- Title: VM-1369
- Summary: BATTLE FOR MOSCOW: RUSSIAN HEROES OF WWII TELL ABOUT THE FIGHT AGAINST NAZIS AND VICTORY IN GERMANY AND BERLIN. SHOTS SHOW MOSCOW AND BATTLEFIELDS DURING WWII (IN B/W) AND NOW (1960S?) (IN COLOR)
- Description:00:18:58 - RUSSIAN TITLES. ABOVE PAN SMOKE RISING FROM DESTROYED CITY (BERLIN ?) REMNANTS OF CITY BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY BOMBS AND FIGHTING. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS RUNNING THROUGH CITY UNDER FIRE. BOMBS EXPLODING, BUILDINGS FALLING, ENORMOUS RUBBLE.. 00:19:16 - WOMEN WALKING THROUGH CITY STREET STOP AS BUILDING REMAINS OF MULTI-STORIED BUILDING CRUMBLES TO STREET. FIERCE FIRE RAGING IN BUILDINGS. 00:19:23 - TITLE: "K-PAX ..........". (FOLLOWED BY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE WORDS), SEMI-IMPOSED ON CRUMBLING BUILDINGS. GERMAN WORD WRITTEN ON WALL OF BUILDING "KAPITULEREAN ?" (CAPITULATING) ANOTHER WORD PAINTED ON BUILDING, "NEIN" (NO). (GERMANS DEFIANTLY SAYING THEY ARE NOT SURRENDERING ?) 00:19:35 - LS FIRE RISING AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE IN BERLIN DURING THE ASSAULT. GERMAN GENERAL STAFF EXIT BUNKER UNDER GUARD BY SOVIET SOLDIERS. CU FACE SHOTS GERMAN GENERALS. PAN ENORMOUS DAMAGE ON BERLIN BUILDINGS, NOT ONE STANDING UNTOUCHED BY WAR. CU HAND OF GERMAN GENERAL SIGNING SURRENDER DOCUMENT. TILT UP TO GENERAL AFTER SIGNING. CU RUGGED FACE SHOT SOVIET SOLDIER WITH MOUSTACHE. ZOOM IN PHOTO SOVIET SOLDIER WITH HELMET ON. MS SOVIET SOLDIER POLISHES CANNON ON TANK. BERLIN (?)STORE FRONTS IN B/G. CU HELMETED SOVIET SOLDIER PUFFING ON CIGARETTE (EUROPEAN STYLE). 00:20:19 - MS WHITE FLAG APPEARING OUT OF WINDOW OF BERLIN APARTMENT HOUSE. MLS PAN APARTMENT HOUSE WINDOWS WITH NUMEROUS WHITE FLAGS OF SURRENDER. CU RUSSIAN SOLDIER SOUND ASLEEP IN HAY STACK. CU ANOTHER ASLEEP. SOVIET SOLDIER ASLEEP WHILE SITTING, RESTING HEAD ON HAND. 00:20:37 - TILT DOWN CHARRED PILLARS AND FACADE OF GERMAN REISCHSTAG (PARLIAMENT) BUILDING. ZOOM IN EPITHETS WRITTEN ON WALL IN RUSSIAN. CU RED FLAG BLOWING IN THE WIND. COLOR 00:20:52 - MS AERIAL PAN RED STAR AT TOP OF STEEPLE OF SPASSKAYA TOWER AT CORNER OF KREMLIN WALL AND KREMLIN BUILDINGS IN B/G. ZOOM AWAY GOOD ABOVE SHOT KREMLIN WALL AND KREMLIN TOWERS AND BUILDINGS INSIDE WALL. CU PAN FLOWERING TREES MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY BUILDING IN B/G. PAN TOOTHER LANDMARK BUILDINGS. 00:21:14 - ABOVE VIEW STATUE LENIN IN SQUARE, ZOOM AWAY TRAFFIC ON MAIN AVENUE WITH SPASSKAYA TOWER IN FAR B/G. 00:21:22 - LARGE EXCURSION BOAT, R TO L WITH CROWDED BEACH AND MODERN HOTEL COMPLEX IN B/G. ZOOM IN PAN STREET CAFE WITH UMBRELLAS, YOUNG PEOPLE AT TABLES, PEOPLE WALKING BY ON BUSY PROMENADE IN F/G. YOUNG WOMAN WITH TWO CHILDREN IN ARMS, STOPS TO ADMIRE FLOWERS. 