- Title: VM-1210B
- Summary: BATTLE OF RUSSIA (PARTIAL): ON THE BRINK OF DEFEAT, SOVIETS COUNTER-OFFENSIVE TURNS BACK THE TIDE AT STALINGRAD AND ALL ALONG THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
- Description:00:18:59 - TITLE: "SUMMER 1942" (ENGLISH NARRATION) - CARTOON HITLER BEING STRANGLED BY HANDS WITH FLAGS OF U. S. BRITAIN, AND RUSSIA, PULLING ON SCARF AROUND HIS NECK FROM ALL SIDES. ZOOM IN DRAWING MERCHANT SHIP FLYING U. S. FLAG ON BOW. VARIOUS VIEWS SOVIET LONGSHOREMEN UNLOADING WAR SUPPLIES AT ITS PORTS. HUGE PILE GOODS ON DOCK. 00:19:24 - MS SOVIET GENERALS PERUSING PLANS ON TABLE. CU MAP OF THE CAUCUSES, WHERE GERMANS ARE SUSPECTED TO ATTACK BECAUSE OF ITS OIL RESERVES. LS SOVIET OIL DERRICKS IN CAUCASUS. VARIOUS VIEWS CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS, VOICE OVER, "ONE OF THE TOUGHEST MILITARY OBSTACLES IN THE WORLD". ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE ONE PRACTICAL HIGHWAY THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. BAKU, THE BIGGEST OIL FIELD IS ON THE OTHER SIDE. 00:20:39 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWS STALINGRAD STRATEGIC POSITION IN RELATION TO OIL FIELDS AND THE BATTLE FOR RUSSIA. VARIOUS VIEWS MODERN CITY OF STALINGRAD. MAP SHOWS THAT THE CAPTURE OF STALINGRAD THE NAZIS WOULD HAVE A BASE FOR WHICH TO ATTACK MOSCOW. RUSSIAN WITH ONE MASTER STROKE THE RUSSIAN ARMIES WOULD BE CUT OFF FROM HELP FACTORIES, FARMS, AND ARMY IN NORTH, AS WELL AS AMERICAN AND BRITISH SUPPLIES. 00:21:09 - HUGE EXPLOSION AS GERMAN OFFENSIVE BEGINS EARLY IN MAY. ANIMATED MAP SHOWS ADVANCE OF GERMAN ARMIES, GIVING NAZIS COMPLETE CONTROL OF CRIMEA PENINSULA. THIS LEFT THEM IN PERFECT POSITION TO STRIKE AGAINST STALINGRAD. ANIMATED MAP SHOWS). 00:22:05 - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN TROOPS MARCHING TROUGH MOUNTAINOUS ROADS, ON WAY TO BAKU. VARIOUS SHOTS RUGGED MOUNTAIN FIGHTERS, PEOPLE OF THE CAUCASUS ARMING THEMSELVES TO FIGHT NAZIS IN RUGGED MOUNTAINS. MARCHING OFF TOP WAR. 00:22:29 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWS NAZIS JUST 15 MILES FROM STALINGRAD. LS PAN STALINGRAD ALONG VOLGA RIVER. MS GERMAN OFFICER ORDERING ARTILLERY TO FIRE. VARIOUS SHOTS BIG GERMAN ARTILLERY FIRING VOLLEYS. VARIOUS SHOTS NAZI FIGHTERS AND DIVE BOMBERS DROPPING BOMBS. LS SCREAMING DIVE BOMBERS, EXPLOSIONS. GERMAN TROOPS CHARGING INTO CITY. VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN PATROLS ADVANCING CAUTIOUSLY THROUGH STREETS OF RUBBLE STREWN STALINGRAD. GERMAN TROOPS AT RAILROAD PASS BY DEAD HORSE LYING ACROSS TRACKS. 00:23:34 - MEMPHIS PRESS SEMINAR NEWS HEADLINE, "RUSSIA FACING HER GREATEST CRISIS". AND "BOSTON'S EVENING GLOBE" "NAZIS CLOSING TRAP ON RUSSIA". 