Chronicle: parade of the Red Army. Tanks are going on exercises in 1936. Shots of the Second World War: Moscow-military, soldiers are carrying guns, crossing, shooting "Katyushas", the storming of the Reichstag. The headquarters of the "northern". The commander of the troops of the Belarusian Military District, General of the Army E. F. Ivanovsky, sets the task for the staff officers. Loading of troops into airplanes, airplanes in the air. The commander of the Baltic Fleet, Vice Admiral Kapitanets, on the ship sets tasks for sailors and paratroopers. Ships at sea. Colonel-General Postnikov, commander of the Baltic Military District, at the command post of the "southern" troops. At the command post of the leadership of the exercise, the highest commanding staff, leaders of the republic, foreign guests, including: D.F. Ustinov, N.V. Ogarkov, T.Ya. Kiselev, A.A.Epishev, V.G. Kulikov and others ... Columns of tanks are driving across the field, bombs are falling from planes, guns are firing, infantrymen with machine guns are running, paratroopers jump out of a helicopter, armored vehicles are leaving the river, troops are crossing the pontoon bridge, paratroopers are landing, amphibious assault landing. There is a fight. Marshals of the Soviet Union DF Ustinov and NV Ogarkov tour the troops after the end of the exercise. DF Ustinov speaks and congratulates the participants in the exercises. Troop parade.