00:21:46 - B/W FILM CIRCA 19 30S, MEN GIVING NAZI SALUTE TO HITLER MAKING SPEECH. ADORING CROWD RISING FROM SEATS, SALUTING AND CHEERING. MS HILLER GETS ANIMATES. ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWD AND DAIS IN HALL. VARIOUS SHOTS ARMY OF GERMAN SOLDIERS MARCHING IN GOOSE STEP.. PAN THOUSANDS OF CANNONS ALL LINED UP. SAME WITH TANKS . MS HITLER LOOKING OVER PLANS WITH GENERALS. 00:22:14 - (COLOR) - ZOOM AWAY GRAND KREMLIN PALACE BUILDING AND IVAN THE GREAT BELL TOWER NEXT TO IT, SPASSKAYA TOWER ON LEFT, MOSCOW RIVER WITH EXCURSION BOAT IN F/G 00:22:19 - MS WHITE HAIRED ELDERLY MAN WITH GLASSES READING NEWSPAPER ON PARK BENCH. PAN ELDERLY WOMEN ON PARK BENCH READING BOOKS AND PAPERS. MS LITTLE BOY AND GIRL WALKING THROUGH PARK WITH BIG BALLOONS IN HAND. WELL DRESSED TEEN- AGED BOYS, 70S HAIRCUT, WALKING WITH GROUP OF GIRLS IN WHITE AND BLACK SCHOOL COSTUME (?). MORE OF YOUNG TEENS WALKING TO SCHOOL (?). 00:23:05 - B/W (1940S) - TWO YOUNG WOMEN WEARING HEAD SCARFS, BUNDLED UP IN COATS PASS POSTER WITH RUSSIAN MAN AND WOMAN PEASANTS, HE WITH RIFLE IN HAND. CU SAME. SOLDIERS ON MOTORCYCLE WITH SIDE CARS, BACKS TO CAMERA RIDE UP CITY STREET. MS BARRICADES BLOCKING SOVIET CITY STREETS (MOSCOW DURING WWII. 00:23:14 - MEN WOMEN EXIT CITY BUS ON THE RUN, HEADING FOR SHELTER (?) MS RUSSIAN SOLDIER ON CITY STREET CORNER HANDING OUT RIFLES TO LONG LINE OF SOLDIERS. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MARCHING BY CAMERA WITH RIFLES SLUNG ON SHOULDERS. RUSSIAN SOLDIER IS KISSED PASSIONATELY BY YOUNG WOMAN. ELDERLY MAN DOING SAME TO SOLDIER AS WOMEN WATCH. WOMAN REACHES UP TO SOLDIER LEANING OUT FROM TRAIN WINDOW, KISSES HIM PASSIONATELY. BOX CARS CROWDED WITH SOVIET SOLDIERS WAVING TO CAMERA AS THEY PASSES L TO R. RUSSIAN CIVILIAN MEN LINE UP AT OUTDOOR RECRUITING TABLE, TO SIGN UP FOR SERVICE. CIVILIAN ARMY ARE HANDED BOX OF AMMO AND RIFLES. 00:23:56 - VARIOUS ABOVE SHOT TILT UP MEN AND WOMEN WITH SHOVELS DIGGING TRENCHES AND FORTIFICATIONS, IN CITY AND ALONG RIVER. MEN AND WOMEN IN PAIRS CARRY CEMENT IN STRETCHER LIKE APPARATUS, DUMP THEM IN BIN. 00:24:17 - (COLOR) - PAN GROUP MIDDLE AGED FORMER SOVIET FIGHTING MEN WITH SUIT JACKET CHEST FULL OF MEDALS WALKING AND CHATTING, COMPARING WAR STORIES (?) 00:24:24 - B/W - MS RAG-TAG SQUAD RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MARCHING IN CITY STREET (MOSCOW ?) BUS PASSING IN B/G. LARGE GROUP OF YOUNG NEW RECRUITS MARCHING TO SIGN UP. MS BACK TO COLOR - PAN TO LARGE CIRCULAR SIGN ON BUILDING WITH "22" ON IT. (22ND ANNIVERSARY OF WAR END ? CU MIDDLE AGED RUSSIAN WITH CHEST FULL OF MEDALS TELLING WAR STORIES, GETS ANIMATED WITH A PASSION AS HE SPEAKS TO ANOTHER WAR VETERAN WHO REMINISCES. 