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Home guard cavalry unit training during World War II in Soviet Union
An old bearded Russian Cossack stands in the midst of a contingent of Soviet cavalry, seated on the ground, during World War 2. Closeups of some in his audience. Next, the old man is seen riding at the head of a troop of cavalry. They pass close to the camera, and then are seen from above, as they proceed along a dirt path. Marshal of the Soviet Union, Semyon Audyonny, is seen consulting with other officers. (Narrator states he is involved in training home guard cavalry.) Cavalry mounting up and heading out, past a fence where several rural people wave to them. A troop of Cossacks 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 through a series of wooden stakes, swinging his sword at each as he passes. Closeup of one cut clean through. Final scene shows the entire troop charging in formation
Farmers harvesting wheat in the Soviet Union
Views of wheat fields in the Soviet Union. A harvester combine is being pulled by a tractor in the field. A man riding on, and operating, a horse drawn multi-paddle wheel harvesting device. He is followed by a boy on horseback leading a pair of horses pulling another man on a similar harvesting device. Change of scene to men and women in the fields gathering and bundling sheaves of wheat.
Miners in the Soviet Union work to support the war effort during World War II
Miners use multiple motor-driven drills to penetrate roof of mining tunnel in the Soviet Union during World War 2. Heavy dust drops from the drill holes and completely covers the miners as they work. As drilling proceeds, they exchange original drill bits with longer ones to penetrate deeper. Open rail cars filled with chunks of mineral ore are seen traveling along a rail line carrying the ore from the mine.
German troops overrun the Russians and take prisoners as troops destroy various installations in Soviet Union (WW2)
German troops advance against Russians on the Belorussian Front in Soviet Union during World War II. German troops advance on Brest Litovsk (in present day Belarus). German troops in small boats. Troops loaded on a tank as they march forward. A ship sails from a distance. Smoke arises from artillery fire. Troops on tanks march forward in meadow. A German soldier with a bicycle. A destroyed piece of artillery. German artillery in front of a building. Men running. German forces overrun Soviet soldiers and take prisoners. German soldier fires a machine gun. Troops sailing in a boat. Burning tanks in a village. German troops enter a Russian village and destroy a railroad station, homes and kill horses. Smoke rises due to an explosion. Troops advance on foot along with Russian prisoners. Soldiers in a boat and on tanks. Russian prisoners hold their hands up after surrender.
German troops fire guns and artillery and smoke arises due to fire in Soviet Union (WW2)
German troops advance against Russians on the Belorussian Front in Soviet Union during World War II. German troops behind an artillery. An aircraft rear on fire after plane crash. German soldiers fire mortar and machine gun. Soldiers pushing artillery across the field. German officers observe battlefield and discuss plans. German gun crew fire an artillery. A burnt house. Troops near a gun. They march forward and fire in the background. German officers stand in a group and talk. Soldiers near a gun. A soldier looks through binoculars. A village in the foreground. German troops firing anti-aircraft gun at Soviet aircraft in flight. Soldiers stand near a filed gun. The aircraft drops bomb and soldiers look up. They fire artillery and smoke arises due to explosion.
German Operation "Barbarossa," the invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II
German troops advance in Transcarpathian Oblast, Ukraine, during World War 2. Map shows the Polish-Ukrainian (Soviet Union) border. Narrator refers to the Battle in the East (the Eastern Front). German armored forces, camouflaged with branches of shrubbery, attack to the East, primarily from Poland, in Operation Barbarossa. Stug III self-propelled assault guns are seen, as well as towed artillery pieces moving along rural roads in agricultural areas. German officers look through binoculars. Spire of a church seen in distant rural village. German artillery firing at close to zero elevation. A small village with houses burning. Closeup of German tank commander looking out from his top hatch. German soldier receiving first aid for cut on face. German infantry engaging defenders in house-to-house combat with small arms. Houses ablaze in the village.