A banner marked with - Kolomna district agricultural exhibit, 1947 in Russian is displayed. Interior of the exhibition where different fruits and vegetables are exhibited. Participants visit various stands in the exhibit hall and view produce, honey bee colonies, and farming information.
Water falling in New Hydroelectric Station in Aoul, Dagestan. Russian engineers holding power station plans and people at work in early construction of the electric facility. Aoul area can be seen. Workers in warm Russian hats (Ushanka) digging and stringing power lines.
German invasion of Russia, Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa). Early morning in Berlin with quiet street scenes during World War II. Hands of a clock in view. A man unloads milk cans from a truck. German radio broadcasting studios. A man operates controls. View of radio tower and buildings. Men enter an office. A sign announces broadcast in progress and requests quiet and no entry. Propaganda Minister Dr Joseph Goebbels enters the room and sits on a sofa. He announces Germany has launched an offensive on the Eastern Front as Germany's actions represent declaration of war against the Soviet Union. Officers stand in the background. Several men seated in cars, listen to radio broadcast. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop makes the announcement to journalists at a crowded news conference. Newspapers carry the story. Cameramen take photographs. Animated map depicts the Eastern front extending more than 5 thousand kilometers from Finland in the North to Romania in the South. This is Operation Barbarossa. German troops invade Russia. A ship underway and a bridge in view. Heavy German guns bombard targets. Smoke rises up. Street signs such as "Eydtkau" are shown as evidence of advances. German troops dismantle border barriers. German tanks and artillery advancing Eastward, encountering resistance. They blow up a building.
Change of leadership in countries like England and Soviet Union during the year 1964. A large crowd of people gather awaiting the results of elections in England. Outgoing Prime Minister Lord Douglas Home receives farewell from 10 Downing Street residence. Newly elected Labor Prime Minister Harold Wilson waves his supporters as he arrives to his new office. Scene changes to Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, where Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev bids goodbye as he departs from his office with his wife. Khrushchev addresses the meeting of the United Nations Security Council. New Soviet Communist Party leader Nikolai Brezhnev takes oath.
Soviet aerobatic team pilots synchronizing watches and donning their flight helmets during the 1962 Soviet Aviation Day Display at Tushino Airfield (present day Otkrytie Bank Arena, Volokolamskoye Shosse, 69, Moscow, Russia, 125424) near Moscow, Soviet Union. The Soviet aerobatic team pilots boarding Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name: Fishbed) supersonic fighter aircraft. A military officer helps a pilot board the aircraft. Three MiG-21 supersonic fighters, three MiG-19 (NATO reporting name: Farmer) supersonic fighters and three Sukhoi Su-17 (NATO reporting name: Fitter) in takeoff climbs to left. Three Sukhoi Su-9 (NATO reporting name: Fishpot) fighters in takeoff climbs to left. Four Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name: Bear) bombers taking off to left. A Tupolev Tu-95 with “40” marking taking off. Another Tupolev Tu-95 taking off is seen armed with Kangaroo stand-off missile in bomb bay. Soviet military officials and dignitaries watch the airshow from the reviewing stand. A Tupolev Tu-95 bomber and seven MiG-19 supersonic fighters in flyover. Posters of Vladimir Lenin and prominent Soviet figures and red flags adorn a building. Squadron of supersonic fighters and missile carrying bombers in flight as Soviet military officials watch the airshow.
Formations of Soviet aircraft in flyovers during the 1962 Soviet Aviation Day Display at Tushino Airfield (present day Otkrytie Bank Arena, Volokolamskoye Shosse, 69, Moscow, Russia, 125424) near Moscow, Soviet Union. Twin jet Tu-16 missile carrier aircraft in flight. A Soviet woman looks skywards to watch the airshow. Soviet aircraft such as Beriev Be-10 (or M-10) "Mallow" flying boats (hydroplanes) in flight. An African man in the crowd watches the Soviet airshow. A Tupolev Tu-22 (NATO reporting name: Blinder) supersonic long range bomber aircraft in flight. Soviet military officials observe aircraft. Three Tupolev Tu-22 in formation. Brief view of three Sukhoi Su-9 (NATO reporting name: Fishpot) fighters in formation flying past crowd.
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