00:23:48 - GROUP GERMAN SOLDIERS COVER AGAINST WALL OF BUILDING , FIRE RIFLES AT ENEMY. CU NAZI SOLDIER CRAWLING ALONG GROUND TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:23:54 - VARIOUS SHOTS SOVIET SOLDIERS RUNNING THROUGH RUBBLE OF CITY ON THE ATTACK. VARIOUS INTENSE BATTLE SCENES IN CITY STREETS, RUBBLE OF BUILDINGS. MACHINE GUNS FIRING, ARTILLERY. SOVIET SOLDIER PLANTS BOOBY TRAP, COVERS IT WITH DIRT. 00:24:40 - VARIOUS SHOTS RUSSIAN SNIPER FIRING FROM WINDOW. MORE OF SOVIET TROOPS RUNNING THROUGH BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS WHILE UNDER INTENSE FIRE. 00:25:14 - GOOD SHOT SOVIET SNIPER FIRING AND KILLING GERMAN SOLDIER ON THE RUN. CU LOADING HIS RIFLE. MLS GERMAN SOLDIER FALLING AFTER BEING HIT BY SNIPER. POV SNIPER. 00:25:30 - CITY OF STALINGRAD, WHAT'S LEFT OF IT, COVERED IN SNOW. VARIOUS VIEWS GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS IN FLIGHT AS GERMANY TRIED TO FORCE SURRENDER FROM THE AIR. LS BATTERY OF SOVIET ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRING. LS BOMBERS IN FLIGHT POV GROUND. SMOKE TRAILS FROM GERMAN PLANE HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT. MORE OF SAME. 00:25:49 - SOVIET SOLDIERS LIE ON SNOW COVERED GROUND, STAND AND CHARGE FORWARD. CU SOVIET SOLDIER UNDER FIRE CRAWLS ALONG GROUND. MORE OF SAME AS BATTLE OF THE STREETS CONTINUE IN THE SNOW. MS SOVIET SOLDIER FIRING HIS "BURP GUN". (SMALL TOMMYGUN). 26 35 TWO RUSSIAN SOLDIERS EXIT BOMBED OUR BUILDING, BOTH THROW HAND GRENADE AT DISTANT TARGET. CONTINUE TO DO SO FROM PRONE POSITION IN SNOW. RUSSIAN FIRES FLAME THROWER. PAS DEAD SOLDIER GROTESQUELY STIFFENED BY FREEZE. (GRAPHIC). MORE OF INTENSE BATTLE SCENES. IN STALINGRAD STREETS. 00:27:22 - CU NEWSMAN'S HAND RIPS OFF MESSAGE FROM TELETYPE MACHINE. c NEWSPAPER HEADLINES IN LOS ANGELES TIMES, "YANKS LAND IN AFRICA". ANIMATED MAP SHOWING LANDING AND ADVANCE ACROSS AFRICA. ALSO SHOWS RED ARMY DRIVING GERMANS OUT OF RUSSIA, GERMAN BEING ATTACKED FROM ALL SIDES AND BY AIR. 00:27:46 - NEW YORK - WORLD TELEGRAM HEADLINES, "USSR OPENS BIG OFFENSIVE ON ALL FRONTS. MORE ANIMATED MAPS. HEADLINE; "BIG RUSS, VICTORY". ANIMATED MAPS. 00:28:24 - VARIOUS SHOTS RUSSIAN CAVALRY REINFORCEMENTS FROM SIBERIA ON SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN ROADS, VOICE OVER CHOIR SINGING SOVIET PATRIOTIC BATTLE SONG". LONG COLUMN SOVIET TANKS ON SNOW BOUND ROADS. MARCHING GROUND GROUPS ENTER BOMBED OUT CITY. 00:28:54 - SOVIET HIGH COMMAND MEET TO PLAN ATTACK. CU SHOTS, MARSHAL VORONOFF; COL. GENERAL KOSAKOFF; LT. GENERAL RAKOSSOVSKY. GROUP GENERALS PERUSING WAR MAPS. CU ANIMATED MAP SHOW STRATEGY. 00:29:25 - LS TWO SOVIET ARMIES IN SNOW BOUND FIELDS, RUN TOWARDS EACH OTHER. VARIOUS SHOTS RUSSIAN SOLDIERS EMOTIONALLY HUGGING AND KISSING. "THEY KNEW THIS MEETING MENT THE SALVATION OF STALINGRAD". 