War scenes in the snow covered city Stalingrad. Nazi planes bombard the city. Ice gliders, rocket guns, flame throwers used during World War II. Soviet Russian troops mobilizes and fights with Nazi army outside the city. Map depicting how Axis power was tussled at Stalingrad. Scenes of ruined city as a result of war. Firing of last shot and waving of flag to mark the freedom of Stalingrad. Children play as spring arrives. German Generals such as Marshal Friedrich Paulus seen after German defeat. February 1943.
New Soviet leadership appears in public, following Stalin's death, in 1953. Russian Officers and troops in formation on Red Square in Moscow. Quick view of people assembled , in the evening, outside UN headquarters in New York. at sunset. View of Spasskaya Tower of Kremlin in Moscow. New Soviet Defense Minister, Bulganin, stands in open automobile, and salutes, as it moves along Red Square where Soviet troops line the way in formation. Huge sign with images of Lenin and Stalin displayed behind troop formation.Quick overview of Moscow, from a height. View of troops in massed formation seen from a height above Red Square. Civilian spectators in organized groups, dressed warmly against the cold. Top Soviet leaders emerge from inside the Kremlin to take their place in the reviewing balcony. Spectators applaud. Leaders including Nikita Khrushchev and Georgi Malenkov. Spasskaya Tower clock strikes. Bulganin is joined by a Soviet military Marshal, also standing in an open car. They drive about, reviewing the troops from the open cars. The cars stop and Bulganin and the Army Marshal get out. Defense Minister Bulganin, in military uniform of a Marshal, climbs to the Kremlin balcony and gives a speech. Cannons fire salutes.Sound track plays national anthem. Armored vehicles and troops fill a broad boulevard. Soviet armed forces put on a grand parade. Soviet leaders salute. Lavrentiy Beria stands to Bulganin's right and to his left, Malenkov and, his far left, Krushchev.
Red crowds celebrate May Day in Moscow. Guest of Honor, Yuri Gagarin reviews parade. Women parade. Rocket balloon launched in Yuri Gagarin's space visit. Yuri Gagarin waves to a huge crowd. Decorative floats on road. Portraits of Fidel Castro on the decorated floats.
Celebration for Soviet Army victory in Moscow, Soviet Union during World War II. Ruins and damaged buildings in Berlin, Germany. Thousands of victorious soldiers march in Moscow. Soviet officers salute from a review stand. Crowds of civilians cheer and kiss the soldiers. Fireworks at night.
The funeral ceremony of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin in Moscow, Soviet Union. Medals placed near the coffin of Joseph Stalin. A large crowd of civilians gathered to view body of Stalin. Women weep. Men carry wreaths. Civilians lined up outside Lenin's Tomb to pay homage to Stalin.
White-coated technicians work in basement of Lenin's Tomb, in Moscow, Soviet Union. A technician opens a door for another technician. They walk through a corridor. They enter a climate controlled space. Another technician opens a vault and slides out the coffin of Vladimir Llyich Lenin. View of Lenin as seen from visitor perspective. Switches and controls for climate and mechanical control.