Shows Soviet Army personnel of Air Force arming a Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber aircraft to attack a German position. Bomber armed and it takes off. View of Pilot in cockpit of airplane in flight. A track made in snow by a German tank. German positions bombed by the Pe-2 bomber. (World War II period).
Major General Rokossovsky orders the Russian troops to attack on a village. Camouflaged tanks advance through barbed wire and enter a village. Various views of camouflaged tanks advancing and attacking. Village is taken over by Russian troops. Nazi German prisoners are marched off in snow and views of prisoners standing. Barricaded streets of Moscow. (World War II period).
View from above of uniformed Soviet soldiers in formation as an officer speaks to them during World War 2. Closeup of the soldiers standing in front of a large building. There are both men and women in the group. The all wear personal military gear and carry blanket rolls over their shoulders. Closeup of some, focusing on the women. Closeup of an officer addressing them. A civilian man and woman stand behind him . Views of the soldiers in formation. Closeups of two of the women soldiers. View of the line of soldiers. They begin boarding open trucks parked beside the building. They wave at well-wishers seeing them off as the trucks drive from the yard.
Film opens showing bouquets of flowers decorating the front of a house, during World War 2. A Russian woman is seen placing vases of flowers on a table inside the house. Next, a Soviet airman in uniform is seen seated. A slate is inserted saying (in Russian) he is a hero. The airman, surrounded by family members talks into a microphone describing his wartime experiences. He wears a heavy white glove on his right hand. Closeup of him talking. Another slate inserted reads: "Mother Hero" in Russian. His mother speaks to the camera and interviewers (unseen) as her airman son smokes a cigarette, held in his left hand. While she speaks, he reaches and touches her shoulder with his heavily gloved right hand. After she finishes speaking she leans down and kisses her son, as two girls (probably daughters) holding flowers smile.
Opening slate states (in Russian) "Replacement of those who left for the front." Russian boys work in a machine shop during World War 2. One operates a large drill press. A woman tends a lathe. Closeup of a young man using drill press to drill holes in a steel plate. Closeup of a women measuring a piece of metal in a lathe. Another woman turning items on a lathe with cooling lubricant spraying over the cutting point. She removes the finished product and places it on a table with others. A woman using a gauge to check dimensions of a turned piece of metal, possibly for war armament production . A young man consults with a woman at a lathe. Another woman also working at a lathe. A man and two women examining finished products on a table.
Opening scene shows Soviet people seated aroung a long table. As names are called, individuals step forward and receive small boxes containing medals in recognition of their contributions to the nation during World War 2. Narrator announces their names as they come forward. Uniformed members of the military as well as civilians, receive the awards. Change of scene shows a seated group of army soldiers in uniform, as they listen to an officer speaking enthusiastically to them from a small group in front of them. They stand and applaud. A woman soldier in uniform addresses them. Camera focuses on several women soldiers in the large group. Another soldier also addresses the group. He raises a fist in emphasis as he speaks. The soldier audience stands and applauds.
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