Russia Hits Back

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

34

Date Released

22 Dec 1941

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1South Africa’s Total Effort
2. 2Gondar Falls
3. 3News from England
4. 4Russia Hits Back

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Russia on the offensive; Nazis retreat. Value in this offensive of arms supplied by Britain and the US. Flashback to Moscow Conference when this was arranged. Arrival in Russia of Lord Beaverbrook and Averell Harriman, personal envoy of Roosevelt. Shots of the Russian cavalry. Russia’s warships in the Black Sea ensure that the enemy’s water supply [sic] is cut off.

Keywords

Politics and government; Weapons; Foreign aid; Navy; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

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Address

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Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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