City of Bakhchisaray in Crimea, Soviet Union. Views of Crimean mountains and landscape in the countryside in Crimea. Ruins of an ancient Jewish city of Chufut-Kale, which means "Jews Rock." Various structures, walls, buildings, and caverns seen in the ancient city in the mountains of Crimea. Exteriors of Hansaray in Bakhchisaray. Mosques and minarets in the city of Bakhchisaray. Views of Ottoman architecture of the Khan's Palace. Civilians and children in the city. Men and women in traditional clothing of the time and place. Close-up views of faces of people of the city. Bullock carts and horse carriages being driven through the city. Wide landscape views of cave towns and white marble monasteries and palaces nestled into high cliff faces of nearby mountains. Castle on a mountain top.
Life of people and developmental efforts in Ukraine, Soviet Union. Views of a village. Native men and women dance to the tunes of folk music. Buildings in a village. Church in a village (possibly St George's Church in village of Oleksandro-Shultyne, in eastern Donetsk region). Bank of the Dnieper River. Lenin Dam (or Dnipro Dam, later known as Dnieper Hydroelectric Station or DniproHES) in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, being constructed along the river. Boulders being loaded with the help of Steam shovel. Railroad cars carry construction material to the construction site. Huge hills being dynamited. Men work with spades to construct the dam. A huge dining hall for the dam construction workers. Cooks prepare food in an industrial kitchen that the narrator says includes American equipment. The workers eat the food. American and Russian engineers plan to exploit the natural resources. An American colony. Exteriors of the building. Children enjoy roller skating.
Life of people and developmental efforts in Kharkov, Ukranian Soviet Socialist Republic. Farms and a railroad track. A railroad train underway on tracks. Civilians milling about on a street. Exteriors of a university building. A large electrical equipment factory. Men stand outside the factory. Numerous buildings under construction.
First scene shows a German sentry walking past Heinkel He-111 bombers parked on an airfield. German soldiers stripped to their waists leave their tents on sandy soil and carry bombs over their shoulders. Other soldiers grapple with a heavy wooden box of ammunition. Camera pans over a line of parked Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka) dive bombers. Closeup of bomb mounted under a Ju-87. German airmen look over maps before departing on a bombing mission. Line of parked He-111 bombers in background. German airmen don flying gear and proceed to their aircraft. They enter through hatch in botton of the fuselage. Ground crewmen crank an engine on a bomber to start it. It then taxis out for takeoff. Several Stuka dive bombers take off in a loose formation. View from beneath as an He-111 bomber flies over the camera position. More Stuka dive bomber aircraft flying in formation above the airfield. Formation of He-111 bombers in formation overhead. View of pilot inside a bomber as it flies over a river. Large formation of bombers overhead. View from cockpit of aircraft engine and propeller during flight. View of bombardier inside a bomber, looking through his bomb sight. Downward view through his canopy. View through window in one bomber of another beside it in formation. Downward view from bottom canopy of land below a bomber. Some bombers in flight in mist. Smoke rising from bomb strike. More He-111s in flight. More smoke rising from bombings. Smoke beginning to obscure everything during attack and invasion of Poland.
German invasion of Poland during World War II. German cavalry and infantry units advance across Bromberg, Poland (Bydgoszcz Poland). Soldiers on motorcycles advance. Soldiers crawl on the ground in a wooded area. Tanks roll across an area. German troops enter a city. German population welcome them. A man removes a Polish sign from a wall. Tanks and troops advance across an area. Damaged bridges across a river. German soldiers rebuild wrecked bridges. German soldiers in carts and tanks move across a bridge.
German invasion of Poland during World War II. Buildings at the bank of a river in Danzig. Civilians cheer and wave as they welcome German troops in the city. German soldiers on tanks and vehicles as they enter the city.
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