Newsreel coverage of the successful space flights of Soviet Russian astronauts in Vostok 3 and Vostok 4, during timeframe of "space race" between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. The Russian astronauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich climb into manned space vehicles. Massive cloud of smoke arise as space ship lifts off. The vehicles travel through space and orbit around the planet within 24 hours of each other. Views from the spaceships while in orbit. The space crew at controls on the ground in Russia. Many newspaper headlines showing coverage of the Russian advance in space. Civilians in Red Square in Moscow cheer the new space heroes. They hold banners and pictures including a large photo of Andriyan Nikolayev.
Romanian delegation headed by Romanian Prime Minister Petru Groza, foreign minister Anna Pauker, and Communist leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej is leaving from Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, after signing a Mutual Assistance treaty on February 4, 1948. The delegation at a railroad train station is seen off by the Russian foreign secretary Vyacheslav Molotov and vice foreign secretary Andrei Vyshinskii. Prime Minister Groza gives the departing address on Russian-Romanian relations. February 1948.
Opening of film shows image of famous statue being projected on a screen. The statue depicts a Soviet worker and a collective farm woman, respectively, raising a hammer and sickle high above their heads. The statue is a stainless steel art work created by Vera Mukhinafor the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, France. (It was later moved to Moscow, Russia.) Next a field and forest is shown on the Western front of the Soviet Union (Eastern Front of World War 2, in Europe). Soviet soldiers are preparing for combat during a temporary lull in their defense against German forces in their Operation Barbarossa offensive ,begun in June, 1941. Soviet soldiers place branches and foliage upon a BT tank as camouflage. Others assemble loose ammunition rounds into machine gun belts. Soldiers camouflaging an artillery field piece with foliage. Soviet soldiers refueling a tank. Soldiers moving through wooded area past another camouflaged gun. Several Soviet soldiers at a shelter in the woods, placing ammunition rounds in a clip. A printer producing a daily newspaper for soldiers. A soviet soldier picks one up to read. Closeup of the newspaper. Soviet munitions handlers inserting fuses into noses of artillery shells. A T-34 tank sitting in foliage. Soldiers looking at charts as they sit in the woods. A Soviet soldier running (possibly to deliver a dispatch).
Discussions between Germany and the Soviet Union in November 1940, about Russia joining the Axis together with Germany, Italy, and Japan. Diplomatic and military delegation stand at railway station in Berlin, Germany. A railway train arrives. Premier Vyacheslav Molotov of the Soviet Union arrives on the train at the railway station. German Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop, German High Command and Japanese representatives greet Molotov. A band plays as the men come out of the railway station. German soldiers stand in lines and Molotov passes the troops in reivew. Delegation takes Molotov to the Reich Chancellery to meet Adolf Hitler, War Minister Hermann Goering, and other German officers.
The launch of Luna 2, the first rocket launched to reach the moon, from the Soviet Union. Luna 2 rocket launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Russia. It is the first man made object to travel from one cosmic body to another. Craters seen on the surface of the moon. At a geographical center an operator works on a tape recorder machine. Demonstration of the accuracy and reliability of the rocket. Camera zooms close to the moon.
The 40th Anniversary Parade in Moscow, celebrating the anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union. Red Square, Russia, during a parade. Soviet dignitaries stand at reviewing point. Marshal Rodion Malinovsky, the USSR Defense Minister, salutes from a moving car. Civilian spectators stand on the street. Marshal Rodion Malinovsky steps out from the car. Malinovsky speaks on microphone. Russian naval and infantry troops in review. Troops march with rifles. Soviet missiles towed in parade. People applaud. Giant missile towed in parade, another giant missile in the background. People applaud. St Basil's Cathedral on Red Square. Parade passes with picture of Lenin. Nikita Khrushchev, Marshal Kliment Voroshilov, and People’s Republic of China Chairman Mao Zedong wave. Delegates from China are seen watching the parade. Girl athletes are present in the parade. Globe of world with flashing lights encircling it, representing the successful launch the month before of the Sputnik 1 satellite orbiting the earth. A balloon representing a Sputnik launch rocket is released in the air.
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