A map of Russia. View of Voronezh, Russia. Buildings in the street. Smoke rises up in the background. Dead bodies lay on the ground. Wrecked buildings and rubble all over the building. Cars near a street. A view of waterfront. Horses and German munitions carts. Soldiers sit near the horses. Planks lay across a stream. Troops on motorcycles and bicycles. Russian prisoners walk. Prisoners carry their belongings and walk across the fields. (World War II period).
German troops advance on fields in Voronezh, Russia. Tanks move across the streets. Buildings in the view. A man looks through binoculars. Trees and houses in view. Troops march in front of buildings. Artillery loaded and fired. Tank guns are fired. Enemy installations are bombed. Smoke and explosion. Camouflaged tanks and trucks move along a road. (World War II period).
A map shows area around Orel in Russia. German forces fall back from Orel. Military trucks and trains carry material to the front. German tanks, artillery, antiaircraft guns, buses and aircraft. German soldiers in a field. Soviet prisoners. A German officer talks to a captured Soviet soldier. The Soviet prisoners stack arms. Large quantities of captured armor and equipment and arms. German Pz.IV Lang tank beside a cottage. Soldiers sit in a group as one plays an accordion. German soldiers bathe, get a haircut and clean themselves. Two German soldiers read a newspaper with a German Shepherd dog beside them. Others eat and drink. (World War II period).
Animated map of Eastern front locates Orel, Kursk, Belgorod and Kharkov in Russia. German military vehicles, including Marder III tank destroyers, successfully retreat from during World War 2.. People on street. Troops advance on a field. A soldier observes through binoculars. Germans attack Russian positions on front with dive bombers ("Ju87-Sturzkampfbomber"), rockets ("Nebelwerfer") and Tiger-I tank of s.Pz.Abt.503. Artillery fired. Germans advance through burning Russian village. Damaged Russian T34 and Lend-Lease Stuart tanks on field. Russian prisoners stand in lines. (World War II period).
Scenes of Soviet forces preparing for battle in Leningrad, Russia against the siege by German forces during World War 2. A large procession of Soviet soldiers walking in the snow near the Palace Square. They proceed past the Narva Triumphal Gate. A contingent of uniformed soldiers marches by the gate. A group of soldiers kneels at the tombstone of 18th Century Russian Generalissimo Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov, famous for never losing a battle. One soldier kisses a revolver. Outside in the snow, Russian troops assemble before a flag being the image of Lenin. The soldiers all kneel as past glories are recounted (brief clips of fictional films showing Russian heroes like Alexander Nevsky and others). The Soviet soldiers stand again and march, singing, in the snow. Ordinary citizens march in the snow towards the Narva Triumphal Arch or Gate. Russian troops in uniform march past the Gate. One Russian soldier pulls a sled behind him. A large contingent of ski troops marches, carrying snow skis over their shoulders, followed by a contingent of paratroopers, in winter white camouflage jump suits. More Soviet soldiers in white camouflage march carrying snow skis. A contingent of Russian ski troops marches in the snow, dressed in white camouflage outfits.
A map of Russia in World War II. Russian planes attacking in the Orel sector are shot down. Russian tanks and infantry attack. Flaming and demolished Russian tanks. Russian prisoners of war. Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber planes dive bombing Russian positions.