German truck convoys move supplies through snow blizzard, advancing to engage Soviet Russian troops on the eastern front in World War II. German soldiers shovel snow and clear pathway through snow. A German soldier with a snow encrusted, frozen mustache. German soldiers walk through a snowy trench with snow roofed area. Wire entanglement placed across open field and a German soldier scans the horizon with binoculars. Tanks and tracked armored vehicles uncovered from barn covering camouflage. Artillery forward observer moves through field on Panzer tank. Signal man relays message. German artillery fired. Fire and smoke. Shells hit objectives. German Tanks roll on the snow covered battlefields. Scenes of destroyed Soviet tanks and dead Russian soldiers on snow covered ground.
Children of gypsy community in Moscow, Soviet Union. Children come out of a building. They play around a hand drawn cart. Children eat their meal and wash clothes. Young boys dance and clap. Children sleep in beds in an open area.
May Day Parade in Moscow. Officer speaks to assembled troops. Russian troops and sailors march on streets. Tanks, armored vehicles and artillery move past. Huge crowd gathered to watch the parade. Officials and dignitaries watch from review stand. People waive. Premier Nikita Khrushchev waives with his hat to the crowd.
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.
Russian authorities see packs of balloons. Demonstration of machine during an exhibition for press people in Moscow. A Soviet authority shows balloon. A man notes down. Press people see weather equipment. A diagram of a balloon.
Russian Newspaper headings showing the news of Lenin's death. A vast crowd gathers to witness his funeral. His supporters paying homage. Lenin's preserved dead body. 27 January 1924.