Postwar scenes in Moscow, Russia, after end of World War II. The population including civilians and soldiers mingle and enjoy peacetime activities. A young Soviet soldier walks with a young woman who carries a large bouquet of flowers. People stroll leisurely along the sidewalks. A motorist in a convertible coupe automobile, parked on Red Square, paints a picture of Saint Basil's Cathedral, which is seen clearly in background. Trams pass behind him. View of huge storage tanks.Bricklayers at work on top level of a building. Numerous government buildings. View of Moscow State University building from 1793 on Manezhnaya ploshchad (Square). Students emerging from the University.
Former Soviet leader Leon Trotsky, in exile in Mexico City, Mexico. Fire brigades spray water jets on a building afire in San Francisco, California. Disturbed and broken items in the study room of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City, Mexico where death attempt was made on him. The killer Ramón Mercader lay injured in a hospital. Bandages tied all over the body of the killer. (World War II period).
Secret atomic bomb research and tests by United States Atomic Energy Commission, in Nevada, during the Cold War. A group of scientists aboard an aircraft performs secret research about atomic bomb explosions. The scientists put on gas masks and goggles for eye protection, and work with analysis and measurement equipment aboard the airplane. An atomic bomb explosion is seen below and the plane passes above near the atomic mushroom as volunteers test their eye protection. On the ground, cameras in the blast wave record damage incurred to parked airplanes on the ground by the force of the explosion blast wave. An airplane tail section burns while it traverses the explosion cloud. A giant Boeing B-50 Superfortress bomber codenamed Rosebud is seen on an atomic bombing run in an actual atomic test. The pilot and bombardier are shown in the plane, the target sight is seen on the ground, and the atomic blast is seen from the B-50 flying overhead. Massive explosion and mushroom cloud seen forming. The atomic cloud rises up in sky.
A parade by the Soviet armed forces during May Day celebrations at the Red Square in Moscow during World War II. Posters and cutouts of Joseph Stalin, Lenin, and other Russian leaders. Large marching troops of the Soviet Military. Marshal Stalin reviews the parade. American Army officers at the venue watch the parade. Grim Japanese Military Generals watch Stalin's power display. World's heaviest artillery and tanks move on during the parade.
U.S. Military Mission visits Communist headquarters in Yan'an, Shaanxi province in China during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force plane in flight makes landing at an Allied air base. Soldiers and commanders disembark from the plane as the natives watch. The soldiers talk to each other. Soldiers board trucks and other soldiers walk on roads to reach a Communist headquarter. American officers meet Communist leaders Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Ye Jianying, Chen Yi, Nie Rongzhen, Lin Biao, Peng Dehuai and others with warmth.
United States Military Mission visits the Chinese Communist headquarters and meets its leaders in Yan'an, Shaanxi province in China during World War II. An animated map of China. Horse drawn carts and natives walk on a hillside in a village. The American soldiers walk with Communist leaders and Chinese military officers to a countryside village. Chinese Communist leaders at the village smile and talk with the soldiers of American Mission.
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