The Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Soviet Navy. Ships underway in the Caspian Sea, during World War 2. The Soviet flag flutters in air. Artillery guns aboard a ship. Sailors watch through binoculars. A ship underway. A Soviet fleet underway.
Film starts showing a Soviet Fidonisy class Destroyer (also known as the Kerch class) underway in the Caspian Sea during World War 2. View of wake from the stern. Glimpse of waves crashing against rock on the shore. View shifts to board room of the ship, where Soviet Naval officers converse as they look at ocean charts. A much decorated officer appears to be the senior in the group. The conclude their meeting and leave the room. Scene changes to a port, where torpedo is being loaded onto a submarine from a utility boat. Glimpse of Captain and some crew aboard the submarine. View of torpedo being loaded through an opening at the boat's water line. Captain observing the operation from atop the conning tower. The submarine (labeled No. 10) is seen backing out of its berth. View shifts to the boat's engine room, where an officer is overseeing operations. View of the submarine moving slowly across calm waters
The Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Soviet Navy. A ship underway in the Caspian Sea. A sailor looks through binoculars. Soviet Navy personnel sing a song. The Soviet flag on the ship. A Soviet Navy fleet underway.
Many Polish refugees are seen in the final phase of their monumental trek of three years and three thousand miles from Poland, during World War 2. Scene shifts to Poland in 1939, where polish refugees crowd roads carrying their belongings in wooden carts and other conveyances. They are seen at a rest stop where they obtain food. Animated map shows path of refugees fleeing East into the Soviet Union, following the German invasion in August, 1939. The path continues Southeast in 1941, as they flee from the German campaign, Operation Barbarossa, into the Soviet Union. Their journey continues along the west coast of the Caspian Sea, through the Caucasus, to Persia (Iran). Views of refugees arriving at the Persian border, where they are seen near many tents, and being provided with articles of clothing from British and American Red Cross Stations. Refugees donning new shoes and other items. Young girls having their hair styled. Refugees sit at long tables where they receive hot meals. A teacher conducts an outdoor class for Polish refugee children. Closeup of children at their desks. Refugee women are seen tilling soil to plant crops, while fathers and grown sons and daughters leave to join the new armies of the Polish Government in Exile. Views of Polish women, in uniforms marching and of uniformed armed Polish soldiers, as well becoming part of the Allied war against the Axis powers. Polish refugees at an outdoor shrine, offering prayers for the safety of their members in the military. New polish refugee arrivals at the Persian border being greeted by others, many of whom are family members.