Women work at a clothing factory in Minsk,Ukraine. A clothing inspector takes a look at the finished garments.
Men work at a leather shoe factory in Minsk,Ukraine. A man cuts leather from a pattern as the other one hammers pegs into a shoe. A man sewing leather is seen. Two men inspect the finished shoes at the factory.
Children seated in their class room write down in their note books as a teacher teaches them at a school in Minsk, Ukraine. A student writes alphabets in the note book. A girl figures, with a sum of Abacus. Another girl reads out aloud from an English text book.
Nikita Khrushchev seen speaking before the 20th Party Congress in February 1956, where he denounced his legendary predecessor Joseph Stalin. Glimpses of the Yalta Conference in Ukraine during World War II. Joseph Stalin talks with U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Khrushchev and other Communist leaders of various nations arrive at a meeting. The leaders wave hands as troops march during a communist parade.
German propaganda newsreel shows German officers visiting a church in Kowel Poland, now Kovel Ukraine (possibly the Church of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr in Kovel, dismantled after World War 2). A statue of Jesus Christ and many other Christian Catholic and Russian Orthodox relics and artwork are on display, purportedly saved by German forces of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking under Nazi General Herbert Otto Gille. Several German officers join Herbert Otto Gille in looking at the items on display. Items include a vestment or altar cloth commemorating a 1921 Gymnastic gathering of the Sokol movement in Kowel (reading Kowlu on the fabric), and featuring the Black Madonna or Black Virgin. Other relics including Crowns, candle sticks, goblets, and crucifix. The German officers discuss the relics with the Catholic priests. The officers, including Obergruppenführer Herbert Otto Gille, shake hands with the clergy before departing.
Dead German soldiers lying among destroyed German armor and artillery, in a snow-covered battlefield in Russia, during World War Two. Among the destroyed armor and artillery , two wrecked Pz.IV tanks and field guns are seen. Footage is from the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket as Soviet forces reclaimed Ukraine.
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