German soldier at a 12.8 cm Pak 44 anti-tank gun focused on a road in Ukraine, during World War 2. German infantry make their way through the Pripyat (Pripet) marshes. At times they traverse flooded areas. Most are armed with rifles and hand grenades. One carries a StG-44 assault rifle. They move cautiously. Some fire a trench mortar and its shell explodes nearby. A large formation of German bombers is seen high overhead. German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers attack nearby Soviet positions and explosions are seen in large numbers.
Dnieper Power Plant in Ukraine. Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant is rebuilt after it got damaged in World War. Province Official cuts ribbon to begin power station operation. Workers at power plant. A view of dam site. Machines and generators in the power station. Engineers set the operation in the power station. Men at controls. A man talks on telephone. Men hug each other.
A column of trucks carrying grain from the seasonal harvest is seen moving along a road in rural Ukraine. A column of horse-drawn wagons also moves along the road, giving way to the motor vehicles. (Rains have delayed the harvest and collective farmers are anxious to deliver their grain.) Trucks are parked in a muddy lot and farmers carry sacks of grain, on their shoulders, to a central collection point. Soviet authorities examine the grains being delivered. Women fill sacks with grain from their trucks and men carry them into the collection warehouse. The last scene shows a truck displaying a large picture of Joseph Stalin atop the cab.
Collective farms in Ukraine under German direction. Horses in a stable. Cattle graze grass. Farmers spray orchards. Men construct new stables. View of collective farms. German officers inspect the farms.
A mass burial in Ukraine during World War II. Dead bodies on the ground for the mass burial. Bereaved relatives. German officers check photographs and belongings for identification. The photographs and belongings on a table. Women are crying. Graves are filled in as a chaplain says prayers.
The Russian Red Army in cities of Ukraine during World War II. A map showing path to be followed by the Soviet army from Kerch. Damaged buildings in Theodosia. Red Army tanks enter the city. Civilians waving to Red Army soldiers. A civilian kissing a soldier. Ruins of buildings in the town. An inscription on a fort. Several damaged buildings and debris spread on the ground. Ruins of buildings in Simferopol and Evpatori. Troops on tanks moving along a road. The soldiers seated on tanks. Civilians waving to the soldiers who are waving back. The soldiers holding guns moving in columns on a path. Civilians lining the sides of a road. They waving to the soldiers. Damaged vehicles beside damaged buildings. Debris spread on the ground. Dead soldiers beside a wire fence. Dead Germans beside artillery.