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Young men in the Soviet Union train to fight against Germany during World War II
Young men stand in a formation in the USSR during World War 2. They are all wearing dark trowsers and white sweat shirts. At a signal from their leader, they all reach down and each picks up two simulated hand grenades from the ground. Closeup of the "grenades." The then run through woods and jump over a rustic fence. Some pair up and use their joined hands to boost others into the air and over the fence. They leap over a fallen tree and then jump down a steep hill and up another. They run into a river, wade rapidly across it, and climb up the opposite bank, where they flop down throwing their "grenades" as they do so. They get up again and continue running.
Women contribute blood at a hospital blood bank in the soviet union during World War II
Soviet civilian women are seen registering to contribute blood for the war effort during World War 2. They pass by a registration desk and are then seen in large numbers attended by medical staff who take their blood as they ly on cots. Both donors and medical staff are dressed in white and wear head and face masks. View of blood being collected in a flask. The women donors sit up, smiling, when finished. Physicians and staff consolidating collected blood in batches and packing them in boxes for transport.
Home Guard Cossack Cavalry train in the Soviet Union during World War II
Soviet Home Guard Cossack Cavalry are seen mounted up to train during World War 2. They ride past a fence where several rural people wave to them, including one old woman. A Cossack contingent in Papaha (black Cossack hats) is put through their paces by their commander. He directs one of his troop to charge on horseback, brandishing his sword. The Cossack charges along a path lined with a series wooden stakes. He swings his saber to cut the successive stakes while galloping through the course. Closeup of one typically cut clean through. In final scenes, the entire Cossack troop charges in formation
Women perform work in drafting and machining during World War II in the Soviet Union
Opening scene shows a number of women at drafting tables using engineer or architect drafting aids as they work on technical drawings. When alerted to the end of their work session, they all get up from their desks, don their coats and leave the building. Change of scene shows a woman returning to her lathe in a machine shop. A supervisor uses a pair of calipers to measure the item she is machining. Closeup of the woman's lathe shows she is using a facing tool on the part being machined. Closeup of the woman as she works. Closeups of other women also working in the machine shop. One uses a drill and two use lathes.
Short film highlighting role of women on home front as Soviet Union defends against German invasion in World War II
Film opens showing a woman working alone in a Soviet machine shop. Closeup of a milling machine in operation being cooled by a continuous flow of liquid over the surfaces. Closeup of the woman machinist. She moves a tool holder close to a machine. Another woman is seen in the background. Closeup of milling machine in operation with steel chips accumulating from the milling.
Men, women, and children work to harvest wheat and build defenses in the Soviet union against German invasion during World War II
Film begins showing an armed member of Soviet home guard standing in a wheat field during World War 2.. Nearby a tractor is pulling a harvesting combine machine across part of the wheat field. The harvester is being operated by a woman. A man stands by her side. Closeup of that man and then of him and the woman operating the harvester. Many children are seen bent over gleaning remains in the wake of the harvester. They bring their findings to a boy who empties them into a large sack. Another girl empties a bucket of gleanings into the boy's sack. View of two men standing on platform of the harvester, where they are filling sacks with harvested wheat and depositing them on the ground as the harvester moves along. Closeup of the man and woman atop the harvester. Closeup of the reaper blades cutting the wheat. Camera pans to edge of the wheat field, where civilians are busy building defenses. Camera moves closer and shows the worker in deep ravine to serve as a tank barrier. This group are mostly men. The next scene shows women and girls shoveling earth. Scene shifts to men cutting a new tank trap. Others are burying wood obstacles into the ground. A woman is seen preparing food in a large kettle over a fire. She uses a large ladle to sample the food. Women and girls are working on the defense works in the background.Change of scene shows men placing large logs into the edge of a deep multi-level tank trap. Men and women shovel earth to the top of a log fortification.