Children sleep in beds in an open area.
May Day Parade in Moscow. Officer speaks to assembled troops. Russian troops and sailors march on streets. Tanks, armored vehicles and artillery move past. Huge crowd gathered to watch the parade. Officials and dignitaries watch from review stand. People waive. Premier Nikita Khrushchev waives with his hat to the crowd.
Red crowds celebrate May Day in Moscow. Guest of Honor, Yuri Gagarin reviews parade. Women parade. Rocket balloon launched in Yuri Gagarin's space visit. Yuri Gagarin waves to a huge crowd. Decorative floats on road. Portraits of Fidel Castro on the decorated floats.
The Battle of Stalingrad in Stalingrad, Soviet Union during World War II. Soldiers fire guns. Wreckage on a battlefield. Soldiers push a field artillery. They fire field artillery. A soldier fires from a house. A bomb explosion near a building. The soldiers run out of a house. The soldiers fire from a house. Ruins of bombed out buildings. German aircraft fly in formation. They are attacked by Russian ground fire. A soldier crawls on a battlefield. The soldiers advance and move from under a box car. A bombed out station building. German soldiers advance through the ruins of a bombed railroad station.
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