Marshal of Romania, Ion Victor Antonescu, inspects troops in snow on the Eastern Front in World War II. Accompanied by German and Romanian Generals, he inspects troops, equipment, horses, small arms and field guns, including a dug in 75mm gun. Romanian General Avramsecu, Commander of Mountain Troops is among those present.
Marshal Ion Victor Antonescu, Military Dictator of Romania, arrives by Junkers J-52 aircraft, to inspect troops on the Eastern Front. He is greeted by Romanian General Avramescu, Commander of Mountain Troops. Accompanied by German and Romanian Generals, he reviews troops in the snow. He speaks to individual soldiers and examines the winter coat of one. (World War II period).
Soviet units in action against the Germans on the Eastern Front during World War 2. Soviet soldiers, tanks and artillery concealed in a forest. Camouflaged Soviet trucks and tanks move along a road. Soldiers confer at a map. German Pz.III and Pz.IV tanks, of 11th Panzer Division, and trucks advance. A soldier looks through binoculars at an enemy position. A Soviet heavy gun is fired from a concealed position in the woods. Soviet soldiers crawl across a field and throw flaming grenades. They fire water-cooled machine guns. Wounded Soviet soldier being treated by medics. German Messerschmitt aircraft in flight. British Hawker Hurricane aircraft (provided to Soviets under lend-lease) takes off to engage German airplane. Flaming wreckage of German aircraft on the ground. A Soviet pilot records the victory in a log book. Soviet fliers smile, as they pose in front of radial-engined biplanes. Wreckage of German aircraft strewn on the ground. German prisoners being marched under Soviet guard.
German panzer tanks move forward to attack Soviet Union in European Theater during World War II. Nazi tanks move against Russian troops. Fire and scenes of destruction from battle.
German forces pulling artillery across shallow water, and pulling a landing craft along a beach. Aerial view of a large body of German soldiers in formations in a field and many miling about in an opern area An area of wrecked trucks. A German tank turns corner. Two German motorcyclists follow a truck. German light tank . A sign reads ' Maniysh Damm, Grenze Europe Asien' (Frontier border between Europe and Asia).German cavalry units advance along road upon the large, wide earthen dam. A barge with trucks in a lake.
Opening of film shows image of famous statue being projected on a screen. The statue depicts a Soviet worker and a collective farm woman, respectively, raising a hammer and sickle high above their heads. The statue is a stainless steel art work created by Vera Mukhinafor the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, France. (It was later moved to Moscow, Russia.) Next a field and forest is shown on the Western front of the Soviet Union (Eastern Front of World War 2, in Europe). Soviet soldiers are preparing for combat during a temporary lull in their defense against German forces in their Operation Barbarossa offensive ,begun in June, 1941. Soviet soldiers place branches and foliage upon a BT tank as camouflage. Others assemble loose ammunition rounds into machine gun belts. Soldiers camouflaging an artillery field piece with foliage. Soviet soldiers refueling a tank. Soldiers moving through wooded area past another camouflaged gun. Several Soviet soldiers at a shelter in the woods, placing ammunition rounds in a clip. A printer producing a daily newspaper for soldiers. A soviet soldier picks one up to read. Closeup of the newspaper. Soviet munitions handlers inserting fuses into noses of artillery shells. A T-34 tank sitting in foliage. Soldiers looking at charts as they sit in the woods. A Soviet soldier running (possibly to deliver a dispatch).