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Soviet forces demonstrating their prowess and weapons in 1941 during World War II
After credits, opening slate refers to the battle front of the future, battles of the Motherland. Opening action shows a Tupolev SB-2 Katyushka bomber taking off on a grassy field. Momentary glimpse of the nose of a Mig-1 with engine running. Then a stubby Polikarpov I-153 biwing aircraft takes off. Two of them are seen in flight overhead, and then several more. Scene shifts to some captured German prisoners of war being escorted by Soviet armed guards. Troops and more prisoners walk down gang planks from a large flat river barge. A T-26 tank sits overlooking the barge as its occupants depart under guard. Scene shifts to an advanced model T-26 Soviet tank moving across a field. Another is also moving in the background. Other tanks move past the camera, through sand, and past trees. A Soviet BT-5 tank speeds past the camera. Soviet troops firing Quad-mounted PM M1910 Maxim machine guns as antiaircraft weapon. Other antiaircraft weapons firing at a German Bf 109 aircraft in flight overhead. Aerial view of a German Stuka Dive Bomber (Ju-87). Soviet gunners firing a camouflaged 85 mm M1939 (52-K) anti-aircraft gun. A German Bf 109 fighter aircraft turns and makes a gentle dive . Next, a burning aircraft is seen plummeting to earth. A large explosion. Two 85mm antiaircraft gins firing. More German aircraft are seen and another one is shot down. Several early ,model Soviet T-26 light infantry tanks run in formation over sharply rolling hills in what appears to be a testing or demonstration ground. several explosions occur near them as they move. Field artillery firing from concealed positions in woods. A tree is felled by shelling and an explosion nearby raises huge clods of earth. Soviet infantry charge through barbed wire. One soldier carries a mine detector. Soviet troops charge through woods. Several German prisoners of war are taken. Numerous German prisoners seated on the ground in an open field.
German troops invade Russia and Joseph Goebbels announces it on radio during World War 2.
German invasion of Russia, Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa). Early morning in Berlin with quiet street scenes during World War II. Hands of a clock in view. A man unloads milk cans from a truck. German radio broadcasting studios. A man operates controls. View of radio tower and buildings. Men enter an office. A sign announces broadcast in progress and requests quiet and no entry. Propaganda Minister Dr Joseph Goebbels enters the room and sits on a sofa. He announces Germany has launched an offensive on the Eastern Front as Germany's actions represent declaration of war against the Soviet Union. Officers stand in the background. Several men seated in cars, listen to radio broadcast. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop makes the announcement to journalists at a crowded news conference. Newspapers carry the story. Cameramen take photographs. Animated map depicts the Eastern front extending more than 5 thousand kilometers from Finland in the North to Romania in the South. This is Operation Barbarossa. German troops invade Russia. A ship underway and a bridge in view. Heavy German guns bombard targets. Smoke rises up. Street signs such as "Eydtkau" are shown as evidence of advances. German troops dismantle border barriers. German tanks and artillery advancing Eastward, encountering resistance. They blow up a building.
Hitler and German General Staff plan Operation Barbarossa in Berchtesgaden
Snow-covered hills at Berchtesgaden. Inside a building, Hitler plans Operation Barbarossa (invasion of the Soviet Union) with his General staff. Among others present are, General Heinz Wilhelm Guderian; Colonel General Franz Halder and Colonel General Ludwig Beck. Animated map shows planned offensive against the Soviet Union and thence through the Caucauses and into Mideast oil fields. Further grand schemes are illustrated. Ocean supply lines needing to be choked off at Murmansk, Russia, and in the Mediterranean are diagrammed. German U-boat bases are shown on the map. View of a U-boat displaying skull and cross bones on conning tower. U-boat reinforced concrete pens. Map showing U-boat missions.
