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Manufacturing operations at the Uralmash heavy machine production facility of OMZ in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Soviet Union.
Opening scene shows overview of the Uralmash heavy machine production facility of the Russian engineering corporation (OMZ), in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Soviet Union. Inside the plant, large pieces of equipment with exposed ring gears are seen. A worker at a gear cutting machine makes measurements to confirm accuracy, as the machine shapes a large ring gear. Closeup of the gear cutting machine at the work surface, with liquid flowing over the cutting tool. Factory employees work with precision machined cylinder liners for large engines. Two men ram a cylinder sleeve into the open hole of an engine block. Others are seen chilling cylinder sleeves with liquid nitrogen to shrink them. They then use tongs and gloves to handle the sleeves and place them into an engine block. (When the sleeves warm up again, they will be permanently set into the block). Engineers discuss drawings for a product. One uses a pair of compasses to check an engineering drawing. Closeups of several engineers who are mentioned by name (in Russian). Scene reverts back to the factory floor, where men work on one of the large ring-geared pieces of equipment. Glimpse of parts moving on overhead conveyer inside the plant.
Early completion of Five year plans in Russia, Soviet Union.
Wide view of Russian industrial city with housing and factories. Views of various Russian newspapers announcing early completion of five-year plans, with headlines (translated) such as, "Glorious victory for the people of Moscow." Government officials addressing gatherings of citizens and workers, and congratulating citizens.
Interior of a motorcycle plant in Russia, Soviet Union
Interior of a motorcycle plant in Russia. Workers shown operating new factory machinery. Soviet workers at tooling machines crafting small parts for motorcycles. Wide view of factory floor with many newly assembled motorcycles.
Post-World War II scenes in Communist occupied areas of Europe and Asia
Animated map shows thrust of German forces during invasion of Soviet Russia in World War 2. Stalingrad is highlighted as a turning point. Another animated map shows Soviet territorial gains at the end of the war, as narrator discusses the disposition of those places and their respective populations, as in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. He also discusses Soviet zones of occupation. Animated map shows "Iron Curtain." Soviet troops on parade. Soviet ZSU-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAG) on display during a parade in 1945. A stadium filled with people in Soviet-occupied East Germany, in 1949. Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck, the first President of the German Democratic Republic, is seen in the stands. Young East German women parade in traditional costumes, clapping their hands, in the stadium. Waterfront scenes show Soviet trade activities with post-war occupied entities. Scenes of conflict as Chinese communist forces expel Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Chinese forces (ROC) from mainland China to Formosa (Taiwan), in 1949. A litter-borne casualty and a refugee mother and small girl are seen as they evacuate.
Moscow, Russia, in Springtime of 1949.
The Kremlin viewed from Borodinsky bridge over Moskva (Moscow) River, in May, 1949. Cathedral Square can be seen to the right (East) dominated by the tall Ivan, the Great, Bell tower. The Metropolitan Hotel viewed from across a square. Buses moving on the streets. Camera pans across members attending meeting of a USSR legislature (Duma), focusing on the wide variety of ethnicities and cultures represented by the persons and dress of the delegates. A speaker delivers a dramatic poetic speech and is applauded. Huge illuminated images of Lenin and Stalin flank the backdrop of the stage and podium. The film ends with the Chairman of the Gosduma, rising and applauding, quickly accompanied by others on the stage and then, by those seated in the hall.
Demonstration of use of new methods and tools to mechanical engineers from Moscow institute
A man demonstrates new methods and tools to a group of mechanical engineers from Moscow institute in Soviet Union. Interiors of a textile factory and weaving machine. Female works on a machine to weave a thread.