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.
Animated maps show locations in Russia. Cold and snow force Spanish Blue Division troops under German Army (250. Infanterie-Division) use dynamite for digging defensive positions near Leningrad. They explode dynamite and make room for gun emplacements. Blue Division soldiers fashion trenches in the snow and erect crude shelters of wood. After firing artillery, an officer looks through periscopic sighting binoculars. The troops engage in battle over snow covered field, pulling artillery piece. Chimney of Soviet blockhouse is hit. Spanish troops are decorated by German officials. German cavalry General Georg Lindemann presents Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross to Spanish commander, General Agustín Muñoz Grandes. (World War II period).
German truck convoys move supplies through snow blizzard, advancing to engage Soviet Russian troops on the eastern front in World War II. German soldiers shovel snow and clear pathway through snow. A German soldier with a snow encrusted, frozen mustache. German soldiers walk through a snowy trench with snow roofed area. Wire entanglement placed across open field and a German soldier scans the horizon with binoculars. Tanks and tracked armored vehicles uncovered from barn covering camouflage. Artillery forward observer moves through field on Panzer tank. Signal man relays message. German artillery fired. Fire and smoke. Shells hit objectives. German Tanks roll on the snow covered battlefields. Scenes of destroyed Soviet tanks and dead Russian soldiers on snow covered ground.
People gather to celebrate an event organized for the youth of Russia in August 1939. Soviet Premier Stalin reviews children parading, dancing and doing calisthenics. Boys march with flags. Buildings along the sides of a street. Boys and girls perform on a stage in front of a large crowd. Children march. Boys perform on the ground amidst the crowd. Girls and boys on decorated floats pass through the street. Buildings in the background. Several performances by the young boys and girls in colorful dresses. A crowd gathers in front of decorated buildings. Pictures of dignitaries on the wall of a building. Girls march with flags.
General Timoshenko arrives to review troops in Moscow, Russia during World War II. Buildings along the sides of a street. Troops stand in war against fascism. The soldiers stand in formation. An aerial view of the area in which the troops are gathered. General Timoshenko arrives riding a horse with other officers. The troops march in front of the officials. The General addresses the troops. Armed civilians and Red Army women pass in review.
Russian civilians help soldiers in Moscow, Russia during World War II. Buildings in an area. Soldiers march with weapons. Military vehicles drive past on the streets. Civilians help the army in preparing for the war. Trenches are dug and sand-bag emplacements are erected. Artillery and barrage-balloons are towed through the streets. Civilians enlist as guerrilla fighters. Weapons are issued to the civilians. Women and old men work in a munition factory.