German footage of Russian Campaign during World War II. German Heinkel He 111 aircraft preparing for takeoff. Dusk and night views of several German He-111 aircraft in flight. Interior cockpit view of aircraft with a German pilot controlling the aircraft. Flares and night time explosions are seen. Night time view of explosions on the ground as German bombers hit Soviet targets on eastern front in World War 2.
Film begins showing Soviet industrial complex with many smoke stacks emitting dark fumes. A banner is raised in front of a statue of Joseph Stalin. Soviet workers turn wheel and use wrench to install a large shaft into a machine in a factory. A large number of Soviet people descend stairs from an electric distribution network at a hydroelectric dam. Soviet head of state Mikhail Kalinin is among the persons seen in the group. Spectators stand on a platform above the dam where a large sign is displayed. View of the dam with gates open and water pouring through to the lower level of the river. Scene shifts to military parade on Red Square in Moscow. during World War 2. A formation of trucks carrying anti-aircraft guns drive along the street. Soviet T-34 tanks are also in the parade. Joseph Stalin waves from a balcony on the Kremlin as the parade passes. Soviet workers also join the parade, carrying banners and marching in a dozen parallel columns along Red Square. They exit in columns around both sides of Saint Basil's Cathedral. Soviet heavy artillery batteries fire at night creating great flashes of light. A shell strike destroys a building. Soviet troops fighting in close quarters among debris in a Russian city. Dead German soldiers lying in debris on a city street. Some are surrounded by weapons and belts of ammunition. A Soviet soldier removes a swastika from the top of a steel bridge. Soviet citizens walk about the ruins of a city during a lull in combat. A child emerges from an underground bunker. Russian sailors walk together along a street. Soviet people gather at an outdoor market, where they purchase foods.
Workers work with military tanks in a roundhouse. A camouflaged armored train is rolled out from the roundhouse. Party leader Popov congratulates party workers. Views of Popov with workers.
Russian officer reading a speech by Stalin to the troops and views of soldiers listening. Commander of Soviet Cavalry. Guard talking to cavalrymen. Russian cavalry and infantry advance through snow and artillery is fired. Shows wrecked and abandoned German tanks. Russian troops are decorated by Russian Officer. (World War II period).
Shows Soviet Army personnel of Air Force arming a Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber aircraft to attack a German position. Bomber armed and it takes off. View of Pilot in cockpit of airplane in flight. A track made in snow by a German tank. German positions bombed by the Pe-2 bomber. (World War II period).
Major General Rokossovsky orders the Russian troops to attack on a village. Camouflaged tanks advance through barbed wire and enter a village. Various views of camouflaged tanks advancing and attacking. Village is taken over by Russian troops. Nazi German prisoners are marched off in snow and views of prisoners standing. Barricaded streets of Moscow. (World War II period).