German campaign in Russia. Map details Russia. German officials examines map. German crew fires field artillery. Men load shells. German planes ready to take off. German officers examine Russian positions on front. German soldiers with bicycles on field. Explosion in streets. Smoke rises from explosions. Burning house. Clouds of smoke rise from burning buildings. Red Cross doctors treat the wounded men. (World War II period).
Foreign Minister of Soviet Russia, Vyacheslav Molotov sits in his office, Soviet Russia. Telephone on desk in the background. Loudspeakers placed on the street. A huge crowd on the streets. Buildings in the background. Russian people listen to the message on loudspeakers. Women, men and children gathered on the streets. Cadets and officers in the crowd. Families hear the speech.
Italian troops outside Stalingrad, Russia, Soviet Union, during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II. General Galbiati accompanied by General Viktor Lutze, Sturmabteilung ("SA") Chief, arrives at airfield near the front where he meets General Gariboldi, Commander in Chief of the Italian Expeditionary Force. General Galbiati in inspection of the troops. Italian officers inspect trenches and walk in them, and review Italian soldiers and artillery equipment.
World War 2 Battle of Stalingrad, Russia, Soviet Union. German tanks and armored vehicles advance on Russian front just outside Stalingrad. German tanks firing. German soldiers advancing through towns and into industrial outskirts of the city, near railroad marshaling yards and industrial plants. German soldiers firing rifles from bomb craters and embankments. Scenes of devastated buildings. Smoke rises in air. Soldiers cross railroad tracks. Shirtless German soldier loading artillery shell that is fired at Stalingrad. Elevated views of city of Stalingrad during battle, as explosions and fire are seen in buildings in the distance. Aerial views from German Luftwaffe bomber aircraft as they bomb the city of Stalingrad. Stuka dive bombers accompany them and are seen diving during battle.
German troops at war against the Russians in Stalingrad, Russia during World War II. Tanks burn and destroyed houses in the background. A German looks through binoculars. Two knocked out German tanks. German half track fires. German troops fire mortar at a building. Explosion occurs at top of the building. German soldiers view damage and walk through debris. German soldier throws hand granades. Russians return fire seen flashing from pile of debris. German soldier watches a doorway as he holds a pistol. Germans advance towards a house. Germans fire machine guns. Heavy guns fired by Germans. Abandoned railroad tank cars on tracks.
Russian soldiers advance towards the battlefield in Moscow, Russia during World War II . A map of Russia showing places. Joseph Stalin addresses a vast crowd in Red Square. Buildings in the area. Ski troops, cavalry and infantry units march from the square. Tanks and trucks loaded with infantry units roll through the city. Snow covered area. An armored locomotive and a freight train is removed from a camouflaged shed. Trenches are dug in the snow, barbed wire is strung and trees are chopped down to barricade a road. German planes hover over the city and bombard the city. Explosions and smoke from bombardment.