Animated map shows World War 2 supply convoy routes to Murmansk, Soviet Union. German Junkers 88 bombers, JU 87, Stuka dive bombers, Fokker D.XXI aircraft; and Dornier Do-17 bombers are seen as aircraft used to disrupt the convoy traffic. An officer aboard a convoy escort ship looks through binoculars. A group of German Stuka dive bombers peels off to attack the convoy. Escort warships fire antiaircraft guns at the attacking German aircraft. bombs striking a supply ship. German Me 109 aircraft flying over the convoy. An attacking German aircraft is downed and crashes into the sea. A bombed supply freighter rapidly sinks. Smoke rises from another burning ships. A long line of supply ships arriving at Russian port. Aircraft and tanks being offloaded.
Farmers working on a farm, Soviet Russia. Men work in a farm. A tractor and other farm equipment on field. Women stand in rows and work on the farm. Women bend down for harvesting. Equipment moves across the field. Crop harvesting.
Foreign Minister of Soviet Russia, Vyacheslav Molotov sits in his office, Soviet Russia. Telephone on desk in the background. Loudspeakers placed on the street. A huge crowd on the streets. Buildings in the background. Russian people listen to the message on loudspeakers. Women, men and children gathered on the streets. Cadets and officers in the crowd. Families hear the speech.
Soviet resources and preparation for World War II. Russian soldiers marching in formation in Soviet Russia. Soviet Tanks and trucks move across a field. A locomotive moves on railway track carrying military hardware and soldiers. Tracked trucks carrying soldiers. Sky filled with Soviet aircraft in flight. Russian newspaper being printed on a Soviet printing press. People gathered in a town reading newspapers. Women dig trenches with shovels. Women listen as a man speaks on a street. Women wear bands on arms and do medical work. Men work in war production factories. Equipment in factories. Soviet ships at harbor and oil fields in Russia. Russian leader Joseph Stalin in view. Small craft in water. Russian Navy guns and airplanes in flight.
Activities of German soldiers in Russia during World War II. A map shows places. Soldiers fire artillery, anti tank guns and machine guns on the Soviet lines near Novorossiisk. Smoke rises in the foreground due to firing. German soldiers advance on a field. German airplanes take off from the field. The airplanes fly in formation. They bombard Russian positions on bays. A German pilot in the cockpit of an Luftwaffe airplane. Dogfight scenes as German aircraft pursues and fires on a Russian Rata airplane. The Soviet aircraft is hit and downed.
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.