About the friendship between the Soviet and Czechoslovak armies that arose during the Second World War, about the life and combat training of the Central Group of Forces.




View of historical monuments of Czechoslovakia.
Landscapes of Czechoslovakia.
Faces of soldiers and officers of the Central Group of Forces standing in formation (panorama).
Conversation between soldiers of the Soviet and Czechoslovak armies during exercises.
Exchange of experience between Soviet and Czechoslovak tank crews.
Newsreel: presentation of the banner to the 1st Czechoslovak Infantry Battalion in 1942 in Buzuluk.
Soldiers in formation.
Faces of Czechoslovak officers.
The road to Prague.
Views of the streets and squares of Prague, people on the streets.
View of part of the Charles Bridge.
View of part of Prague Castle.
Newsreel: Soviet tanks go to the aid of uprising Prague in May 1945. A Soviet tank turns around at an intersection on May 9, 1945 (top).
A tank on a pedestal in Prague.
Faces of Soviet and Czechoslovak tank crews studying the equipment.
Panorama of an industrial plant.
Soviet servicemen visiting an automobile plant.
Assembling cars on a conveyor belt, faces of soldiers.
Faces of workers at the art glass plant in Decin.
The production process in the plant's workshop.
Servicemen on a tour of one of the plant's workshops.
The process of blowing glass products.
Soldiers listen to the explanations of the craftsmen, inspect the finished products.
Tank battalion commander Major Bityugov sets a task for his subordinates before leaving for the training ground.
Faces of tank crews standing in formation (panorama).
Driver-mechanic competitions at the training ground, tanks overcome obstacles.
Bityugov watches the actions of his subordinates, records the results.
A tank overcoming a forest blockage.
Figure driving of a tank.
Tanks cover a distance on an off-road section.
Officers discuss and analyze the results of the competition.
Presentation of an honorary diploma to the winner of the competition.
Driver-mechanic S. Moskovtsev walks around the agricultural machinery site with fellow village machine operators during his vacation.
Moskovtsev talks to combine operators and tractor drivers.
Moskovtsev inspects the tractor he worked on before joining the army.
Moskovtsev meets his mother at a dairy farm.
Moskovtsev helps his mother put hay in the feeders.
Moskovtsev chops wood in the yard of the house.
Moskovtsev drinks tea with guests at home.
A street in one of the cities of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Soviet and Czechoslovak officers at the automotive equipment site.
A battery of D-30 howitzers marches during winter exercises.
The battery takes up a firing position.
View of the firing position during fire at a training target.
Joint exercises of the Central Group of Forces and the Czechoslovak People's Army.
Tanks attack a simulated enemy.
Motorized riflemen deploy in battle formation.
Episodes from the exercises.
The exercise commander and staff officers at an observation post.
A head-on battle during the exercise.
Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers chat after the exercise, treat each other to cigarettes and apples.
The soldiers' faces.
1942, 05.1945, 1983
Czechoslovakia, Prague, Orenburg region, Kirov region
Winter