German Sdkfz.253 half-track and infantry advance through rubble of bombed out Stalingrad. German forces fire machine guns and throw grenades. Views from a hill of the city of Stalingrad burning; houses seen in foreground and factories behind them. Coverage changes to Leningrad, where German artillery is fired at besieged Leningrad. Artillery shells explode on Russian targets across a river from the German forces. German Infantry enter a town and close-up view of a German army soldier with handgun drawn during house-to-house battle. German soldiers run through a forest passing dead Russians and abandoned equipment, including tanks upended and destroyed.
Stakhanovites at a locomotive factory in Soviet Russia. Stakhanovites (workers employing hard work) in a locomotive factory on its second birthday. Workers make locomotive parts. Workers use equipment in the factory. Parts of locomotives in factory. Wheels and engine in view. Workers paint on railroad cars. Finished engine leaves the plant. Engine on railroad track.
A rubber auto tire factory in Soviet Russia. Workers in rubber automobile tire factory. Equipment arranged aligned in the tire factory. Women workers work at machines. Several rubber tires arranged in rows.
An alarm clock manufacturing factory in Soviet Russia. Men and women work in a factory manufacturing 'Salute' alarm clocks. Several women seated on either side of a long table. Many 'Salute' alarm clocks on the table. Tables arranged in the room. Workers work with small parts of the alarm clocks.
Animated map shows shrinking area of Tsarist Russian control as Bolshevik influence from Russian Revolution moves across Russia, leaving central region around Moscow still politically contested. Russian troops run through a snowy rail yard, next to a flat car on which an automobile sits. Bolsheviks board another flat car. Mikhail Kalinin speaks forcefully to a crowd, and later, with a cigarette in his mouth, mingles with young people in the crowd. People receiving Bolshevik newspapers at a train depot. Newsmen conversing. Another speaker delivering an impassioned speech.
Celebratory parade of Russian citizens, carrying banners and enjoying themselves, in Red Square, Russia. Spectators enjoying the festivities. Among banners carried is one artistically depicting a Junkers 52 (JU-52) airliner flying the globe. (This may allude to Aeroflot commencing international flights in 1937).
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