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Russian Red Army defeats the German Armies; views of surrendered Nazi Generals and soldiers and seized weapons, in World War II
Battles fought by Russians fighting military invasion from Germany during World War II. Captured Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus who led the German Army in Stalingrad is seen under Soviet guard. View of Paulus meeting with his Russian captors after he surrendered. Long column of surrendered German troops marching in snow under Soviet guard. The German prisoners march up hills and into the city of Stalingrad in snow and cold winter conditions. German soldiers with frostbite and exposure are shown. A German soldier with no shoes and blanket draped feet is shown limping forward. Animated map shows freed Russian area on map and retreat of German forces by the spring of 1943. Seized and idle German planes, weapons, piles of rifles, piles of machine guns, artillery pieces, and shells are shown in the snow and under Russian guard. Aerial view of German convoy on road following bombing campaign. Burned vehicles and devastation of the German retreating line. More views of marching German prisoners, and some dead German soliders lying in an area among some graves. Montage of scenes of allied nations armies fighting during World War 2.
Soviet navy coastal defense gun is fired during World War II
Commander of Soviet Artillery battery descends stairway through wooded area and gives orders to Navy coastal defense artillerymen accompanying him. Brief glimpse of steel turret housing a 12"/52 (30.5 cm) gun (railroad gun). Soviet officer using set of dividers and charts to plot firing plan. He phones instructions to naval gun crew, who remove cover from gun barrel. Entire area is wooded, and the gun is covered in tree branch camouflage. Steel side of gun turret contains Russian (cyrillic) writing and the date: 1943, Next sequence shows turret rotating and barrel elevating as gun positions to fire. Sailors carry several powder bags that they place on a roller conveyer along with a shell. All are brought to the gun breech and loaded. Views of the gun being fired, and explosions of shells in distance.
Bodies of Polish victims and their personal effects during the exhumation of mass grave in Katyn Forest (WW2)
Bodies of Polish victims of the 1940 Katyn massacre during World War II. A corpse found from the 1943 exhumation of the mass grave. More remains of Katyn massacre victims. Exhumed corpses lie on the ground. A man shows the corpse of a Polish military officer. Men digging and carrying a corpse on stretcher. A man uncovers a corpse. The man inspects the corpse’s wallet for identification. Polish banknotes and identification papers on wooden table. Pictures of family members and identification cards belonging to Katyn massacre victims. Thousands of corpses exhumed in Katyn Forest. The Red Cross flag is also seen.
Polish Refugees travel three years and 3 thousand miles to Iran during World War II.
Many Polish refugees are seen in the final phase of their monumental trek of three years and three thousand miles from Poland, during World War 2. Scene shifts to Poland in 1939, where polish refugees crowd roads carrying their belongings in wooden carts and other conveyances. They are seen at a rest stop where they obtain food. Animated map shows path of refugees fleeing East into the Soviet Union, following the German invasion in August, 1939. The path continues Southeast in 1941, as they flee from the German campaign, Operation Barbarossa, into the Soviet Union. Their journey continues along the west coast of the Caspian Sea, through the Caucasus, to Persia (Iran). Views of refugees arriving at the Persian border, where they are seen near many tents, and being provided with articles of clothing from British and American Red Cross Stations. Refugees donning new shoes and other items. Young girls having their hair styled. Refugees sit at long tables where they receive hot meals. A teacher conducts an outdoor class for Polish refugee children. Closeup of children at their desks. Refugee women are seen tilling soil to plant crops, while fathers and grown sons and daughters leave to join the new armies of the Polish Government in Exile. Views of Polish women, in uniforms marching and of uniformed armed Polish soldiers, as well becoming part of the Allied war against the Axis powers. Polish refugees at an outdoor shrine, offering prayers for the safety of their members in the military. New polish refugee arrivals at the Persian border being greeted by others, many of whom are family members.
Soviet citizens contribute to war effort; Soviet tank production; tank crew decorated during World War II.
Soviet civilians contribute to war effort in the Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet citizens place money on a table. A man addresses the civilians as women listen. Women pack dish ware. Food grains being packed in sacks. Milk being poured in containers. Food bags loaded onto horse drawn carts which pull away. T-34 tanks being manufactured in a factory. The tanks roll out of a factory. A Russian tank crew lined up on a field as an officer decorates the crew.
Unveiling of a monument dedicated to Major-General Ivan Vasilevich Panfilov (WW2)
The Grave of Soviet World War II hero, Major-General Ivan Vasilevich Panfilov. People gather around to honor him. A snow covered area. Civilians pay tribute at his grave. A statue to Major-General Ivan Vasilevich Panfilov, Hero of the Soviet Union, who died in the battle of Moscow, being unveiled at a ceremony. The inscription reads, among other things, (in Russian): Panfilov 1893-1941. Soldiers march past the statue.