U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace's journey to China through Soviet union. Animated map of the world. He visits Siberian railroad and being greeted by an engineer from Leningrad. Wallace along with American visitors and engineer visit a farm. A view of the houses in the city and ducks in a pond. Then they visit a farm. Tomatoes and cucumbers in the green house. They look at the vegetables and fruits in the farm. Wallace eats a fruit. Pigs and cattle in the filed. He stands with a cattle. Next they visit a small community or a village. They enter a village store. A woman looks out from a window. Next they visit a village soviet. The American visitors shake hands with a man.
Views about 10 months into the German siege of Leningrad in World War 2. Isaakievskiy (St. Isaac's) cathedral and other buildings on Vorovsky Square (Isaak Square) in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) as viewed from Mariinsky Palace. (They appear relatively unscathed.) The Monument to Nicholas I is in the center. Boats and ships are docked along the Neva River. Two youths stand atop a building and look at smoke rising across the river from buildings being shelled by German forces. Closeup of buildings being destroyed by German shelling. A small boy helps pick up rubble from the streets. A woman is helped to her feet by a Soviet soldier. Scenes of destruction everywhere. Broken windows, stones falling from buildings, an abandoned doll on a window sill. A dead child lying on stairs. A woman weeping. A young boy holding his hat in his hands and looking sadly in mourning. A mother with a baby. People standing about in sorrow and shock. 14-inch Soviet coastal guns firing, from under camouflage netting, at German positions.
May day celebration in Leningrad, Russia near end of World War 2. Masses of Russian troops parade before Russian dignitaries. Troops in Palace Square of Winter Palace, with Arch of the General Headquarters in background. Photographs of Lenin and another dignitary on a wall. Troops march, while dignitaries watch. View of marching Soviet troops, some from stationary elevated position and some from moving camera. General Georgy Zhukov on mausoleum. Troops salute and dignitary salutes back. Naval troops march. Russian trucks and artillery parade. People carry a photo of Lenin during a rally. Balloons being released as they head for the sky.
Siege of Stalingrad, from 1942 through 1943. Germans and Soviets battle for Stalingrad in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) during World War II. German Stuka dive bombers in a line for a take off. A formation of German Stukas JU-87s. Soviet troops march across a field. German Pz.III tanks go across dry land. German heavy artillery lay down a barrage on the city of Stalingrad. Explosions in the city. German troops advance across a scrubby terrain throwing hand grenades. German troops use flame throwers against Soviet troop positions. Shell bursts in the city. Smoke rises. Buildings burn. German troops advance into outskirts of Stalingrad which shows completely demolished buildings. Smoke rises in the city. Winter scenes show Soviet artillery firing at German troop positions. A Soviet officer with his beard covered with frost. Soviet troops counterattack across snow covered fields. Dead Germans lying in a field. Soviet troops advance. Street to street fighting. Machine guns fire.
The flag of the Soviet Union during World War II. A Soviet officer gives the command to fire. Russian soldiers fire artillery in the battlefield. Russian troops cross rivers. Map of Russia showing movement of Russian forces in 1943 from Stalingrad westward, crossing many rivers as they approached the Carpathian Mountains. View of German soldiers surrendering at gunpoint to Russian soldiers, including a Soviet PPSh-41 sub machine gun with drum magazine, and emerging from bunkers. Russian tanks in a recaptured Russian city. Russian women in the streets crying for joy and celebrating their liberation victory. The Soviet women wave to passing tanks to express their gratitude. Russian Marshal Georgy Zhukov with other officials on the street greeting joyful Russian citizens. Russian Guerrilla fighters are seen greeting each other, regular Russian Army soldiers, and their families as they can return to their homes. A Russian woman soldier holding a machine gun also holds a young girl in her arms. A Russian soldier walks joyfully and smiling down the street while holding a young child.
A film titled 'Why we fight : Battle of Russia' about German aggression in the Soviet Union during World War II. A dramatization depicts Soviet troops as they defend their land against foreign invaders over the years. A map of the Soviet Union depicts the advance of German forces up to Moscow. Red Army troops march. A picture of an ancient Russian warrior. Snow covered surroundings with the onset of winters. St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. People pray in a church. A bishop conducts a service. Soviet soldiers listen to an order read out to them. Aircraft parked on a field. Soviet paratroopers, infantrymen and cavalry units. Artillery being fired at an enemy position.
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