New York skyline seen from a boat moving in the harbor of New York City. Portion of the New York skyline with skyscrapers. Ferries in the foreground with boats entering and leaving. Ferries at dock. Traffic of barges and tugboats.
German campaign in the Soviet Union during World War II. Dead bodies of Russian soldiers and demolished vehicles. Horse drawn carriages and troops advance. German officers congratulate their troops.
Opening scene shows a Russian steel gateway topped by a propeller and two stars. Camera pans down to show that this is the entrance to a Soviet airfield containing a damaged hangar and Soviet military aircraft scattered about. Closeup of a destroyed Soviet airplane. A damaged Soviet Tupolev Tu-2 bomber. Numerous damaged Soviet Polikarpov I-15 bi--wing fighter aircraft. Caissons and Soviet artillery sitting at a railroad siding. Closeup of a damaged artillery piece. Numerous pieces of abandoned soviet artillery, sitting next to heavy guns mounted on rail cars. Soviet tanks missing their turrets. A German soldier examines what looks like a damaged British Mark V tank of World War I vintage. Camera pans over a number of undamaged Soviet tanks parked in a field. Thousands of captured Soviet prisoners of war are seen on a hillside, and then marching under guard. Closeup of one with a large star on his uniform hat. Soviet prisoners being marched about ten-abreast along a road. (Note: about 20 thousand Soviet troops were captured by the Germans in Operation Barbarossa.)
German troops advance in Russia. Transport lines destroyed by German troops. Railroad station set afire in Russia. German troops advance on streets. Billows of smoke rise from burning buildings. Troops street fight and advance under fire. Troops fire in prone positions. Russian civilian and military prisoners marching under guard of German infantry. Churches used for warehouses and factories. Poor conditions of Russian civilians show unsanitary slums and emaciated infants. (World War II period).
French actor Charles Boyer and British actress Merle Oberon at a post office. A sign reads 'United States Post Office'. Charles Boyer meets Merle Oberon at the steps of the building. They both have alien registration forms in their hands. Boyer and Oberon talk together.
The Fourth American Writers Congress in Manhattan Center, New York City. A crowd applauds. American translator Samuel Putnam approaches the microphone and speaks into it. Author Richard Wright seated with other speakers.
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