Shows sandbagged and barricaded streets in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Russian soldiers operating antiaircraft gun shoot down a German airplane in the outskirts of the city. Russian Officer holds the identification card of the German Lutwaffe Pilot and inspects the wreckage of the plane. Body of the dead pilot beside the German aircraft. Civilians dig trenches and antitank ditches to aid defense of Moscow. Soviet women and men work in a munitions plant. Ordnance and small arms manufactured on assembly line by war production workers. Artillery shells made by workers. Workers making wooden snow skis for soldiers to use in snow. Workers in another munitions plant assemble machine guns before the Battle of Moscow in World War II.
Workers work with military tanks in a roundhouse. A camouflaged armored train is rolled out from the roundhouse. Party leader Popov congratulates party workers. Views of Popov with workers.
Russian officer reading a speech by Stalin to the troops and views of soldiers listening. Commander of Soviet Cavalry. Guard talking to cavalrymen. Russian cavalry and infantry advance through snow and artillery is fired. Shows wrecked and abandoned German tanks. Russian troops are decorated by Russian Officer. (World War II period).
Shows Soviet Army personnel of Air Force arming a Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber aircraft to attack a German position. Bomber armed and it takes off. View of Pilot in cockpit of airplane in flight. A track made in snow by a German tank. German positions bombed by the Pe-2 bomber. (World War II period).
Major General Rokossovsky orders the Russian troops to attack on a village. Camouflaged tanks advance through barbed wire and enter a village. Various views of camouflaged tanks advancing and attacking. Village is taken over by Russian troops. Nazi German prisoners are marched off in snow and views of prisoners standing. Barricaded streets of Moscow. (World War II period).
After opening film credits, the title slate reads: (in Russian) "Armored Trains."Opening scene shows a Soviet officer brandishing a revolver as he ride in a motorcycle side car along a muddy road on the Eastern front in World War 2. Soldiers and a horse-drawn cart are seen in the background. Closeup of several Soviet soldiers. One holds a hand grenade. Officers and soldiers gather around a courier just arrived by motorcycle. The courier stands as an officer examines message documents. Closeups of the courier, as he breaks into a smile. Closeup of him seated on his motorcycle discussing a document with the officer who is examining it. Closeup of several Soviet soldiers. Again, one holds a hand grenade. Closeup of the courier standing, surrounded by soldiers and an officer. Two junior officers, surrounded by soldiers, peruse maps and other documents. Two soldiers in a camouflaged position communicate by field telephone and radio.Change of scene shows a heavily armored train displaying numerous heavy guns. Closeup shows various guns contained throughout the train, as it moves along a railway past the camera. View from atop the moving armored train as it proceeds along the railroad. View from land beside the track as the train passes. View from atop the train, again, showing an officer looking through binoculars. A long gun barrel is in the foreground. View from beside the parked train as begins to bombard German positions near a body of water. Numerous sights and sounds of the train guns firing. Views of burning and destroyed German structures, and military equipment. Holes blown in armor plate. A packet of captured mortar rounds, leaning against a broken wheel. A line of captured German artllery pieces. Destroyed equipment. Dead German soldiers lying beside a destroyed motorcycle. A severely damaged German vehicle. A cluster of captured German artillery shells. Interior of a destroyed German vehicle. A relatively undamaged captured German KFZ. 70 Personnel Carrier.