00:24:53 - B/W - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN PANZER DIVISIONS AND INFANTRY ON THE MOVE THROUGH RUSSIA. BOMBS DROPPING FROM AIR, GERMAN INFANTRY ADVANCING, LS PAN BATTLEFIELD SCENES, BURNING VILLAGES, PEASANTS RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES THROUGH WOODED AREAS; PEASANT WOMEN FACES OF FEAR. EXPLOSIONS. AERIAL VIEW ROAD BEING BOMBED. CU FACE SHOT GERMAN HELMETED SOLDIER. 00:25:51 - ABOVE VIEW RUSSIAN PEOPLE, SOLDIERS SETTING UP FORTIFICATIONS IN CITY STREETS; HUGE PROPAGANDA POSTER ON WALL. SAND BAGS PILED UP HIGH ON CITY BUILDING AS PEDESTRIANS WALK BY SHOPPING (?). 00 26 05 COLOR - PAN CONTRASTING VIEW CITY BUSINESS DISTRICT HEAVY AUTO TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS, APARTMENT HOUSES. B/W SAME SCENE DURING WAR SHOWS LARGE BARRAGE BALLOON BEING CARRIED DOWN CITY STREET AND LAUNCHED INTO SKY. BACK TO COLOR SHOTS OF BUSY MOSCOW STREETS, LANDMARK BUILDINGS. MODERN WELL DRESSED MEN AND WOMEN SHOPPERS WALKING AROUND, AUTO TRAFFIC. 00:26:23 - COLOR - STATUE OF MAN ON PEDESTAL IN SQUARE, ZOOM AWAY GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING COMPLEX IN B/G, BUS, AUTO TRAFFIC IN F/G. MLS BOLSHOI THEATER BUILDING (MOSCOW) BUSY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN F/G. B/W (1940S) - TWO RUSSIAN SOLDIERS PATROLLING CITY STREETS IN MOSCOW, ACTIVITIES ON RED SQUARE, KREMLIN IN B/G. COLOR - SAME SCENE CIRCA 1960S (?), KREMLIN WALL, PEDESTRIANS ON RED SQUARE IN F/G, ST.BASIL'S IN B/G. 00:26:53 - B/W (1940S) ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS POINTING SKYWARD. BARRAGE BALLOONS FILL SKY OVER MOSCOW. WOMEN, CHILDREN IN CLINIC (?). AIR BATTLES OVER MOSCOW. SOVIET FIREMAN FIGHTING FIRES WITH HOSE. PLANES, ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRING. WOMAN WORKER LATHE OPERATOR IN ARMS FACTORY. SHELLS ON ASSEMBLY LINE. FEMALE WORKERS IN ARMS PLANT. VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS IN STEEL PLANT. MS COLOR (1960) FORMER SOLDIERS OF WWII WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA IN PLANT MAKING CONSUMER GOODS. B/W (1940S) PHOTOS ARMS WORKERS IN GROUP SHOT, SITTING ON NEW TANK . SOLDIER WITH BINOCULARS SCANNING SKY OVER KREMLIN. PAN SNOW COVERED STEEL FORTIFICATIONS IN MOSCOW STREETS AS TROLLEY PASSES IN B/G. LS SNOW COVERED KREMLIN WALL AND BUILDINGS. 