The Moscow Kremlin and Moskva River in Moscow. The Vodovzvodnaya Tower on the southwestern side of the Kremlin at the banks of the Moskva River. Columns of men marching along a street in Moscow. The Red Square of Moscow showing Saint Basil's Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower. Hats displayed in a shop window. The Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. A female soldier proudly holds up a flag. The Soviet sailors march along the street.
Animated map starts the film, showing the Eastern (Russian) front in vicinity of the Dnieper River, during beginning of winter, 1943-44, as German forces battle against Soviet forces in World War 2. German troops are seen in deep trenches and lying prone behind rubble. Light snow covers the ground. Closeups of German tiger tanks moving along a muddy path beside a river. German Panzergrenadiers taking a smoking break during a lull in combat. German soldiers trudging through mud as snow falls. They pass by some German artillery field pieces firing at Soviet positions. Heavy German guns firing. German troops hurrying toward entrenched positions. Closeup of two soldiers conversing as one points toward Soviet positions. A soldier takes up his defensive spot at the mouth of a dugout at the end of a trench. Closeup of two German soldiers smoking cigarettes. A German soldier reports to an officer at the front, who pins a medal on him and shakes his hand. Another view of a soldier smoking a cigarette. German soldiers walk past some knocked out tanks. Closeups as they pass the camera. One soldier looks skyward. A large formation of German Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka) dive bombers is seen overhead. View from a Stuka cockpit, as it dives emitting classic sound. Stuka aircraft diving and dropping bomb that are seen bursting on ground below. Good closeup of Stuka in a dive.
A huge gathering at the Tushino air show in Russia. Crowd along road, on top of buildings and on an electric train. YAK-18 trainers in aerobatical maneuvers. MIG-19 in a low fly by, doing a vertical roll. Four MiG-17 fighters flying by to left and right in diamond formation trailing smoke. Five MIG-17s in diamond formation climbing, doing barrel roll and flying by to left.
A TU-95 in flight during Tushino Air Show in Russia. Three M-4 / 3M "Bison" four jet bombers flying then six TU-16 Badger bombers followed by six TU-14 bombers. MIG-19 and MiG-17 aircraft in different formations. Views of YAK-25 fighter and AN-4 flying by.
A film titled 'Kola peninsula' shows a hydroplane of Soviet civil aviation lands on a lake in Kola peninsula,Soviet Union. Plane delivers mail and medicine to the people in the region. In Imandra lake region farmers grow vegetables.
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev raises the incident of United States spying Soviet positions. A United States Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance plane takes off for reconnaissance over the Soviet Union. Parts from downed U-2 plane, including pilot's uniform, on display in the Soviet Union. Pilot Francis Gary Powers tried in Moscow. Power's family during the trial in court. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev speaks about the incident at the Paris Summit. The historic UN session on September 23, 1960 of the General Assembly in New York. Nikita Khrushchev targets British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan at the meeting. In the UN chamber, Khrushchev pounds his fists on his desk along with the entire Soviet delegation. General Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld defies Khrushchev's threats.
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