00:29:49 - VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE IN MOSCOW CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS 1942, IN STREETS OF MOSCOW. CHRISTMAS TREES PASSED OUT. MLS CROWD YOUNG PEOPLE RIDE IN SNOW ON BACK OF TRUCK WITH CHRISTMAS TREE. MS SMALL BOY CARRYING SMALL CHRISTMAS TREE. HUGE DECORATED AND LIT UP CHRISTMAS TREE IN LOBBY OF DEPARTMENT STORE. KIDS ON SLIDING POND, MERRY-GO-ROUND IN STORE. GROUP KIDS WATCH COSTUMED DANCING CAT. CU TWO BOYS PLAY "GUESS WHICH HAND" GAME. WINNER TWEAKS OTHER'S CLOSED EYES. CU REVOLVING, DECORATED CHRISTMAS TREE. 00:30:34 - "1943" SUPER-IMPOSED OVER FIREWORKS AND PEOPLE CELEBRATING NEW YEAR. WOMAN WORKING IN ARMS FACTOR, SHELL CASING IN HANDS, WISHES "HAPPY NEW YEAR" TO CAMERA. TWO WOMEN AT THEIR MACHINES KISS FOR THE NEW YEAR. 00:30:59 - CU SOVIET SOLDIER ORDERS ARTILLERY TO FIRE WITH THE WORDS, "HAPPY NEW YEAR". NIGHT SKY IS LIT UP BY TREMENDOUS ARTILLERY BARRAGES. PAN DAYTIME ARTILLERY BARRAGES. BY HUNDREDS OF GUNS. MS SOVIET SOLDIERS SHOVING SHELL INTO GUN. SOVIET PLANES DROPPING BOMBS ON SNOW BOUND TARGETS BELOW. FLAME THROWERS IN ACTION. SOVIET ICE GLIDERS ARE THE LATEST IN SOVIET WEAPONRY. 00:31:55 - LS MONTAGE VARIOUS VIERWS AWESOME ROCKET BARRAGES. 00:32:31 - AERIAL VIEW SOVIET ARMY ADVANCING ON THE RUN IN SNOW COVERED FIELDS, GROUND VIEW SAME. ANIMATED MAP. AERIAL VIEW BOMBED OUT CITY OF STALINGRAD, PAN GROUND VIEWS BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS. MS HORSE STANDS ALONE IN SNOW. "ON FEBRUARY 2, 1943, AFTER 162 DAYS OF THE HEAVIEST FIGHTING IN THE HISTORY OF WARFARE, THE LAST SHOT WAS FIRED". SOLDIERS FIRE CANNON, THEN COVER UP MUZZLE. "PEACE CAME TO STALINGRAD". 00:33:14 - PAN BLASTED RUINS OF BUILDINGS TO STATUES OF GROUP OF GIRLS PLAYING "RING AROUND A ROSY" IN F/G. TWO MEN MEET AND HUG AMID RUINS, FOLLOWED BY SOVIET SOLDIERS DOPING SAME. MCU SOVIET SOLDIERS APPROACH EACH OTHER KISS ON LIPS. RED FLAG IS RAISED. 00:33:33 - LS GERMAN TROOPS EXIT BUILDING WITH WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER. SURRENDERING GERMAN GENERAL, ACCOMPANIED BY TWO SOVIET SOLDIERS PASS DEAD GERMAN ON SNOWY GROUND. 24 GERMAN GENERALS SURRENDER. CU VIEW GERMAN GENERALS POSE. GERMAN COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF GERMAN ARMY AT STALINGRAD, FIELD MARSHAL VON POWEL (?) ENTERS BUILDING WITH SOVIET OFFICERS. HE TOLD GERMAN SOLDIERS IF THEY SURRENDERED, THEIR FAMILIES IN GERMANY WILL DIE IN REPRISALS. MS HE SITS AND FACES HIS CAPTORS. 00:34:36 - HUGE COLUMNS GERMAN PRISONERS SOME OF THE 22 DIVISIONS, 330,000 MEN LOST IN RUSSIA. ABOVE VIEW PAN COLUMNS GERMAN PRISONERS MARCHING DOWN STALINGRAD STREET. CU SORRY FACE SHOTS OF DEFEATED. MAN WALKING WITH BLANKET WRAPPED AROUND WACH FOOT FOR WARMTH. MORE OF MAPS SHOWING VAST GERMAN DEFEAT IN RUSSIA. AERIAL PAN DESTROYED GERMAN PLANES. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN COST GERMANS 5,090 PLANES, 9,190 TANKS (PAN), 20,360 ARTILLERY GUNS, 30,375 MACHINE GUNS, MORE THEN 500,000 RIFLES, 17 MILLION SHELLS. 128 MILLION CARTRIDGES, 1, 193, 525 MEN. PAN DEAD GERMAN BODIES. MORE OF ANIMATE MAPS. 00:36:59 - VARIOUS DOUBLE EXPOSURES ALLIED FLAGS, SOLDIERS OF ALLIED COUNTRIES MARCHING, PATRIOTIC SONGS. LIBERTY BELL, "V" FOR VICTORY 00:37:24 - END. .
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1942
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1210B