German troops advance in Transcarpathian Oblast, Ukraine, during World War 2. Map shows the Polish-Ukrainian (Soviet Union) border. Narrator refers to the Battle in the East (the Eastern Front). German armored forces, camouflaged with branches of shrubbery, attack to the East, primarily from Poland, in Operation Barbarossa. Stug III self-propelled assault guns are seen, as well as towed artillery pieces moving along rural roads in agricultural areas. German officers look through binoculars. Spire of a church seen in distant rural village. German artillery firing at close to zero elevation. A small village with houses burning. Closeup of German tank commander looking out from his top hatch. German soldier receiving first aid for cut on face. German infantry engaging defenders in house-to-house combat with small arms. Houses ablaze in the village.
Houses, factories and buildings on fire before the arrival of advancing Nazi German troops in Ukraine during World War II. People set flames to their fields, houses, so that it does not fall into hands of enemy. Soviet troops dynamite dams and hydro power plants to halt German advance in December 1941.
Allied leaders meet at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. US, British and Soviet flags at Saki airport. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyachselav Molotov, Andrei Gromyko and Deputy Commissar for Foreign Affairs Andrey Vyshinsky at the airport. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated in a jeep holds his hat in a salute. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Molotov stand along side the jeep as they review a Soviet honor guard. The jeep moves forward and then halts. Soviet troops march past the jeep. British Field Marshal Allan Brooke with others.
A Cold War era film about the low angle flying ability of U.S. Air Force B-58 Hustler aircraft in the United States. A map traces the route to be taken by B-58 aircraft to the Soviet Union. A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refuels the B-58 in mid air. A map traces the route of a possible B-58 Hustler aircraft mission to Kiev, Ukraine from England. The route of a B-58 mission from Pacific islands to China. A B-58 Hustler in flight carrying a free fall bomb pod. A crewman aboard an airborne B-58 aircraft. The B-58 aircraft makes a low pass over an airstrip.
Allied leaders meet at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyachselav Molotov and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden pose at an airfield. Stettinius, Soviet Deputy Commissar for Foreign Affairs Andrey Gromyko and Harry Hopkins talk and smile. U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union W. Averell Harriman, Harry Hopkins and Stettinius at the airfield. U.S. Army General George C. Marshal with Harriman, Molotov and others outside a tent. U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest J. King greets Russian officers.
Soviet World War II civil defense clip about air defenses. As daylight fades, a Soviet spotter looks through binoculars for attacking German bombers, seen dimly in the dark. Soviet air defenses are activated, including antiaircraft guns, searchlights and interceptor aircraft. Animated diagram illustrates integration of various elements of air defense. Soviet Yak-3 interceptor aircraft are scrambled and fire tracer rounds in the dark. View of a Soviet pilot in cockpit of interceptor wearing a mask. Animation of a German bomber crashing and exploding. Illustration of a Soviet city with thumbnail of a Soviet antiaircraft gun superimposed. Thumbnail of a Soviet truck with rocket launcher. Numerous Soviet antiaircraft guns firing. Rockets being fired. Searchlights in operation. Animated view of German Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber illuminated by searchlight. Antiaircraft guns firing. An airplane falling in flames.
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