German Sdkfz.253 half-track and infantry advance through rubble of bombed out Stalingrad. German forces fire machine guns and throw grenades. Views from a hill of the city of Stalingrad burning; houses seen in foreground and factories behind them. Coverage changes to Leningrad, where German artillery is fired at besieged Leningrad. Artillery shells explode on Russian targets across a river from the German forces. German Infantry enter a town and close-up view of a German army soldier with handgun drawn during house-to-house battle. German soldiers run through a forest passing dead Russians and abandoned equipment, including tanks upended and destroyed.
A review of significant events that occurred in the year 1945. Scenes from fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President. Wide view of snow covered lawn of the White House, and guards positioned on the south White House lawn. View of President Roosevelt as he is sworn in as President of the United States, on the south portico of the White House due to wartime austerity measures, on January 20, 1945. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin pose at the Yalta Conference. Death of Roosevelt in April 1945. Burial procession and funeral ceremony of Franklin Roosevelt. Men and women weeping. An African American woman waves her handkerchief as she mourns. Wreath on grave of President Roosevelt. Harry S. Truman sworn in as U.S. President on April 12, 1945. Surrender of the Germans signed by General Jodl and General W.B. Smith in Reims, France. Representatives of Russia, Britain, France and United States at the surrender. General Dwight Eisenhower smiles.
Russians officers enter a building in Stalingrad. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov at the desk with other Soviet officers. German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus enters the office to surrender. Marshal Friedrich and other German officers seated. Soviet guns fire in celebration. Celebrations and fire works in Stalingrad. Smiling faces of women. (World War II period).
German invasion of Russia during World War II. A map showing German invasion path in Russia until defeat at siege of Stalingrad. A map showing Soviet postwar expansion into Eastern Poland, East Prussia, portions of Finland and other areas. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are incorporated as Republics into the Soviet Union. Russian zones of occupation in Germany, Austria and North Korea. Map depicts an "Iron Curtain" encompassing the Soviet postwar territories. Soviet troops and tanks occupying countries. Soviet ZSU-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns traveling along a city street. Crowds cheering in a stadium in Soviet East Germany. President Wilhelm Pieck of the German Democratic Republic is among people seen applauding in the stands. . Soviet cargo ships in a harbor operating under trade agreements. Chinese Communist forces moving with guns and artillery and tanks to expel Chiang Kai-Shek and Chinese Nationalists from mainland China to Taiwan, in 1949. Chinese refugees flee an area, carrying an injured civilian on a stretcher. A refugee child is shown with the group of people.
Soviet troops fight against the Germans during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union during World War II. Smoke rises from across a river in Stalingrad. Soviet soldiers fire ammunition. They fight against the Germans on the streets of the city. Damaged buildings in the city. Civilians carry their belongings. Smoke rises from buildings. A building on fire at night. T34 tanks advance as explosions occur. German troops surrender and prisoners are made to march. Soviet refugees return to the city. People loaded on a cart as they return to their homes. Civilians in a street as German prisoners march past them.
German attack on Stalingrad, Soviet Union during world War II. A map depicts the attack on Stalingrad. A sign on a street. A German observation aircraft takes off and in flight. Aerial view of the ground below. A pilot in the cockpit of the aircraft. Artillery being fired on a field. Smoke rises from a Soviet ship German equipment advances. Damaged houses and buildings in the city. German infantry advances. German soldiers patrol a street.
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