Film titled, 'Russian People'. During World War 2 on eastern front, view of a burning village in Western Russia where the Russian people had set fire to their own village in order to prevent use of it by German soldiers as refuge. View of burning houses, people fleeing and women crying. Close up views of anguished and sad Russian civilians. Dead bodies of Russian people seen on the ground. A Russian Guerrilla chief reads an oath. Faces of Russian guerrillas of all ages and sexes. Armed Russian guerrillas. The guerrillas cut the enemy's communication lines. Traps are set for German engineers. Three German engineers approach the traps at a distance. Explosions occur. The German engineers get killed.
Scenes of World War II. The U.S. P-47 fighters taxi in a runway. Officer on outdoor phone fires flare gun. P-47s take off from the runway. Two P-38 fighters take off. German antiaircraft batteries fired. B-17s in formation. Flak in the sky. Machine guns fires on B-17. Flak burst among formation of B-17s. Aerial view of damaged B-17s. Feathered engine and damaged wing of an aircraft. Tail of B-17 shot away. German ME 109 aircraft in pursuit of a B-17. German pilot at controls of his fighter.
Events related to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Japanese crewmen shout. Japanese planes take off from deck of an aircraft carrier. Japanese planes drop bombs on Pearl Harbor. USS Arizona explodes. Ship burns in the harbor. Thick black smoke rises from the burning ships. View of wrecked U.S. aircraft. (World War II period).
American 8th Air Force fighter operations in Germany during World War II. Captain E E Bankey of 385th Squadron chases a German ME-109 high above the clouds. ME-109 explodes in flames. Aerial view of a U.S. B-17 aircraft in flames. Six crewmen bail out of burning plane. The plane falls through clouds.
German Atrocities in Stavelot, Belgium. Four coffins. View of dead Belgian women and children murdered by retreating Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans had thrown hand grenades into basements where the civilians had sought refuge. U.S. soldier looks at the dead bodies. Weeping women, young and old, stand in streets. (World War II period).
Events related to the People’s Republic of China's First Thermonuclear Test. Men at work on the test site. Several banners and artifacts are put at the test site. Men follow the Maoist communist principles of Chairman Mao Zedong. Men study the works of Chairman Mao. Food is prepared in the kitchen. View of a sandstorm in the desert. Men briefed by an officer. Men shovel ground, weld, and operate cranes. View of scientific instruments in underground bunkers. Materials for civil use are arranged for testing purposes. Animals in cages are brought as test subjects. Troops sit outdoors. Chinese flag flutters atop a mast. Several instruments and switch boards. Thermonuclear bomb explodes. The blast wave destroys the test buildings. Mushroom clouds rise in the air. English translation overlays Chinese narration.
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