Russian News (1944, No. 1)
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 2367, Film ID 17 for duplicate footage.
Subjects
- SURRENDER
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- MILITARY OFFICERS
- SOVIET UNION
- SURRENDER (GERMAN)
- TOWNS
- AIRPLANES
- BOATS
- CIVILIANS
- INTERVIEWS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
- ARTILLERY
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- DESTRUCTION
- RIVERS
- TANKS
- CORPSES
- PRISONERS (GERMAN)
Places
- , Soviet Union
Genre
- Newsreels.
- Film