RUSSIAN NEWSREEL NO 12 - RUSSIAN COMMENTARY - SOUND
362 views · Published 21 July 2015 · 9:23 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: British Movietone · 2015 · News & Politics
(27 Aug 1942) Spring on the West Front, thaw settling in. Scenic shots of countryside mixed with shots of crashed enemy aircraft, makeshift crosses marking graves, abandoned vehicles. Soldiers prepare for offensive - riding horses long ridge, on sentry duty, cleaning weapons, in training, target practise, soldiers on horseback and soldiers marching. Large tanks rolling through woodlands and across rivers. Dead bodies seen in muddy pools and amongst chopped down trees. Abandoned enemy artillery, tanks etc. Captured German prisoners - prisoners of war. LS of muddy landscape. Russian army advancing through wood, truck stuck in mud, building bridges with timber and planks. Army transport rolls past. HAS of New York streets - Times Square. Showing air raid in New York. Various shots of people being directed off buses and out of shops to air raid shelters. Civil Defence representatives - CU of woman and man in CD helmets. HAS of New York street at standstill. Coal mining in the Don area. Various shots of Russian coal miners at work - montage of coal mining footage. Interiors and exteriors of mine. Women at work shovelling coal into coal trucks. Train moving away from coal mine loaded with coal. POV shots from moving train. Various shots of an athletics event - marathon? Relay race through streets of Russian city - possibly Moscow. CUs of spectators and travelling shots of participants - some of athletes are women. Cars follow the race. One of the participants is a young boy. Various shots of the athletes and spectators. CUs of winning participant and rest of his team. Pan across group of young women watching race. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f9fcef28d42e460382b26f18f909bbc4
