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U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace addresses the people during a public meeting at an opera house in Russia.
U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace on a journey to China through Soviet Union. An animated portion of a globe shows his next destination. The Vice President lands in Novosivirsk. A signal officer in a jeep gives signal. People on streets and the view of buildings in the city. Vice President visits the Yak fighter plane industry. American fliers and others look at the plane. The plane in flight. The biggest opera house in the world. Wallace addresses the people at a public meeting. He addresses them in Russian language. Civilians applaud. Wallace speaks into a microphone. People seated in a hall and listen to his speech.
Farmers in the Soviet Republics harvest crops to aid the USSR in World War II
At start of this film, grains and other crops are shown waving in the breeze in the former Autonomous Volga German Soviet Republic (disestablished in 1941,after German invasion of the USSR). Volga German farmers harvest grasses, using tractors and harvesting wheels. They leave mounds of hay on a field (Narrator says this is for the Red Army cavalry.) Farmers gather the hay and use pitch forks to load it into horse-drawn wagons. Closeups of them loading the hay into a wagons. A line of wagons loaded with hay moves on a path through the field. Scene shifts to Azerbaijan, where ripened wheat is seen in a field. Closeup of a man operating a harvesting combine. He and helpers move about on the moving combine. Closeup of him catching wheat grains in his hand. He wears several medals pinned to his jacket. View from above of wheat grain discharging into a truck moving in parallel with the combine. In another Soviet Republic, women are seen cultivating a huge field of sugar beets. The use metal cultivator tools and some bend down and manually weed plants. A man drives a tractor pulling a wide cultivator behind it. Closeup of the moving cultivator. Wide view of the field with many women workers (all in white skirts) cultivating the crop.
Soviet citizens are called upon to support the war during German invasion in World War II
Soviet propaganda newsreel of July, 1941 shows huge numbers of Soviet citizens being called upon to support the war effort during the German invasion (Operation Barbarossa) in World War 2. Several men in similar clothes stand on stage, as one speaks from a podium. The banner behind them mentions the homeland's need for support. A large portrait of Joseph Stalin forms a backdrop to the stage. A large crowd of mostly men listens intently. (A woman with several children is also seen in the crowd.) A different speaker is now seen at the podium. More views of the crowd filling a large open space (Square). Another view of the speaker. Now a third speaker speaks from the podium and most of those in the crowd respond to him by raising their hands. Next, a gathering of workers is seen at a construction site where a platform has been set up holding several men. A portrait of Joseph Stalin is carried by someone in the crowd. Closeup of some workers listening to a speaker. Closeup of the men on the platform and one speaking to the workers. Closeup of a woman in the audience. Closeup of the speaker on the platform. Camera pans over some of the crowd, that includes women. A train of railroad box cars and an open bulk carrier moving past the camera. Industrial plant in background.
Legion Unit of France soldiers (LVF) march through streets of Versailles and board train bound for eastern front in World War II.
View of collaborationist French soldiers from the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchévisme, or, Légion des volontaires français, or LVF.) The LVF soldiers, made of of right-wing French and French prisoners, are marching through the streets of Versailles, in Vichy France, toward the Versailles Chantiers train station, to begin their trip to the Soviet Union where they will fight together with Germany against Soviet forces in World War 2. To the Germans they were known as Infantry Regiment, or Infanterieregiment 638. Led by a Band, the soldiers march through streets of Versailles and uphill toward the main arched entrance of the Versailles Chantiers station. Civilians line streets to bid farewell, and some women kiss soldiers goodbye. View of black locomotive leading the train. LVF board a train car with chalk inscription on the side "Paris - Moscow, LVF".
German tanks advance and attack Soviet forces on the eastern front during World War 2
German panzer tanks move forward to attack Soviet Union in European Theater during World War II. Nazi tanks move against Russian troops. Fire and scenes of destruction from battle.
German units advance under cover aerial bombardment in European theater during World War 2
German motorized and horse drawn equipment advance further in Soviet Union under cover of aerial bombardment. German bombers drop bombs over Soviet targets.