Film begins with picture of famous Soviet statue of Worker and Kolkhoz Woman holding hammer and sickle, respectively, over their heads. The title,"View of the World Soviet," is superimposed. A slate gives a title in English: "Stalin Says the Word." Soviet civilians are seen lined up buying newspapers containing Stalin's call for all-out war following the German attack against the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, in World War 2. They read newspapers in the streets. Picture of Joseph Stalin can be seen in newspaper held by one man as others look on with him. People reading copies of the newspaper posted at an outdoor display with Pravda (Russian: “Truth”) written above it. Civilians reading outdoors in various places. A slate appears reading: "Wrath of the People." Camera pans across a mass of workers gathered at the Stalingrad Tractor plant. Local leaders address the crowd passionately about the need for a national defense against German aggression.
German soldiers attack Soviet Union during the World War II. German artillery fired. The German soldiers advance on horses. Shells kept on ground. The soldiers advance and walk on ruins. A woman wipes tears. Men hanged to death by the Germans. Dead bodies of Russians lying on snow covered ground. The soldiers on tank advance to Ukraine. Farmers on field. A tractor driven on field. A destroyed power grid. The Soviet farmers burn the unharvested wheat. The farmers carry baggage and leave village. The bridges, power plants and dams blown up. Men and women join forces. Aerial view of the city of Saint Petersburg including the Peter and Paul Fortress. The German officers near an artillery on the roof of a building in Moscow. The German men carry wooden log in Caucasus. The Soviet soldiers advance in prone position. A soldiers cuts a wire mesh fence. The tanks move through a field. The soldiers fire artillery. The aerial view of the bombed city. A building being bombed. An animation map depicts : the German occupation on Stalingrad and Caucasus. The Germans advance to the Suez.
Battles fought by Russians fighting military invasion from Germany during World War II. Soviet children and civilians celebrate Christmas of year 1942. Children talk and play. Munition factories of Russia still operating. War production workers at a munitions shell factory. Recapture mission of Stalingrad. Soviet artillery fires projectiles, Russian bombers drop bombs on German bases in Stalingrad. Flame throwers, tanks and rocket guns indulge in intense firing in snowy battlefield. Infantry soldiers advance on a frozen lake. Nazis in Stalingrad encircled and Stalingrad recaptured by the Soviet Army. Soldier loads artillery while overwhelmed civilians meet each other. Surrendered Nazi General prisoners walk under guard of Red Army.
The Battle of Stalingrad, Russia. Animated map shows the Battle of Caucasus and the Crimea. Germans plan to capture the Russian oil fields. Stalingrad is bombarded from German aircraft. Smoke rises due to the explosion. German guns fired. Wrecked Soviet buildings in Stalingrad. House to house fight in the streets of Stalingrad. The Russians fight back. Snow covered mountains. Maps show Russian encirclement of Nazi German forces. Marshal Nikolai Voronoff confers with his aides. (World War II period).
Battles fought by Russians fighting military invasion from Germany during World War II. Captured Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus who led the German Army in Stalingrad is seen under Soviet guard. View of Paulus meeting with his Russian captors after he surrendered. Long column of surrendered German troops marching in snow under Soviet guard. The German prisoners march up hills and into the city of Stalingrad in snow and cold winter conditions. German soldiers with frostbite and exposure are shown. A German soldier with no shoes and blanket draped feet is shown limping forward. Animated map shows freed Russian area on map and retreat of German forces by the spring of 1943. Seized and idle German planes, weapons, piles of rifles, piles of machine guns, artillery pieces, and shells are shown in the snow and under Russian guard. Aerial view of German convoy on road following bombing campaign. Burned vehicles and devastation of the German retreating line. More views of marching German prisoners, and some dead German soliders lying in an area among some graves. Montage of scenes of allied nations armies fighting during World War 2.
United Nations leaders meet to pledge support against the Axis Powers. Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ; British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese General Chiang Kai-shek on chairs. Dignitaries behind them. Madame Chiang confers with Churchill. A meeting of the United Nations leaders in Tehran, Iran. President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Joseph Stalin, Premier of Soviet Russia and the diplomatic representatives of the free nations present. President Roosevelt introduces Sara Churchill, the daughter of Churchill, to Stalin. Stalin shakes hands with Sara. The Sword of Stalingrad is presented to Stalin as a gift from the King of Britain to the people of Stalingrad. Marshall Stalin accepts the sword on the behalf of the people of Russia. The leaders pose with dignitaries standing behind them. (World War II period).
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