Soviet newsreel footage of World War II battle on the River Don in the Soviet Union

[VO music, Russian language narration throughout] Title card: "The Battle of the Don" / beauty shot sunrise or sunset over the River Don / VS long line of Red Army soldiers approaches, passes camera; most carry bayonets; some have bicycles or mules / young women walk in the group / rear shot mounted soldiers in the line / VS train bears tanks and soldiers atop / rear shot soldiers laden with gear walk away / explosion kicks up dirt, smoke / VS field guns fire from tree camouflage / officers in wooded area; one points / POV of village explosion through "frame" of binocular sights / VS worm's eye rear shot soldiers run up hill, VO gunfire / VS camouflaged field gun fires, explosion results / soldiers roll field gun past camera; explosion in background / CU soldier aims rifle / VS soldier fires machine gun, CU its muzzle / VS soldiers fire machine guns / soldier crawls, bearing wounded comrade on back, as another assists / soldier supports a wounded comrade / VS soldiers fire bolt-action rifle and machine gun / VS German soldier moves across field, sniper with wood-stock rifle sights and shoots, German falls / VS another sniper picks off a German / VS field guns fire / soldier lies on ground near barbed wire as explosions go off in bg / night: rear shot soldiers advance toward burning structure / VS buildings on fire, soldiers run past / day: smoke rises over destroyed area / VS smoldering German tank and dead German soldiers / VS German corpses / VS German POWs under Red guard / VS gravesite, with elderly woman and child in attendance / VS Soviet soldiers stand solemnly at grave / soldiers march away from grave, bearing bayonets / Note: exact day not known