Russian News (1944, No. 1)

Identifier
irn1001174
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.167.1
  • RG-60.2367
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Russian troops, tanks, and motorcycles cross the Dvina River on rafts and reach Vitebsk. Artillery fires on the city. Troops march through its ruins. Germans surrender and are marched to the rear. Citizens berate them, and embrace Russian soldiers. Rockets and artillery are fired. Russian planes pass over. Shows German dead, abandoned equipment, and German prisoners. Five German generals are interrogated by Russian troops.

Note(s)

  • See Story 2347, Film ID 2516 for duplicate footage.

Subjects

  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • CIVILIANS
  • ARTILLERY
  • MILITARY OFFICERS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • DESTRUCTION
  • TANKS
  • TOWNS
  • SOVIET UNION
  • BOATS
  • SURRENDER (GERMAN)
  • RIVERS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • CORPSES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • SURRENDER
  • PRISONERS (GERMAN)
  • AIRPLANES

Places

  • , Soviet Union

Genre

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