A plaque marked with "30th of October Plant" in Russian. Interior of the plant in the Soviet Union is shown, technicians at work. Railroad wheels are manufactured in the plant. Scene changes to Russian Kolkhoz farmers taking their grain harvest to Marinskian authorities in their carts. Farmers receive a portion of their harvest as an award for the work. Russian peasant women (“babushkas”) wearing traditional head scarves assist the men with the grain delivery.
U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace on a journey to China through Soviet union. Vice President along with American visitors visit Lake Baikal. The view of mountains around the Lake. Visitors and Wallace on a tug to take a trip of the lake and the scientists explains their work. They then go by a plane to the eastern side of the Lake. He talks to a Russian flier.
A Russian science fiction film depicts the return of a proposed reusable space ship vehicle in the Soviet Union. A satellite gives signals about the space vehicle. Civilians listen to the news about the space vehicle at the conclusion of its trip to the moon. The manned space vehicle returns, flying in for an aircraft style water landing. Officers watch the landing through their binoculars. A boat moves towards the space vehicle. The astronauts aboard the boat. (An early concept for what became the future Space Shuttle program of NASA).
The Russian Campaign of World War II. German soldiers with guns in Soviet Union. Troops on motorcycles and trucks moving on a path. Soldiers beside artillery on a field. The soldiers firing the artillery. Horse drawn artillery and troops moving on a path between the fields. German soldiers firing artillery in the field. Smoke rising from shelled positions. Houses in view. A German tank and a few soldiers beside it. A house and a vehicle near it in the background. The troops on motorcycles beside the tank. Explosions occurring at a distance. Soldiers standing between stumps of trees. The soldiers advancing on a field. A damaged building in the background. Smoke rising from areas in the far background. Debris scattered on the ground and a tank on a path beside the debris. Thick clouds of smoke rising from bombed areas in the background. Several German tanks with troops moving on a path. Smoke filled air in the background.
On shore at Tunis harbor, a British Navy officer gives a sword salute to a senior Naval officer in World War II. U.S. Navy and British Royal Navy sailors lined up on either side of dock for a salute. General Dwight D. Eisenhower accompanied by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham and other British and American Navy officers walk past the sailors in review. Cunningham has a walking cane hooked over his left forearm but does not use it. The Union Jack and the British Royal Navy flag are visible. Ship at dock in the background. Eisenhower and Cunningham and the other officers pause and greet in front of a waiting Royal Navy car, RN ME 4096, parked on shore. Eisenhower, Cunningham, and another British officer enter the waiting car and it leaves, passing by a Allied landing ship with number 5 seen on its bow, anchored at the port. Closeup view of U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Richard L. Conolly and another U.S. Navy officer watching after the car drives away. Honor guard sailors march with rifles, departing the dock after the officers leave. (Eisehhower visited Tunis for meetings with British and U.S. Navy officers May 11-13, 1943. This footage is likely during those 3 days.)
Soviet Embassy on 16th Street, in Washington DC. Brass plaque on front reads: "Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics." A wreath and hammer and sickle are also displayed on the plaque of the USSR embassy. Interior of the embassy shows a lavish buffet table with many elegant dishes including caviar, orange slices and cheese. An ice sculpture modeled after the Spasskaya Tower with flashing light decorates the table. Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Vishinsky, greets members of the Washington diplomatic corps who arrive in large numbers to participate in the festivities celebrating the Russian Revolution anniversary. Foreign Minister Vishinsky shake hands with a Russian Orthodox patriarch. He also greets guest Paul Robeson, the famous singer. Guests seen mingling and serving themselves at the buffet. A large cake is decorated with " XXX III celebration." A woman cuts the cake and serves a piece to a guest. Foreign Minister Vishinsky shake hands with Indian dignitaries. Soviet Embassy on 16th Street, in Washington DC. Brass plaque on front reads: "Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics." A wreath and hammer and sickle are also displayed on the plaque of the USSR embassy. Interior of the embassy shows a lavish buffet table with many elegant dishes including caviar. An ice sculpture with flashing light decorates the table. Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Vishinsky, greets members of the Washington diplomatic corps who arrive in large numbers to participate in the festivities celebrating the Russian Revolution anniversary. He also greets guest Paul Robeson, the famous singer. Guests seen mingling and serving themselves at the buffet. A large cake is decorated with " XXX III celebration." A woman cuts the cake and serves a piece to a guest.
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