A Soyuz rocket on launch pad before liftoff in Soviet Union. The Russian rocket ignites and lifts off from launchpad. Rocket climbing upward as seen from the ground. A television screen showing screen with the rocket ascent underway, and a reel to reel tape recorder operating beside the television monitor. A tracking antenna tracks the Soyuz spacecraft. Animation depicts Soyuz aircraft in space. Tracking antennae at a control center. Soyuz docking with another spacecraft. Soviet cosmonauts inside spacecraft. Soviet scientists end engineers track the Soyuz at a mission control center.
A scientist at a mission control center in the Soviet Union. View of the earth’s surface from outer space. Animation of Soviet spacecraft during a undocking or separation maneuver. Tracking antennae at sunset on earth. Footage showing aerial view of earth’s surface. Russian scientists in a mission control center working on a Soyuz spacecraft mission. Soyuz spacecraft in flight. A large Soviet tracking antenna array moving.
Germans fire artillery to shell Leningrad heavily during World War II. Russian people work in factories continuing war production while bundled in warm clothing due to cold. Baker cuts loaves of bread into ration pieces. People move on snow covered streets. Close-up view of German soldiers readying and firing a massive Karl-Gerät (040/041) self propelled siege mortar (also known as Thor or Mörser Karl). Writing on side of the mortar says, "Thor." Other large German rail guns and a variety of German field artillery fire shells at Russian targets in Leningrad A building collapses from shelling. Men and women factory workers continue factory production of war materiel and supplies throughout bombing campaign by Germans. A woman operating a grinder. Rapid montage of scenes of men and women forging iron and creating weapons and arms including shells and grenades. A woman stacks finished artillery shells. A woman war production welder operating a welding torch. People in streets transport dead bodies on sleds and coffins on runners in the snow, as people die from cold, disease, hunger and bombing.
Ice melting and water flowing as Spring comes to Leningrad following winter siege by Germany in World War 2. Crosses from Nazi graves wash away into streams. Convoy trucks continue to drive on the melting ice of Lake Ladoga. Group of children in Leningrad enjoy a walk outside. A child rides a tricycle. A woman washes windows of a trolley. Point of view (POV) shot of driving trolley in Leningrad, showing controls. People board trolley. Soviet women soldiers from Army and women sailors from women's Navy corps walking. Wide shot of Leningrad with trolley running. Dancers from the famous ballet theater board a Soviet battleship. Dancers perform traditional dances while sailors play violin and other instruments. Sailors watch as dancers leave ship in small boat. Woman spits on German prisoners of war POWs as they are marched through the streets of Leningrad. Soviet citizen soldiers or militia march in procession holding rifles with fixed bayonet.
General Secretary of Communist Party of Soviet Union Joseph Stalin reviews the Red Army Parade on the Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union. The troops parade along avenue. The Red Army vehicles and tanks parading. Banners and signs held up by a crowd. Stalin and Molotovl wave from the balcony of Kremlin
Street scenes in Moscow, Soviet Union. People around a flower stall.Moscovites in a subway tunnel. Saint Basil's Church in Moscow, Soviet Union. Soviet people arrive at Saint Basil's Church in Red Square. A priest in the church. The entrance of Saint Basil's Church and the Spasskaya Tower. An honor guard of Soviet soldiers marches along the Kremlin wall at Red Square. Relief images on wall, including Marx, Lenin, and Stalin.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.