Fall of Minsk and first Battle of Smolensk in Operation Barbarossa, World War II. German forces advance to the Dnieper River
German forces take Minsk and advance to the Soviet Union early in their World War 2 Operation Barbarossa. German soldiers dive for cover as a shell explodes, during their house-to-house operations. One waves unarmed surrendering Soviet soldiers forward. Several other surrendering Soviet soldiers run along a dirt roadside. Some are also seen at a German field red cross tent where German medical corpsmen are standing. Soldiers hit the dirt as more shells strike nearby. Closeups of some Soviet prisoners. German Ju 87 Dive bombers are seen high above, and then closeup as they dive. Glimpse of German pilot in cockpit. Bombs striking ground. Dive bombers pulling out. Bombs exploding. Camera focuses on bomb falling from a Ju 87, and tracks it until it explodes on the ground. A German artillery spotter watches as a gun crew fires a 10.5cm le FH 18 howitzer. The shell explodes with white smoke and debris flies into the air. Glimpse of German soldiers watching as a gunner fires a 2cm Flak 38 antiaircraft gun at zero elevation. More artillery firing. A farm building is completely destroyed by an exploding heavy artillery shell. German troops walk past burning armor. Knocked out and burning tanks and other vehicles line the sides of the road to Minsk. But it is now open and a line of German troops with horse-drawn supply wagons moves ahead. Some mounted officers proceed as well. Trucks and armor follow, including a StuG III self-propelled gun armed with a short-barreled 75-mm gun. Scenes of total destruction. German long guns firing in flat lands as they continue advance to the Dnieper River. German 17 Cm Kanone 18 guns firing toward Stalin Line fortifications. Huge explosions seen as shells explode in distance. A fire raging in distance. More German artillery firing. German infantry advancing after the artillery barrages. Obstacles at Soviet lines of defense that German infantry must breach or bypass. German infantry entering a village. One throws a hand grenade and they both drop to the ground as it explodes on a small building. German soldier firing a light machine gun. Sounds of heavy artillery and views of battle damaged buildings and fortifications. Captured Soviet prisoners walk with hands above their heads. Closeups of some. Aerial view of a destroyed fort on the Stalin line and destroyed buildings all around it.
Soviet women donate blood for use at the battle front during World War II.
Waiting room of a city hospital in the Soviet Union, during World War 2. it is filled with women waiting to donate blood. A nurse in white, calls one of the women, who follows her. Several women are seen in the donor station of the hospital. The women show some identification and are accepted as blood donors. One woman writes a letter that will be sent with her blood donation. A laboratory technician takes her letter. She follows him, dons on a white gown and mask and goes to a table where she lies down. View of her blood entering a collection flask. Technicians preparing the vials of blood by wrapping them and placing them in refrigerator containers for shipment to the battle front. The woman blood donor sits upright, removes her mask, and smiles.
Activities at a Soviet airbase and army base during World War II.
Opening slate in Russian, refers to N-skaya squadron of our brave falcons. View of a rough encampment in a clump of pine trees in the Soviet Union, during World War 2. Closeup of two Soviet aircraft completely hidden by boughs of pine trees. Complete change of scene shows Soviet soldiers assembled in a clearing in a forest, where they are to watch some local performances. View from the rear of soldiers grouped informally around army soldier entertainers. Soviet soldier musicians in a band are seated nearby with instruments, including a balalaika and accordions. The setting is park-like, perhaps at an army base. Next some of the army entertainers begin to dance as the band plays. View of a circle of army spectators watching the entertainers. Closeup of the dancers performing athletic Russian dances in unison. A group of women army soldiers are seated in the grass near other spectators, watching and applauding the performances. View of a Russian solder doing a solo performance. Camera pans over the military spectators. Abrupt change of scene shows an Ilyushin DB-3 bomber that has been partially cleared of its camouflage tree limbs. Soviet troops prepare long belts of machine gun ammunition, running the rounds through a had-cranked device that secures them. They re-box the belt ammunition. A truck carrying soldiers arrives at the Ilyushin DB-3 aircraft. Soldiers get out and unload crated munitions from the back of the truck, which they roll to the aircraft. They open a crate to reveal a bomb inside. Other soldiers carry a crate of belted machine gun ammunition. Next the armorers are seen arming the airplane. Closeup of one atop the aircraft, loading the belt ammunition, while others hoist a bomb through the bomb bay doors. One soldier checks the aircraft machine guns for mobility. Soldiers tending a pile of crated munitions are approached by a Soviet Air Force officer who brings them credentials that they must mark with their fingerprints and sign. The officer congratulates them. Closeup of the Russian officer. Another Air Force officer (a Major) holds a map and speaks to a Soviet radio operator in the field. Soldiers remove the last tree limbs from the Ilyushin bomber aircraft, and aircrew members prepare to board. The aircraft with engines running. The bomber taxis out and takes off raising lots of dust from the rugged airfield. Glimpse of three Soviet bombers in formation above the airfield.