Animated map shows the four different zones of Germany after World War II.: British, Soviet, French and American Zone. Animated map focuses on the Soviet zone and shows the Iron Curtain rising along the Soviet Border. Russian troops march through streets in Berlin. Civilians board trains on streets. Russian woman directs traffic. Damaged buildings in the background. Russian officers enter and leave Headquarter in Berlin. East German men and women workers on farms. Russian soldiers and East German civilians pull heavy machinery for shipment to Russia. Interior of the Dresden China Works. Civilians mold and paint china articles.
U.S. President Richard M. Nixon after being elected President of the United States. President Nixon's trip to China and bilateral talks with Prime Minister Zhou Enlai. Nixon commending his translator. U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Kissinger aboard the Air Force One aircraft. He talks about Nixon's impact on international politics. Nixon in Russia with Soviet Premiere Nicolai Brezhnev. Brezhnev signs a treaty to limit nuclear arms. Nixon directly addresses Russian people on television. Nixon lays a wreath for Russians who died in the war. Civilians and buildings in Moscow. Women and children on Russian streets. A large crowd cheers and the U.S. Congress applauds as President returns to the United States from China. Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol with RFK Stadium visible behind it. The Statue of Liberty and the New York City skyline from the air. Richard Nixon walks on a sea shore. From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "Portrait of a President" about President Richard Nixon. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign.
Soviet civilians contribute to war effort in the Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet citizens place money on a table. A man addresses the civilians as women listen. Women pack dish ware. Food grains being packed in sacks. Milk being poured in containers. Food bags loaded onto horse drawn carts which pull away. T-34 tanks being manufactured in a factory. The tanks roll out of a factory. A Russian tank crew lined up on a field as an officer decorates the crew.
The Grave of Soviet World War II hero, Major-General Ivan Vasilevich Panfilov. People gather around to honor him. A snow covered area. Civilians pay tribute at his grave. A statue to Major-General Ivan Vasilevich Panfilov, Hero of the Soviet Union, who died in the battle of Moscow, being unveiled at a ceremony. The inscription reads, among other things, (in Russian): Panfilov 1893-1941. Soldiers march past the statue.
Russian woman soldier pushes wounded soldier and rifle into trench as comrade carries injured soldier away. Soviet soldier fires from trench. Russians civilian refugees with ox carts and horses evacuate from a village. A city is bombed in Soviet Union. Aerial view of a city with heavily damaged buildings left in ruins from fighting Nazi occupying forces during World War II. German prisoners of war march under Soviet guard. The hand of a dead Nazi soldier, with a swastika ring, inside a burning vehicle.
The Dnipro River in Smolensk, Soviet Union during World War II. Several buildings and facilities seen from the Dnipro River. A secluded Soviet government facility near a forest trail leading to Katyn Forest. Nazi German officials in Katyn Forest after the discovery of the Katyn massacre mass grave. Men exhume thousands of corpses in Katyn Forest near Smolensk. Corpses of Polish military officers and intelligentsia prisoners of war in mass grave. Partially exhumed corpses are seen stacked on top of each other.
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