Opening credits.
Low angle panning view of partly sunny skies. Panning view of the area around the Volga River. Transmission towers, power lines. Open landscape. Building obscuring sunlight; open landscape. Low angle view of skies; partly sunny. Extreme close-up of fire. Building engulfed in fire. Wide view of the city of Stalingrad on fire. VS of fire burning city.
Nazi soldiers on the march, no helmets on; soldiers' faces covered with dirt. Tank driving; close-up of tank track as it approaches and passes camera, kicking up dust. Close-up soldier's boots walking through smoke. Convoy of vehicles driving; dust, smoke rising. Barbed wire fencing. Nazi solders in trench; one soldier pick up field telephone. Tanks driving across field. Soldier giving a hand signal in the FG; artillery cannon fires in BG. VS of artillery and tanks firing; explosions. A few soldiers advancing through a field obscured with smoke.
Color map of Stalingrad area depicting Nazi advances toward Stalingrad and Caucuses.
POV from behind two Nazi soldiers looking in the distance with their binoculars. Volga River. Two Nazi soldiers on horseback in the river; soldiers in their underwear. Low angle view of Nazi soldier smiling, driving a cart full of hay; soldier riding in back. Close-up of soldier filming. Close-up of soldier's face with a big smile. Soldier eating. Two soldiers plucking feathers off dead chicken. Meat being turned, roasted over fire. Nazi soldier drinking out of pan. Two soldiers smoking. Russian soldiers shoveling, filling in concrete platform. Russian soldiers lowering artillery cannon. Tank crossing stream. Two Russian soldiers turning large weapon. High angle view of Russian people shoveling on embankment. Russian soldiers marching; tram line in BG. Armored vehicle driving on street. Overview of Stalingrad before the war.
POV from airplane in flight looking back toward Luftwaffe planes in flight. Brief shot of adult Russian male soldiers loading anti-aircraft guns. VS of Luftwaffe in flight. Anti-aircraft guns firing. Luftwaffe in flight. Airplane dropping bombs. Ground view of smoke advancing toward camera in Stalingrad. Wide views of black smoke billowing. Bombs dropping from airplane. Explosions.
Nazi soldier gesturing; another soldier appears and they both look through binoculars. Nazi soldiers on a tank, watching, a couple through binoculars. Luftwaffe airplane flying. Wide shot of an explosion. Aerial view of black smoke. Panning view of a damage and destruction on the shores of the Volga River. Explosion blowing up part of a building; soldiers in FG. Two soldiers standing together, one looking through binoculars. Soldiers running across rubble. Group of soldiers taking cover. Tank driving down slope; demolished building in BG. Two soldiers jogging. Soldier shooting from inside building. Soldier shot and killed in doorway; falls. Two soldiers hurrying up stairs, carrying heavy machine gun. High angle view of soldier looking back. VS of soldiers running, taking cover, and fighting in the streets of Stalingrad.
Color map depicting the Nazi's advance in Stalingrad.
Dam across the Volga River; traffic travelling over dam. Large gun, possibly turret, serves as a World War II monument.
Adult male soldiers walking on train tracks in a single file line.
Pan toward large gun, possibly a turret, perched on high ground; railroad in BG. Pan from monument and small courtyard to steps and terrace overlooking the Volga River. Tree trunks partially submerged in Volga River. Pan from barren tree trunks, logs lying on river bank to sharp incline, trees atop ridge.
Two soldiers from the Soviet 138th Rifles regiment climbing embankment, crouching near the top. Small explosion near window. VS of soldiers running, firing weapons in city; tank on fire. POV from inside destroyed building; tilt up to see multiple holes through multiple floors. Zoom in to portion of a destroyed building.
Contemporary shot of the remains of the Stalingrad flour mill.
Building on fire. VS of adult male Russian soldiers handing out ammunition, firing machine guns and rifles, running in a battle; corpse lying beside machine gun.
Pan from tram travelling down street to World War II monument featuring large gun. Low angle view of three flowers in a jar. Three Russian female children standing and talking together; holding briefcases. Pan around building courtyard. Pan across a hill with a monument dedicated to World War II battle. Close-up of sand. Low angle view of World War II monument; multistory building in BG.
