Civilians at work in German-occupied Ukraine. Older men and women civilians perform work at what appears to be a roadside or ditch construction site. They dig and shift dirt. (Likely forced labor.) Boats at a sea shore. German soldiers arrive on a boat at a small port. They come out of the boat. Group of German soldiers or guards stand at attention. They have white armbands that contain the German eagle symbol, and some have a small swastika on their caps. Houses in the background. (World War II period).
From a German travelogue filmed during World War 2. An aerial view of Ukraine. View of the countryside. Houses, buildings, factories, roads, trees and mountains visible. View of the sea.
Soviet prisoners of war march along the street of a town in the Ukraine during the short war between Poland and Soviet Russia following World War 1. Trees in the background. Two Polish officers are seen, outside a hut, giving instructions to two prisoners, who are then led away by an armed guard. An area filled with potatoes, on the ground. Prisoners take some of the potatoes away in cartons. Prisoners are seen eating bread.
Polish infantry moving toward the battle front in the Ukraine during war with Soviet soviet forces. They carry weapons and shovels. They display the Polish Army badges on their caps. Supplies are carried in horse-drawn wagons. An officer on a white horse rides toward the rear of the column. Closeup of a local farmer holding his horse's bridle. A woman and children behind him. Women are seen with shovels digging earth in a field (possibly preparing trenches).
Dnieper Power Plant in Ukraine. Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant is rebuilt after it got damaged in World War. Province Official cuts ribbon to begin power station operation. Workers at power plant. A view of dam site. Machines and generators in the power station. Engineers set the operation in the power station. Men at controls. A man talks on telephone. Men hug each other.
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.
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