Parade in Red Square. Russian troops marching. Troops with horse drawn carriages at speed. Civilians with banners and Cavalry units riding at speed. View of Joseph Stalin.
A soviet army officer is shown speaking directly to the Soviet citizenry about defending against German aggression. As he speaks, the film shows brief glimpses of Soviet military preparedness. A group of Soviet BT tanks charges across an open field. These are followed by a group of T-26 tanks. Polikarpov I-16 aircraft are seen high overhead in formations. After more views of the army officer speaking, the film shows Soviet BT-5 fast tanks moving across a field. Then a cavalry charge demonstration is shown. That is followed by a glimpse of several Soviet torpedo boats racing through the water in side-by-side formation. Several unidentified Soviet tanks on a field. After more views of the army speaker, more views of cavalry charge and formations of Polikarpov I-16 aircraft in formation flight. A number of Soviet BT-7 tanks advancing toward the camera across a field.
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.
Kremlin residence of president of the USSR in Moscow.Flag of the USSR on top of the building.View of frozen Moskva river.During Cuban Crisis.1962.
Kremlin at night in Moscow. Premier Nikita S Khrushchev speaks. Headlines in Newspaper 'Khrushchev Orders Removal of Missiles'. Photographs of Russian missile sites in Cuba. Russian ships at sea with missiles on their decks.