DC-3 aircraft taxis in after landing in Moscow, Russia, during World War 2. . Czech and Yugoslav diplomats descend from the aircraft and are greeted by Soviet officials. The diplomats are there to present their credentials as permanent emissaries to the soviet Union. After greeting one another the group of Czech and Yugoslav representatives and their Soviet hosts depart the airfield in automobiles.
Soviet war strategy against German invasion during World War II. Home of Russian musician Tchaikovsky converted into museum and his symphonies. Home and portrait of Leo Tolstoy in Russia. Dead bodies of Russian men and also some women and children dead civilians lie on snow covered grounds following a massacre by retreating German forces. Russian citizens cry and mourn the atrocity and loss. Russian children abused and mass murdered by German forces. Russians tortured and killed by Germans. Russians swear their oath to fight against Germany and take revenge. City of Leningrad attacked by German Army.
The Siege of Leningrad, Soviet Union, during World War 2. German Army bombs Russian city of Leningrad. German artillery fired. Fire and explosion. Smoke rises up in the sky. Streets burn in Leningrad. The native people of Leningrad, Russia. Women remove rubble from streets. Animated maps show Leningrad blockade.
Shows sandbagged and barricaded streets in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Russian soldiers operating antiaircraft gun shoot down a German airplane in the outskirts of the city. Russian Officer holds the identification card of the German Lutwaffe Pilot and inspects the wreckage of the plane. Body of the dead pilot beside the German aircraft. Civilians dig trenches and antitank ditches to aid defense of Moscow. Soviet women and men work in a munitions plant. Ordnance and small arms manufactured on assembly line by war production workers. Artillery shells made by workers. Workers making wooden snow skis for soldiers to use in snow. Workers in another munitions plant assemble machine guns before the Battle of Moscow in World War II.
German diplomat Friedrich Werner von Schulenberg, of Nazi Germany, and Vyacheslav Molotov, of the Soviet Union meet together in Moscow, Russia, to sign the German-Soviet Border and Commercial Agreement. View of the two men and other representatives from each country at the signing ceremony. Narrator indicates that the agreement document covers expanded trade and commerce between the countries, establishes the northern border, and covers repatriation of Germans from republics including Lithuania and Estonia. View of the German and Soviet leaders each signing the document. Wax seals are added and a close-up of the signature page of the agreement is shown. (The Agreement also included the third set of secret protocols of the Hitler-Stalin Act or German-Soviet Treaty of Nonaggression. It followed the German-Soviet Frontier Treaty, which was the second secret protocol. Despite the pact, Germany attacked the Soviet Union 6 months later.) (World War II period).
Four Russian Marshals including Voroshilov,Timoshenko and Budyenny being assigned to their respective new posts in Moscow,Leningrad and Ukraine. Marshals pose for the camera afterwards.1941.