Soviet tank travelling; two Russian soldiers on top of tank. Line of Soviet tanks travelling on snow covered road. Travelling POV passing a column of Soviet vehicles. High angle panning view of adult Russian male soldiers on a boat. Wooden planks leading to pier; boat docked, another boat travelling on river.
Aerial of barges, ships travelling on the Volga River. Aerial of area flooded by the Volga River; trees partially submerged. World War II monument standing out atop a sandy hill.
Extreme close-up of wristwatch. VS of artillery firing. VS of Soviet male military officers deliberating, looking over maps. VS of officers, outside, speaking, giving orders to soldiers. Rockets firing. Tanks advancing. VS of Soviet airplanes in flight. Travelling aerial view of bombs exploding on targets.
Russian soldiers riding atop driving tanks. Russian soldiers running into smoke. Russian soldiers running toward down aircraft, destroyed tanks. Low angle view of soldier running. Dead body on the ground; legs of Russian soldiers running by. VS of Russian soldiers running across snow covered ground, embracing each other, celebrating victory.
Color map of the area surrounding Stalingrad, illustrating the Soviet pincer movement that led to a Nazi retreat, and defeat of Nazis forces in Stalingrad.
Russian male soldiers hugging each other, waving to camera. Nazi soldier, wearing white uniform, carrying white flag, leads soldiers behind him. German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus exiting car. Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus walking with Russian officers into building. 6th Army Nazi soldiers marching uphill in surrender; three men standing on adjacent hill, watching.
Aerial view of Russian landscape; where WWII battles were fought. POV from behind adult Russian pilot's shoulder as he pilots airplane.
Aerial view of destroyed city of Stalingrad. Close-ups of different newspaper headlines proclaiming Soviet victory in Stalingrad. Tracking POV of a flag being carried in a parade. Russian soldier receiving medal. Two Russian soldiers lighting cigarettes. Two Russian soldiers having a cup of beer; female soldier serving them. Close-up of three Russian soldiers looking at something while smiling.
Russian soldiers marching in parade. Close-up of soldier smoking; holding rifle close to him.
VS of Soviet World War II veterans congregating on the battle's 30th anniversary, including elderly Russian woman wearing her medals; Russian female child standing among the men. Young Russian male standing with rifle in front of World War II memorial with eternal flame; flowers laid in FG. Bride and groom stand in front of memorial; woman lays down bouquet. Memorial with eternal flame; bouquets of flowers. Close-up of female Russian child's face among heads of other people. Back of Russian female soldier who turns as car drives by.
Traffic in Stalingrad. Caucasian male child tending to doll in doll stroller; another child nearby. Elderly Russian male and female walking together in procession; medals pinned on each of them. People walking in public square or park in Stalingrad. Middle-aged adult Russian man interacting with baby in stroller; bends down to pick up glasses, pretends to give to baby. Crowd of people walking in same direction, slightly obscured by vegetation in FG; building and trees in BG. Male child turning steering wheel, looking behind and in front of toy car. People at the Central Embankment; ship travelling on the Volga River. Man and woman turn and walk together; ship travelling in BG. Three male children climbing on war memorial (gun turret). People ascending and descending steps.
Aerials of boats travelling on the Volga River, Central Embankment, which has the Art Fountain (a.k.a. "Friendship of Peoples"), and to a park that leads up to Fallen Fighters Square.
Aerial of Mamyev Hill leading to "The Motherland Calls" war memorial sculpture. Zoom in to war memorial sculpture; people standing in FG. People climbing steps; obscured by tree branches in FG. Sculpture obscured by branches. Adult Russian men and women walking; tree branches obscures view. Bouquets of flowers laid out across pond toward base of sculpture ("Not one step back!"). High angle view of crowd gathered under sculpture. Overview of men and women walking around two pools; rectangular and square. Adult Russian men and women walking around memorial area, paying tribute. Russian woman, back turned to camera, dabbing her eyes, putting on sunglasses. Woman with sunglasses wearing black coat with medals pinned on her chest, standing with her head down.
VS of detailed faces of Russian soldiers carved into rock wall. Sculpture framed within opening of rock. Elderly adult Russian man sitting on ledge; cane beside him. VS of "The Motherland Calls" war memorial sculpture; people in FG.