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German Operation Barbarossa invasion of the Soviet Union is successful at first but then fails to defeat the Soviets

German forces overrunning Soviet cities and towns during Operation Barbarossa of World War II. View of the city, Pskov, on the Veilakaya river. A steel bridge is seen and city across it with smoke rising. German troops marching in loose formation over a bridge in Novogorod. Views of German armor and troops entering Soviet cities of Brest-litovsk, Minsk, Mogilev, and Vitebsk. View of German Panzer III tank heading toward the camera as it enters a narrow street in Smolensk. Animated map shows progress of these German advances and highlights German forces under German Field Marshal Gerd Von Runstedt attacking deep into the Ukraine. Headline on Chicago Daily News reads: "Nazis Claim Knock-out Victory" with subtitle line reading,"Moscow line cracks." Other newspapers reflect conviction that Soviet forces face imminent defeat by Germany. Slate shows communique issued by the German High Command, stating: "The issue in the East has already been settled. Smolensk is the last halt on the road to Moscow." More views of marching German troops. A battery of Soviet artillery firing from a snow-covered field. Animated map shows German forces movement close to Moscow and Foreign diplomatic representatives being moved from Moscow to city of Kuibyshev. Hitler speaking on October 3, 1941, saying "This enemy is broken and will never rise again." Animated map depicts 500 thousand square miles of Soviet territory occupied by December, 1941, and compares it to the entire west central United States encompassing the states of : South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Glimpse of fires raising much smoke in agricultural area of the Soviet Union, destroyed industrial plants, and huge numbers of Soviet citizens under German occupation. Destroyed Soviet armor, aircraft and artillery pieces. With winter coming on, views of German forces in rain gear moving slowly through cold rainy weather. Some walk beside horses and other ride on horse-drawn caissons along with artillery pieces. Segments of film show contrast between the German military strategies. The German forces would plunge deep into enemy territory and create an area of conquest. This is illustrated by a slate bearing Adolf Hitler's statement that, "A single blow must destroy the enemy, without regard for losses, a gigantic destroying blow." An animated map reminds the viewer of the success of this approach by the Germans in Poland, France, and the Balkans. German Generals seen planning the same "Blitz" approach against the Soviets. Film shifts to the Soviet strategy, showing their military planners idea of defense in depth, with multiple lines of successively stronger defense, taking advantage of the great size of their territory. Views of Soviet troops on the move. View of Shells knocking out a German tanks. Panzer III tanks advancing. Panzer VI tanks completely covered by German troops catching rides. Soviet field artillery and machine guns firing in cities, forcing German soldiers to leave their vehicles and seek them out. Soviet cities bombed out and burning, limiting the ability of armor to navigate in them. Montage of battle scenes cities of Rostov, Kharkov, Kiev, Kursk, Smolensk, standing in the way of the Nazi blitz into the Soviet Union. Battles being waged in cities. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1941, June
Duration: 5 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065793
A map in the United States traces routes of possible B-58 Hustler aircraft missions to Europe, China and the Soviet Union.

A Cold War era film about the low angle flying ability of U.S. Air Force B-58 Hustler aircraft in the United States. A map traces the route to be taken by B-58 aircraft to the Soviet Union. A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refuels the B-58 in mid air. A map traces the route of a possible B-58 Hustler aircraft mission to Kiev, Ukraine from England. The route of a B-58 mission from Pacific islands to China. A B-58 Hustler in flight carrying a free fall bomb pod. A crewman aboard an airborne B-58 aircraft. The B-58 aircraft makes a low pass over an airstrip.

Date: 1959, September 18
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067000
Beet processed into sugar in Kiev, Cotton picked and unloaded, rice threshed and stacked in Turkestan

View of a beet Kolkhoz (a collective farm) near Kiev in Russia. Farmers at work. Beet is processed into Sugar. Russian women in a farm. Cotton is picked and unloaded at Commune of Paris cotton Kolkhoz, located in Armenia. Rice is threshed and stacked in North Star Kolkhoz in Turkestan.

Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675032359
People drop ballots into boxes for elections in Kiev, Soviet Russia.

Elections in Soviet Russia. People lined outside a building in Kiev. Posters of Russian leaders on the building. They read newspapers with election news. Interior of the polling place. Several people sit on desks. They give ballots to people for the election. Ballot forms kept on the table. Men and women drop ballots into box. People enter the polling booth. People drop ballots into boxes with a picture of Joseph Stalin in the background. A view of the seal on the ballot box.

Date: 1947, May
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053669
Children fishing and skating on a frozen river in Kiev, Soviet Russia.

A frozen river in Kiev, Soviet Russia. Two children skating on the ice. Hills partially covered with snow in the background. A house on top of a hill. Vegetation near the frozen river. A child lies down on the ice. One child stands on the river. Both lie down on the ice. Children fishing.

Date: 1947, May
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053670
Russian people work on farms and farm repair shop in Kiev, Soviet Russia.

A farm and farm activities in Kiev, Soviet Russia during winter time. People stand with horse wagons on grounds of a farm covered in snow. Many sleds and horse drawn sleds are seen. Russian men lead a cow. A man leads a group of cows. The cows at a watering trough. A woman draws water from a well. Horses carry a hay wagon across a farm. A woman feeds chickens in a farmyard. Horses harnessed and a farmer pitching hay onto wagon. A farm accounting office. Interior of an accounting office on farm. Accountants seated on a desk. An accountant talks to a woman. He looks at a book kept on his desk. The book-keeper figures out a sum on abacus as a farm woman named Luda Volkhova looks on. A tractor repair shop. Men work in it on motors. Men working on tractor engine in a farm repair shop. Men using sledge on tractor cart and links driven into tractor treads. People ascend hill towards a building.

Date: 1947, May
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053671