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Events on the Eastern front early in World War II; Nazi Germany battles Russia

Goosestepping German troops on the march and German Panzer I tanks moving in formation across a field in World War 2. A formation of German Fieseler Fi 156 Storch airplanes in flight overhead, accompanied by two He-111 bombers. German paratroopers jumping from Ju-52 aircraft. Grand Admiral Erich Johann Albert Raeder head of the German Navy, making a statement. Bucolic scenes of European farm country and grape vineyards, with local people harvesting crops and grapes. Soviet troops marching on parade to a military band on the sidelines in Red Square, Moscow, soviet Union. Soviet motorcycle soldiers armed with light machine guns. Soviet T-26 light tanks in formation. Glimpse of Red Square, with St. Basil's Cathedral and other famous buildings. Soviet troops crossing a river on inflated boats. A long column of T-26 tanks moving along a dirt road. Sky filled with variety of Soviet warplanes, including four-engine bombers (with fixed landing gear) to bi-wing aircraft. Soviet paratroopers jumping from a Tupolev ANT-6 bomber. They climb out on the huge corrugated wing and slide off. View out past the tail of an ANT-6 bomber. Soviet Union and Japan conclude a neutrality pact. Views of the pact being signed by Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov for the Soviet Union and by Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka and Ambassador Yoshitsugu, for the Japanese, in Moscow on April 13, 1941. Joseph Stalin is observing in the center of the scene.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072841
Soviet soldiers pay homage to Russian war heroes of the past and prepare for battle against Germany in Leningrad, Russia

Scenes of Soviet forces preparing for battle in Leningrad, Russia against the siege by German forces during World War 2. A large procession of Soviet soldiers walking in the snow near the Palace Square. They proceed past the Narva Triumphal Gate. A contingent of uniformed soldiers marches by the gate. A group of soldiers kneels at the tombstone of 18th Century Russian Generalissimo Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov, famous for never losing a battle. One soldier kisses a revolver. Outside in the snow, Russian troops assemble before a flag being the image of Lenin. The soldiers all kneel as past glories are recounted (brief clips of fictional films showing Russian heroes like Alexander Nevsky and others). The Soviet soldiers stand again and march, singing, in the snow. Ordinary citizens march in the snow towards the Narva Triumphal Arch or Gate. Russian troops in uniform march past the Gate. One Russian soldier pulls a sled behind him. A large contingent of ski troops marches, carrying snow skis over their shoulders, followed by a contingent of paratroopers, in winter white camouflage jump suits. More Soviet soldiers in white camouflage march carrying snow skis. A contingent of Russian ski troops marches in the snow, dressed in white camouflage outfits.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675065828
Officials speak on the issues of human rights and religious freedom as interest groups protest in the Soviet Union and the U.S.

The US-USSR Moscow Summit on Human rights in Moscow, Soviet Union. U.S. president Ronald Reagan speaks on issues relating to Human rights. Other officials seated in front. He speaks about the right to immigrate and travel. View of the Kremlin in Moscow. U.S. Secretory of State George Pratt Shultz speaks about strategic arms reductions in light of the weapons race. The White house press secretary Marlin Fitzwater at a press conference. The board reads 'Department of State'. Exteriors of the building. View of protesters permitted to demonstrate in the Soviet Union indicating some improvement in conditions. In Washington DC, citizens march on streets demonstrating for the freedom of Soviet Jews. The soviet scholar Peter Reddaway speaks about the reforms and highlights reforms and changing Soviet policy on open-ended internment of mental health patients. People pray inside a church in the Soviet Union. George Weigel, the president of the James Madison Foundation, speaks of importance of religious freedom in the Soviet union on a news panel. Weigel states that religious freedom is a key test of Glasnost and Perestroika. Exterior view of the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family under construction in Washington DC, built by Ukrainian American Catholics. People in the Soviet Union protest, marching on a street and holding signs and pickets. A large military parade in the Soviet Union in Red Square.

Date: 1988
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032117
Soviet troops fight against the Germans and take over the city of Stalingrad, Soviet Union during World War II.

Soviet troops fight against the Germans during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union during World War II. Smoke rises from across a river in Stalingrad. Soviet soldiers fire ammunition. They fight against the Germans on the streets of the city. Damaged buildings in the city. Civilians carry their belongings. Smoke rises from buildings. A building on fire at night. T34 tanks advance as explosions occur. German troops surrender and prisoners are made to march. Soviet refugees return to the city. People loaded on a cart as they return to their homes. Civilians in a street as German prisoners march past them.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066019
Germans besiege Leningrad in Soviet Union during World War II; Russian citizens try to cope in desperate deprivation conditions

After bombing Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in Soviet Union, German forces besiege the city. Soviet troops with weapons in snow covered areas of Leningrad. Soviet tanks on the streets and soldiers escort an inflated barrage balloon down a street. Russian anti-aircraft guns setup and manned in Saint Isaac's Square, with St. Isaac's Cathedral in the background. Russian citizens move about in bitter cold and snowy winter conditions. Some pull sleds with belongings along bomb-damaged streets. Russian soldiers in trenches outside the city work to defend the city. A Russian soldier with a frozen moustache. Soviet soldiers in winter coats lay prone in the snow with rifles and machine guns ready. Dragons teeth anti tank obstacles seen at city edges. Civlians facing disease and famine walk in the streets and gather together. People stand over a frozen blanked-covered body on a street. A man pulls another person hunched over in a sled. A train locomotive covered in snow, idle with no fuel. Idle streetcar trolleys in the streets covered with snow, as there is no electric power to operate them. Streets filled with workers walking to work. After water is shut off due to frozen pipes, civilians gather around a hole dug in the streets and a ditch alongside a street to get to water. They dip buckets into water-filled holes and trenches in the city. A sign describes food rations allowed. Baker cuts bread ration for a civilian factory worker. An army of civilian women workers gather together in the streets to dig and remove rubble from the streets to try to ward off disease and contamination.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058275
Trucks and trains bring supplies across frozen Lake Ladoga to Leningrad in Soviet Union during World War II siege by Germans.

View of cold and snowy conditions in Leningrad during German siege of Leningrad in World War 2. A soviet soldier stands on a frozen river under a Russian bridge. Road is constructed over frozen Lake Ladoga in Leningrad, Soviet Union. View of plows and grading trucks clearing snow and preparing the road bed over ice. Convoys of trucks bring in food (a truck filled with butchered meat), oil fuel, grain, medicine and other supplies across Lake Ladoga for the people in Leningrad. Nazi planes drop bombs over convoy of supply trucks on Lake Ladoga. Bombs away views as bombs leave German bombers. Soviet anti-aircraft guns stationed on frozen Lake Ladoga fire at Luftwaffe aircraft. Railroad track laid over the ice of Lake Ladoga and freight train locomotive with sign "To the heroes of Leningrad" (translated) carries essential supplies across the lake. Russian civilians gather at train depots in Leingrad to offload supplies and to load sick and injured men, women, and children. A young Russian child bundled up on a sled at the train station. Soviet Russian soldiers in winter white camouflage charge forward on a battlefield toward German targets on the outskirts of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058277