Describes raw materials used in telephone manufacturing. The map shows a location of Russia. Platinum mined in the dredges of Ural Mountain streams. Hand examines crushed platinum ore in a bowl. Mixture of silver, gold and platinum is melted and poured into mold. The resultant alloy bar is placed between samples of gold, silver and platinum on a table. Animation shows use of the alloy in a telephone instrument.
Allied cavalry and infantry ski troops in Russia during World War I. The cavalry soldiers ride horses down the snow covered slopes and infantry ski in the snow.
Russia during World War I. Food aid received from the Friends Relief Committee of London, England, is transported to countryside by horse-drawn wagons. Villagers line up and receive food.
People in a hospital in Russia during period of the Russian Revolution and World War I. A doctor examines and weighs an infant child in a table top scale. A woman stands nearby. Another woman with her child standing. Many framed pictures on the walls. Other men and women patients, several with eye bandages, wait outside on a porch of the building.
Russian soldiers fight the enemy on the battlefield in Russia during World War II. Tanks advance, bombers take off, field guns are fired and cavalry charges across a field. Snow covered area. Smoke from bombardment. Soldiers watch through binoculars. Artillery is loaded and fired. Paratrooperss board transports. The planes take off. Paratroopers jump from the planes, open their parachutes and descend towards the land. They discard their parachutes and crawl forward. Bombardment on the battlefield. Smoke arises from the bombardment and firing. Tanks roll forward. Low flying German planes strafe the area. One tank is hit squarely. Ski troops move hurriedly into new positions. Ski and infantry troops charge into a town. Houses are searched and prisoners are taken.
Russian soldiers take German prisoners of war in Russia during World War II. Snow covered area. Russian soldiers search houses. German prisoners are marched to a stockade. A German flag lying on the ground outside a house. Fighting in the streets. Wounded Russians are treated. Soldiers take a wounded on a stretcher. Dead bodies of Russian civilians lying on the snow. Military vehicles parked in the background.
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