Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France after World War II. French civilians including children, young men and women on street during the celebrations. A U.S. officer kisses a French woman. Men parade carrying Russian, American, English, and French Flags.
Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France after World War II. American and French flag flies from top of a building. The Obelisk at Place de la Concorde in the background as seen from top of building. French civilians form a human chain on square. American soldiers pose with French women. Two American soldiers kissing a French woman. An American soldier kisses a WAC (Women's Army Corps).
Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France after World War II. Three children pose with an American flag. American soldiers and French civilians along a street. Soldiers and French women ride on military vehicles around Rue de la Paix. A soldier plunges into a fountain at Place de la Concorde. Two American officers talk to each other.
At film start, the city of Munich is seen decked out in swastika flags to welcome Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, during his visit to Germany in 1941. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini stand in an open automobile as it drives followed by other motorcade cars through the streets of Munich. Enthusiastic crowds line the sidewalks and cheer the axis leaders. They wave and render the Nazi salute. Scene shifts to views of Stalingrad during World War 2, from camera panning along the Volga River. Smoke is rising from several places. Destroyed and burning German Marder III Panzerjaegers (tank destroyers) are seen and heavy smoke rising behind a wrecked railroad marshaling yard. Destroyed German 7.5 cm Pak 40 artillery guns and other pieces of German artillery sitting in snow. View from boat (unseen) in the Volga river of fires burning in shore facilities and smoke clouds covering the sky. Dense black smoke rising behind apartment buildings near the shore. River is identified as the Volga (in Russian). Here begins views of advancing Soviet troops superimposed over a succession of roads and rivers marking their advance. The first river seen is the Don. The Dnieper is another. The superimposed Soviet forces advancing include cavalry, troops rowing boats and moving artillery field pieces. Tanks move approaching the Dvina river. Forces passing the Neman river. Film ends as Soviet advance reaches the Oder river.
Opening scene shows a number of bridges destroyed by retreating German forces on the Eastern front during World War 2. Momentary view of Soviet infantry wading through water in a swamp. Soviet army engineers Driving pilings from a pontoon bridge across a river. Soviet Marshal Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky, accompanied by a Major General and other staff officers, cross a bridge being reconstructed. A steam locomotive pulls a long train of flat cars carrying Soviet T-34 tanks. A soldier stands near a moving train of tank cars on a railroad. Trees overhead hide the view from above. Glimpse of several camouflage screens. View from moving train passing under camouflage in a forest. Fuel pipelines are seen in the forest. Workers pass hoses to men on tank cars who fill them. Soviet army tank trucks drive out of the area. Momentary view of Soviet trucks passing over a low bridge. T-34 tanks moving through woods. An ISU-152 self-propelled gun in the woods. Army trucks moving across a bridge. Soviet tanks and self-propelled guns maneuvering in a wooded area. Soldier tells driver of ISU-152 to stop his self-propelled gun. Armor moving through woods. More views of trucks on bridges and armor moving through wooded areas.
A Lend lease U.S. C-47 (military version of Douglas DC-3 aircraft) is seen in sky above a Soviet airfield during World War 2. It lands and taxis past a Soviet Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber, to a parking place. Marshal of Soviet Union, Georgy Zhukov, is seen beside the aircraft along with other senior Soviet military officers. Next, he leads them, walking across a cobblestone path. A factory building is seen in the background. Change of scene shows inside of a large room, with numerous chairs and tables covered with maps. Senior Soviet officers sit at these tables. Camera pans over the scene. General Aleksei Innokentievich Antonov is seen seated at one of the tables. Other Generals and Colonels are seen as the camera moves its focus. Marshal Zhukov presides over the meeting from a table at the front of the room. He is flanked by two other officers. Camera again pans over the assembled group of high ranking officers.
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