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Stalingrad2 (1943 Film)

aka: Story of Stalingrad, The

Director

L Varlamov

Producer

A Ruznetsov; L Varlamov

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Photographed by 15 Russian Army cameramen, the film traces the course of the siege of Stalingrad to the final Russian victory and the surrender of Field Marshal von Paulus. Roman Karmen is reported to have...

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Radio 4's 'Life and Fate' by Vasily Grossman

Date

19 Sep 2011, 17:31

Author

Cathy Grant

Post Type

Post

The BBC has just begun an eight-hour dramatisation of the epic Russian novel Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. This epic masterpiece, centred around the bloody battle of Stalingrad, charts the fate of both a...

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Russian Front 1941-1945, The (4 Parts) (1997)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale

Tells the story of the war on the Easter Front in World War 2, the outcome of which was crucial in the struggle to defeat Nazi Germany. Includes historical analysis by Professor John Erickson, graphics and...

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Soviet Newsreel No. 8 (February 1943): Special Issue: Victory on the Stalingrad Front (1943 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Covers the last stages of the battle. Lays particular stress on the magnitude of the victory - the number of German dead, equipment abandoned and destroyed, high ranking officers surrendering (including von...

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War of the Century (1999 Video)

Director

Laurence Rees

Subject

History

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 2 x 160 min.

Documentary series looking at the reasons behind, and the course of, the war between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, resulting in 30 million deaths. In four parts: 1) High Hopes: uses recently...

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World at War, The. Vol 2 (6 Parts) (1973 Video)

Director

Ted Childs; Hugh Raggett; Martin Smith

Producer

Peter Batty; Ted Childs; Martin Smith

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 6 x 52 min.

1 DESERT - THE WAR IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943 - North Africa, the battle of El Alamein and Operation Torch (producer/writer Peter Batty). 2: Stalingrad, the symbol of the Soviet Union’s stubborn resistance,...

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Frank Capra’s Why we Fight (1942)

Director

Frank Capra

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 403 minutes), £24.99

Forceful propaganda on the aims of democracy contrasted with fascism. Liberties are taken with the material but a good example of the best resources of Hollywood directed towards propaganda and patriotic...

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Great Events of the 20th Century (1999 Video)

aka: Greatest Events of the 20th Century, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

A collection of newsfilm covering 101 newsworthy events of the 20th century. Items are: 1) Opening credits; 2) Queen Victoria’s funeral; 3) Wright brothers’ first flight; 4) Suffragette dies under...

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The World at War - 40 years later

Date

16 Nov 2016, 17:33

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

First screened on British television in October 1973, the documentary series The World at War proved to be a milestone in the history of ITV. Professor James Chapman explores its roots and its critical...

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Blood upon the Snow: Russia’s War

Date

30 Nov 2011, 11:42

Author

bufvcsergio

Post Type

BUFVC Review

2010. DVD. Alba Home Video. 520 minutes. £29.99 About the author: Dr Nick Baron is Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts University of Nottingham and author of The King of Karelia: Col. P.J. Woods and the...

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