Yalta Conference preparations in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. Russian Signal troops atop a truck during the preparations prior to the Yalta Conference. A few of them standing beside the truck. A reel roller holding wires atop the truck. Soldiers stringing telephone wires from the truck. The soldiers walking behind the truck position the wire as the truck moves unrolling the wire from the reel roller. Several views of the soldiers during the wire laying.
Yalta Conference preparations in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. A Russian Signal soldier making wire splices. Russian Signal troops atop a truck. A few of them standing beside the truck. The soldier climbing a pole on a road which leads from Sevastopol to Yalta. He strings wire onto the pole and climbs down. Soldiers atop the truck beside a reel roller with wires.
Yalta Conference preparations in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. A few Russian Signal soldiers making wire splices during preparations prior to the Yalta Conference. A reel roller holding telephone wires hung beside the soldiers. One of the soldiers holding a wire. A soldier climbing up a pole on a road which leads from Sevastopol to Yalta. He climbs up to string wire. Signal troops atop a truck with wire laying equipment. The truck parked on the side of the road. Several trees on the side of the road. The truck moves along the side of the road stringing the telephone wire. Two soldiers behind the truck positioning the wires laid. The reel roller with the wires atop the truck. Two soldiers beside the roller.
Palaces and monuments near Yalta in Crimea, Soviet Union. Exteriors of Livadia Palace in Livadiya, Crimea (Baturina Street, 44A, Livadiya 29865). People enter the gates of the palace. Scene changes to exterior views of a the Kichkine Palace, built of whitewashed stone for the Grand Prince Dmitry Konstantinovich Romanov, the grandson of Nicholas I. Sweeping views of the Black Sea from the elevated mountain-side position of the Palace Kichkine (Alupkinskoe highway, Gaspra village, Yalta district, Crimea). People in a garden in the palace at Gaspra, a former home of Grand Duke Nikolaevich. Men and women play volleyball at a park near the Gaspra palace. People enjoy views of the Baron von Steingel Swallow's Nest castle, jutting out at the edge of the Black Sea, at the Cape of Ai-Todor (Mys Ay-Todor).
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.
Map depicting area of conflict in Crimea during World War 2. It shows Crimea and Kerch peninsula, with Black Sea to South and Azov Sea to North. Kerch, Yalta, and Sevastopol are highlighted. Antiaircraft guns firing tracer bullets in the dark. German artillerymen firing heavy field piece. German infantry moving into and out of a deep trench. German troops hunkered down defensively in a trench. Artillery shell exploding in field. German officers conversing in a trench. German infantrymen in a trench, adjusting their person gear. One of them looking skyward as he chews a morsel of food. German Ju 78 Stuka dive bombers in flight, and diving on ememy targets. German tanks and trucks moving along dirt roads. Truck maneuvering around knocked out vehicles at side of road, containing ammunition. Knocked out heavy guns and tanks. Hatless German soldiers walking toward the rear. German soldiers using horses and wagons to move supplies through muddy terrain. Ju 78 Stuka dive bombers taking off in formation from farm fields. Dornier Do 17 bombers in formation and bombing Soviet targets on the Kerch Peninsula. Smoke rising as bombs explode on the ground. German troops riding on a truck, and setting up defensive positions. German infantry moving through a town. One German soldier firing a captured soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun from behind a parked car. A German soldier placing a hand grenade inside a building and taking cover as it explodes. A StuG III tank destroyer on a street at a seaport with German infantry walking behind it. Soviet troops being taken as prisoners.