A Russian science fiction film depicts the construction of a proposed space station in Russia. Construction work at the space station. Numerous Rockets are raised to vertical position, supported by gantries. A professor explains space maneuvers to men and women seated in a lounge. Men work on a rocket nose cone.
A Soviet science fiction film depicts men and women living and working on a space station in Russia. Interior views ot the imagined space station. personnel enter a cabin. Women work on strategic reconnaissance, looking through space telescopes and relating their observations to a global map. A man and a woman talk. A woman enters her personal quarters. Her pet cat sits on a window sill. The woman relaxes and switches on a television set to watch a ballet performance. Two women are shown in a greenhouse, where they pluck flowers. A man takes a reading after operating a piece of space apparatus. A man shows a picture of the surface of the moon to other man.
A Russian science fiction film depicts the landing of a manned space vehicle on the moon. Scenes of Soviet officials in government offices in Russia. View of the famous "Bronze Horseman" statue of Peter the Great, in St. Petersburg. Russian citizens watching progress of space activity on their television sets, at home. The space vehicle was launched an orbiting space station. At the space station personnel enter a cabin. Personnel at the space station watch and operate the launch. The space vehicle lands on the moon. Craters seen on the surface of the moon. Astronauts disembark from the space vehicle.
German Panther tanks of 5.Pz.Div. and late model Pz.IV's at railhead in Russia during World War II. German tanks and StuG III assault gun on the move. Tiger tank ace Otto Carius studies map in his cupola. Troops rest and smoke beside Tiger tanks of s.Pz.Abt.502. Soldiers dig trenches and walk in them carrying their rifles. German troop reinforcements are welcomed as they arrive and file into the front lines and enter trenches. German gunners fire artillery and machine guns on advancing Russians. German tanks and StuG III tank destroyer fire on Soviet positions and armor in the distance
Shows government suppression of Bolsheviks around time of Russian Revolution, and before the 1917 abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, in Russia, and by German forces in post-war Latvia, in 1919. Imperial Russian troops intrude on a gathering of persons ostensibly opposed to Tsarist policies. Slate states such persons are accused of "Pro-Germanism." View of a damaged prison building and high guard tower. View of women and children in a large common cell of the prison. View of prison wall from outside, with barred windows evident. Women walking about inside the prison, as an Imperial Russian guard walks past the cell. View through a barred window. The final short sequence was filmed near Riga, on May 26, 1919, by American Army cameraman, Lieutenant Johnson, who was in Latvia as part of a U.S. post-war relief effort. It shows three Latvian Bolshevik soldiers facing a German firing squad. Boots of the condemned (which were valuable) have been removed. The firing squad executes the Latvian soldiers. Next, the bodies of the victims are seen in a ditch where they had fallen. (Note: This entire film includes a mix of staged theatrical and documentary scenes from various sources, times, and places.)
Tsar Nicholas II, of Russia, and daughters Tatiana, Maria, Olga, and Anastasia, stand on the top step of the church. The Princesses wait,in turn,to kiss a Bishop (hidden from view by Tsar Nicholas). The Tsar is dressed in white, and his daughters wear white dresses and summer hats. Greek crosses are displayed in circular emblems on each side of the building doorway. Other members of Royalty are on the steps as well, apparently waiting to pau respects to the Bishop. Anastasia turns to speak briefly to a uniformed gentleman behind her. A large display of flowers is behind them. Cossacks of the Imperial guards, standing on the steps, saluting. Scene shifts to trumpeters playing a fanfare in a courtyard. A tall wall is behind them (possibly section of Kremlin wall). Several officials stand on a small balcony, or stairway landing, above the trumpeters. Soldiers stand below near the trumpeters. An iron fence encloses an area between the trumpeters and the wall behind them. Another change of scene shows Tsar Nicholas II in military uniform, standing in a courtyard, near a table holding military awards for presentation. One officer stands behind the table. Many officers stand a few yards behind them. The courtyard parade ground is ringed by troops in formation. The Tsar steps behind the table as an individual in a long black coat walks briskly across the parade ground. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)