German forces on Eastern front battling Soviet forces in World War 2. A map points places in Soviet Union including Kiev, Smolensk, Poltawa. Snow covered field. Soldiers fire from trenches. They move on StuG III Assault Guns. Tiger tanks of SS.PR.1 LAH advance. Houses and trees in the background. A soldier smokes and puts on his helmet. (World War II period).
After effects of German invasion of Soviet Union during World War II. Musical works of famous Russian musician Tchaikovsky. Wrecked house of Leo Tolstoy and his famous work War and Peace. Leo Tolstoy's grave site and cemetery of Nazi soldiers who lost their lives in the Soviet invasion. Dead Russian civilians lie in the snow as others mourn their death. Frozen bodies of civilian dead men, women, and children.
Clip opens with scenes from 1940s before moving to historical footage from 1917. A copy of Pravda, a Bolshevik Worker's newspaper is seen. People demonstrate on the streets of Moscow against the Czar during Russian Revolution. People tearing down symbols of White Russian rule. Crowds demonstrating in streets as newspapers with news are thrown to the people in the crowds. Masses of Russian people and troops during demonstrations. Lenin arrives at a railway station. Portraits of Lenin and Stalin during Russian Revolution are seen. Views of Lenin viewing training and drills of early Soviet Russian army forces. Troops, cavalry and military band at a march past, as Lenin looks on.
A palace in Moscow with Stalin's sculpture is seen. Saint Basil Cathedral at Red Square. People gather in large numbers outside the cathedral. A newsstand shop where Stalin's poster is seen. Among publicatins seen in several languages are copies of a paper called New Times A procession moves on the streets. Officials including Molotov pose for a photograph. People from different parts of the country are seen. A soldier teaches fighting tactics to tribesmen. (World War II period).
Dignitaries from different Nations join the Big Three in signing an atom-test ban agreement. The event is at Kremlin where United States, Britain and the USSR agree to ban all atoms tests except underground nuclear testing. View of dignitaries. Secretary of State Dean Rusk signing for the United States, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko for the Soviets and Lord Home for Britain as Chairman Nikita Khrushchev looks on with United Nations Secretary General, U Thant.
A motorcycle race in a Moscow countryside. Soviet men and women participate in a motorbike race. The motorcycles race in rough dirt terrain. The winners pose after the race.
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