Animation depicts Private Snafu on a boat. He sings a song. A cartoon character depicts an Axis naval officer on a boat. Snafu singing song. They both land on the same Island. Private Snafu and naval officer sing a sing. The Axis naval officer attacks Private Snafu. They both fight. Private Snafu defeats the officer. (World War II period).
Animated map displays various paths by Soviet forces attacking in Battle of Berlin and in other parts of Germany, during late phase of World War 2. Closeup of a scale model of Berlin and environs. Soviet officers stand around a table holding the model. Soviet soldiers in the field look at maps depicting their areas of operation. Tank crews check maps for their operations. Aviators consult charts. View from underneath a Soviet aircraft of Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft parked on an airfield. Aerial view, from low overflying airplane, of rough field filled with parked aircraft. Heavy artillery hidden in woods. Personnel carriers and trucks parked in a field. Soldiers cleaning large artillery shells. Camouflaged tanks in readiness. A heavy siege gun opens fire and large explosion lifts huge amounts of earth into the air. Soldiers throw shells to artillery men manning a heavy gun. Many different views of artillery firing at night. Many Katyusha rockets being fired at night. Progress of soviet offensive is indicated on the animated map. More artillery firing.
Destruction of infrastructure in Berlin after World War II. Bomb damage to the interior of the Anhalter Bahnhof station in Berlin. Rubble piled up in a square. Damaged railroad tracks at the station. Demolished buildings in the background.
Bomb damaged buildings in Berlin, Germany. Camera takes a slow tour down Under den Linden boulevard from the Brandenburg Gate eastward. Pedestrians walk and cars go under Brandenburg Gate. Many heavily bomb-damaged buildings along the boulevard. Large portrait of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin at square with red flags besides it, just east of the Brandenburg Gate. Damaged buildings of Unter den Linden. Buses, cars, and horse drawn carriages on the boulevard. Damaged car lays beside the road. (World War II period).
Damaged buildings in Berlin, Germany. Reflection of bomb damage in polluted canal. People cross bridge over canal. Waves in water. Bomb damaged building and its reflection in water. Canal and damaged buildings besides it. Bomb damaged Unter den Linden. (World War II period).
Damaged buildings in Berlin, Germany. Bomb damaged Unter den Linden. Point of view from moving vehicle as it moves slowly down the boulevard. Pedestrians walk on street beside the ruined buildings. Horse cart on road. Damaged cars strewn beside road. Vehicles on road. Wreckage in foreground of damaged buildings. Heaps of rubble in middle of boulevard at some points. Some Linden Trees still standing, but many gone or heavily damaged. (World War II period).