Film opens showing devastated snow-covered remains of Peterhof Palace and its fountains, in Leningrad, after the Russians ended the siege of that city in January, 1944 of World War II. The next scenes show crowds gathered on 25 August, 1946, to celebrate the newly restored fountains, which are seen spraying water again. (Narrator notes that Russians now call the place Petrodvorets, meaning Peter's Palace.) An official speaks, at the ceremony, about the architecture of Petrodvorets and its cultural masterpieces still to be restored. Glimpse of statuary and array of fountains. Closeup of several young women holding flowers. Another shot of the fountains spraying along both sides of a central pond, with spectators crowded along the extreme sides near lines of trees.
Damage in Moscow from revolution conflict including: Severely damaged Kremlin gates; damage to the Spasskaya Tower and clock on Red Square; and damage to several other grand buildings., including a cathedral. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Vladimir Lenin seated in a chair at home, holding his cat. His wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya enters and sits. she pets the cat. Lenin begins speaking to an unseen person (possibly an interviewer). Brief glimpse of Joseph Stalin.
U.S. First Lady Pat Nixon at a museum in Moscow. A number of women dignitaries inside the museum. Pat Nixon greets the women and shakes hands with them. Pat Nixon and other dignitaries pose for a photograph.
Russian city street scene. Coffin of Vladimir Illich Lenin being carried from his funeral train,at Paveletskiy Rail Terminal, Moscow. A large crowd of mourners, lined up on a snow covered hill, watch as soldiers and officials carry coffin and others carry wreaths, in procession. Soldiers with rifles accompany the cortege. Some spectators hold aloft banners and posters as they stand on hillside. Soldiers setting demolition explosives to commence building mausoleum to house Lenin's body at Red Square, Moscow. They are seen in hollow, below ground, in front of Kremlin wall. They lower something into hole and shovel some earth on it. Outside smoke rises and then an explosion raises cloud of earth and dust. A statue of Lenin, holding holding right hand aloft, stands next to the excavation site.
The basement of Lenin's Tomb, on Red Square, by the Kremlin wall, in Moscow. The glass enclosure containing Lenin's body, is moved on a special conveyor to a lift where it starts being raised into position for public viewing.
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