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.
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.
German attack on Russia during World War 2. German He-111 bombers in flight over Gomel, Russia. Pilot in the cockpit of an plane. Bombs dropped. Soviets fire antiaircraft guns and FLAK smoke is seen. Bombers in flight and again drop bombs. On the ground, Soviets set off smoke screens in attempt to obscure targets.
Farmers working on a farm, Soviet Russia. Men work in a farm. A tractor and other farm equipment on field. Women stand in rows and work on the farm. Women bend down for harvesting. Equipment moves across the field. Crop harvesting.
Activities of German soldiers in Russia during World War II. A map shows places. Soldiers fire artillery, anti tank guns and machine guns on the Soviet lines near Novorossiisk. Smoke rises in the foreground due to firing. German soldiers advance on a field. German airplanes take off from the field. The airplanes fly in formation. They bombard Russian positions on bays. A German pilot in the cockpit of an Luftwaffe airplane. Dogfight scenes as German aircraft pursues and fires on a Russian Rata airplane. The Soviet aircraft is hit and downed.
Shows large numbers of war planes in the skies over Moscow, Russia during a military strength demonstration for Soviet leadership. Tupolev TB-3 transports and bombers among the aircraft (civilian designation ANT-6). The TB-3 were the world's first cantilever wing, four engine heavy bombers. They had corrugated skin covering. Joseph Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov watch the skies during a review in World War II. Russian planes drop bombs on fields. Bombs explode on the fields. Russian paratroopers climb out onto the wing of Tupolev TB-3 aircraft in flight. Troops on wings of the TB-3 aircraft in mid air. Paratroopers slide off from the wings and are airborne, opening parachutes.