View of a refugee camp in Stalingrad (now Volgograd) following the defeat of German Nazi invading forces in the Battle of Stalingrad during World War 2. Stalingrad youth emerge from refugee camp tents to work on rebuilding destroyed buildings in the city. Boys break mortar away with hammers to harvest bricks. Young men and women fix machines. Boys break apart a wall to harvest bricks. Aerial view of ruined Stalingrad after the end of the infamous Battle of Stalingrad. Destroyed buildings in Stalingrad seen from ground level. Map of Eastern Europe depicting occupation by Nazi Germany in World War 2, with the map of Texas superimposed. An animated hammer hits Stalingrad on the map. Animation depicts how the Soviet Union gradually took over territories from Nazi Germany.
The ruins of Stalingrad at the end of World War II. The Soviet people walk past ruined buildings in Stalingrad, including the main railway station and its water tower in the first few seconds of the clip, followed by theUnivermag building. A Red Army Parade in Red Square. Signs held up by men marching along the street. The Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin with other officials. The Founder and Commander of the Red Army Leon Trotsky poses. The Dnieper River dam of Soviet Union. Civilian marchers disbanding at end of march on Red Square.
German invasion of Russia during World War II. A map showing German invasion path in Russia until defeat at siege of Stalingrad. A map showing Soviet postwar expansion into Eastern Poland, East Prussia, portions of Finland and other areas. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are incorporated as Republics into the Soviet Union. Russian zones of occupation in Germany, Austria and North Korea. Map depicts an "Iron Curtain" encompassing the Soviet postwar territories. Soviet troops and tanks occupying countries. Soviet ZSU-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns traveling along a city street. Crowds cheering in a stadium in Soviet East Germany. President Wilhelm Pieck of the German Democratic Republic is among people seen applauding in the stands. . Soviet cargo ships in a harbor operating under trade agreements. Chinese Communist forces moving with guns and artillery and tanks to expel Chiang Kai-Shek and Chinese Nationalists from mainland China to Taiwan, in 1949. Chinese refugees flee an area, carrying an injured civilian on a stretcher. A refugee child is shown with the group of people.
Opening scene shows Russian soldiers in ruins of Stalingrad, with captured German combat films. A soldier hold up a film and looks at some of the images, upon which the scene changes to the captured German film, itself, showing German troops in the midst of destroyed and damaged Soviet buildings, during the Battle of Stalingrad, in World War 2. . A German field artillery piece fires, and black smoke rises from the area. A formation of German Messerschmitt Bf 109s is seen. Then bombs are shown dropping from a bomber (unseen). German Tiger tanks advance across a plain. German artillerymen look through binoculars. A periscopic binocular is on a tripod nearby. A German soldier, standing at a height, next to a smoke stack, observes huge fires burning in the distance. A German officer leads several hatless German soldiers. Scene switches to post-siege, as Soviet troops are dealing with aftermath. A mortuary team in protective clothing is disposing of the body of a fallen German soldier. A group of wounded Russian soldiers is being moved in a wagon, by medics. Civilians in Stalingrad read notices posted on a bulletin board. Soviet workmen probe rubble (perhaps for survivors). A buried shell explodes sending white smoke aloft. A destroyed anti-aircraft gun sits in rubble, with destroyed and damaged buildings in background. Skeletons of buildings are all that is left in some places. A hand written sign is posted addressed to "Mama!" (Addendum) Interestingly the narrator is speaking in Korean about the Soviet victory at Stalingrad, implying the source might be a Soviet-made propaganda film for ethnic Koreans.
Battle of Stalingrad, Soviet Union during World War 2. View from inside a German Army vehicle rolling down a road, as Soviet soldiers with arms raised in surrender appeal to be taken as prisoners of war. Soviet prisoners march on a road. Bombed out buildings of Stalingrad, Russia. Aerial view of destroyed Russian building. German soldiers search a civilian at gunpoint. Views of two dead Russian civilians.
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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