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Wagons and trucks deliver grain to collection center in Ukraine.
A column of trucks carrying grain from the seasonal harvest is seen moving along a road in rural Ukraine. A column of horse-drawn wagons also moves along the road, giving way to the motor vehicles. (Rains have delayed the harvest and collective farmers are anxious to deliver their grain.) Trucks are parked in a muddy lot and farmers carry sacks of grain, on their shoulders, to a central collection point. Soviet authorities examine the grains being delivered. Women fill sacks with grain from their trucks and men carry them into the collection warehouse. The last scene shows a truck displaying a large picture of Joseph Stalin atop the cab.
Ukrainians and Belorussians, who fled to France to escape poor treatment under Polish domination, return home after 20 years.
The Soviet ship Vyacheslav Molotov is seen, docked at the French port of Le Havre. A crane raises cargo onto the ship. Ukrainian and Belorussian passengers stand on the pier, ready to board the ship that will take them to their former hometowns. One woman walks up the gangplank with a flag and a carryall displaying the image of Joseph stalin. On the pier, French Army officers process the embarking passengers, as a Soviet Army officer stands nearby. Closeup of documents being stamped. (Narrator states that these refugees fled their homes for France, 20 years earlier, when they were under the domination of Poland.) The Soviet officer encouraging passengers up the gangplank. View from high on the ship, of passengers clustered around the processing station. Camera pans up to the ship's funnel, where Soviet hammer and sicle is displayed. View from behind people waving on the dock, of the passengers lining the railing of the ship, waving goodbye as the ship slowly begins to move forward and then is seen underway. Scene fades to reopen showing the ship in waters of the Black Sea approaching the port of Odessa, Ukraine. Buildings seen upon cliffs overlooking the port. Several views of the passengers assembled on deck looking toward shore. Closeups of passengers and their flags. A Ukrainian woman gives a speech about her joy at homecoming. Other passengers applaud. A man holds up a homemade sign reading (in Russian) "LONG LIVE SOVIET-HOMELAND I-EE-GOVERNMENT." Passengers disembarking down the gangplank, carrying flags and riding in open small trucks away from the ship.
Joseph Stalin, Georgy Malenkov, Anastas Mikoyan review a parade during May Day celebration in Kiev, Soviet Union.
May Day celebration in Kiev, Soviet Union. Parade through the city streets. Civilians parade with banners and big cut outs of Stalin in streets as Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin along with other leaders , Georgy Malenkov, Anastas Mikoyan review the parade. Russian tanks and search lights mounted on jeeps during the parade.