Film begins showing Soviet industrial complex with many smoke stacks emitting dark fumes. A banner is raised in front of a statue of Joseph Stalin. Soviet workers turn wheel and use wrench to install a large shaft into a machine in a factory. A large number of Soviet people descend stairs from an electric distribution network at a hydroelectric dam. Soviet head of state Mikhail Kalinin is among the persons seen in the group. Spectators stand on a platform above the dam where a large sign is displayed. View of the dam with gates open and water pouring through to the lower level of the river. Scene shifts to military parade on Red Square in Moscow. during World War 2. A formation of trucks carrying anti-aircraft guns drive along the street. Soviet T-34 tanks are also in the parade. Joseph Stalin waves from a balcony on the Kremlin as the parade passes. Soviet workers also join the parade, carrying banners and marching in a dozen parallel columns along Red Square. They exit in columns around both sides of Saint Basil's Cathedral. Soviet heavy artillery batteries fire at night creating great flashes of light. A shell strike destroys a building. Soviet troops fighting in close quarters among debris in a Russian city. Dead German soldiers lying in debris on a city street. Some are surrounded by weapons and belts of ammunition. A Soviet soldier removes a swastika from the top of a steel bridge. Soviet citizens walk about the ruins of a city during a lull in combat. A child emerges from an underground bunker. Russian sailors walk together along a street. Soviet people gather at an outdoor market, where they purchase foods.
Cargo being unloaded from ships. Military trucks move over a bridge. Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Premier, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain at Tehran Conference in Iran.
Soviet tanks and other military weapons being displayed at a parade in Moscow. Flags of Soviet Union, United States, and United Kingdom fly outside the site of the Potsdam conference. President Harry S. Truman of United States greeted by Andrei Vishinsky, along with British Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Charles Bohlen is seen. Truman shakes hands with Stalin. Attlee, Truman, and Stalin pose for picture. View of Soviet newsstand showing "New Times" publication in various languages, including English. Poster of Stalin at the newsstand.
Refugees and foreigners fleeing conflict and unrest head to Shanghai as the Communist Chinese Army advances, challenging those loyal to Nationalist China. An Orthodox priest looks at an infant carried by a European woman. Many people are screened before boarding the USS General W.H. Gordon (AP-117) to evacuate. Two Roman Catholic nuns board the ship. The ship departs from Shanghai. Scene shifts to view of Communists on parade in Rome, Italy and assemble at event overseen by Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti. Crowds of communist Italians gathered at the Stadio dei Marmi (Viale dello Stadio dei Marmi, 00135 Roma RM, Italy). In East Germany a large poster showing Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Speakers at rally of East German FDGB (Freier Deutscher Gewerkshaftsbund) which is the Free German Trade Union Federation. Rioting and destruction in riots in Bogota, Colombia, after 1948 assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. Crowds of Colombian protestors overturn cars and burn cars and streetcars. Protestors through files of paperwork out of windows of a government building during unrest.
People dead and injured in Communist rioting in Italy and Britaim.. Injured women being carried away by people. People clash on the streets in Britain and policemen try to control them. Police escort a man.
Workers stand outside the French National Railway Company in France.It is snowing. They sign petitions. French policeman stands guard . In the Soviet Union, Sir Bernard Montgomery is accompanied by Russian officers while stopping to view a monumental cannon in Moscow.
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