Russia

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

96

Date Released

8 Mar 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Raid on Naples
2. 2Russia

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

President Kalinin addresses the people of Russia at Christmas time. Children relax round the Christmas tree and watch a display by performing dogs. In the factories, arms are churned out ceaselessly; the workers wish each other a happy new year. Russian fighting men in action in the Russian winter. Shots of the siege and battle of Stalingrad. The German base of Velikie-Lukie falls to Russian offensive. Battle rages, street to street, building to building. Dead Germans lying in the snow. Red Army soldiers relax and play a piano in the snow. More shots of men in action, jumping from tanks, continuing the offensive from town to town. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: 10 min, sd, B&W, 35mm President Kalinin speaks in Moscow. Russian children gather around a Christmas tree. Munitions are produced in a Russian factory. Russian tanks and artillery fire at night. Tanks and infantry move up. German positions are bombed. Russian infantry enter a liberated village passing abandoned German equipment and German corpses in the snow. Civilians embrace their liberators. Anti-aircraft downs a German plane. A rocket barrage is laid down. Record Group 208 Accession III-NAV-262

Keywords

Politics and government; Entertainment and leisure; Weapons; Aviation; Celebrations and festivals; Industry and manufacture; 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

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

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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