00:28:45 - HITLER WALKING WITH HERMANN GOERING. MEETING WITH GENERALS AT HIS HOME IN BLACK MOUNTAINS. GERMAN TANKMAN RUBS HIS EARS TO WARM THEM AS HIS SNOW COVERED TANK HE'S ON MOVES TOWARDS CAMERA. GERMAN SOLDIERS JUMP UP AND DOWN TO KEEP WARM IN BITTER RUSSIAN WEATHER, SNOW. GERMAN PANZER UNITS BOGGED DOWN IN SNOW. HITLER ON INSPECTION TOUR. GERMAN SOLDIERS PRAY PAINTING HIS TANK. FROZEN ON WAGON JUST SLIDES AS HORSE PULLS WAGON. HITLER WITH GENERALS WATCH HORSE LIFT HOOF FROM COLD GROUND. SOVIET SKI TROOPS IN WHITE UNIFORMS MARCH IN SNOW COVERED MOSCOW. SOVIET MOUNTED CAVALRY AND TANK UNITS ON THE MOVE IN SNOW. WAR MAP SHOW GERMANS MOVING TOWARDS MOSCOW ON ALL FRONTS. MORE SHOTS OF ADOLPH HITLER AND GENERALS PERUSING WAR MAPS. 00:30:29 - VIEW SNOW COVERED KREMLIN BUILDINGS AS SEEN FROM BRIDGE OVER MOSCOW RIVER. VARIOUS INSPIRATIONAL SOVIET PROPAGANDA POSTERS. CITIZENS, BACKS TO CAMERA READING BULLETIN BOARD IN SQUARE. VARIOUS SHOTS SOVIET ARMY MARCHING IN SNOW BOUND MOSCOW RED SQUARE. MS STALIN WATCHING FROM KREMLIN WALL. MORE WAR MAPS. GERMAN ARTILLERY CANNON TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:31:53 - COLOR = MS TILT DOWN SPASSKAYA TOWER ST ONE END OF KREMLIN WALL TO ENTRANCE TO KREMLIN AT BASE OF TOWER. CROWD IN HOLIDAY SPIRIT IN F/G ELDERLY WWII VETERANS WITH SMALL BOY, ARE STOPPED BY NEWSMAN WITH EARPHONES, MIC, TO INTERVIEW VETERANS. FACE SHOTS, NEWSMAN, VETERAN AS HE SPEAKS, RUBS HEAD OF BOY (HIS GRANDSON ?). 00:32:50 - B/W (1940) VARIOUS SHOTS SOVIET SOLDIERS RIDING OUT FROM MOSCOW IN VEHICLES, HORSEBACK TO MEET GERMAN ARMY AT MOSCOW'S DOORSTEPS. COLOR SHOTS (1960S) ROAD SIGNS TO MOSCOW AND OTHER DESTINATIONS. B/W SOVIET SOLDIERS MARCHING IN SNOW. COLOR - FIELD YELLOW FLOWERS, TILT UP TO ROAD SIGN, HEAVY AUTO, TRUCK TRAFFIC CIRCA 1960S. VARIOUS ROAD SIGNS. BUS ON ROAD, PAN TO ROAD SIGN, " MOSCOW 33". ZOOM IN MONUMENT WWII CANNON. CAR TRAFFIC IN F/G. B/W - MORE SOVIET TROOPS ON MOVE. COLOR STATUE SOVIET SOLDIER WITH HAND HOLDING BURP GUN IN AIR. B/W SOVIET SOLDIERS CHARGING IN SNOW COVERED BATTLEFIELD. SKI SOLDIERS SKIING DOWN HILL, OTHER ACTION SHOTS IN SNOW. AS SOVIET COUNTER- ATTACKS ON GROUND AND IN AIR. BOMBERS IN FLIGHT .00 34 16 RUSSIAN TANK BOWLS OVER A TREE. CU FACE SHOT SOVIET OFFICER GIVING ARTILLERY ORDER TO FIRE. CANNON BARRAGES, EXPLODING SHELLS, SOVIET MACHINE GUNNERS SET UP. VARIOUS ACTION SCENES. AA GUNS FIRING AT PLANES. ADVANCING SOVIETS IN SNOW. COLOR (1960S SHOTS OF PICTURESQUE, SERENE AREA THAT ONCE WERE BATTLEGROUNDS. MS WWII VETERANS. CHATTING. CU ELDERLY SOVIET OFFICER SPEAKING OF WWII. 00:36:00 - VARIOUS VIEWS SCORES GERMAN PRISONERS. MS HUGE STONE STATUES DEPICTING SOVIET SOLDIERS OF WWII, DWARF VETERAN STANDING NEXT TO THEM. PAN OLD BUNKERS OF WWII, TO ELDERLY MEN AND WOMEN VETERANS, CHESTS FULL OF MEDALS, ONE WITH CRUTCHES, LOOKING DOWN AT THEM. CU FACE SHOTS. MORE MEMORIAL STATUES. B/W AERIAL PAN OF VAST BATTLEFIELD CIRCA 1940S. 00:38:38 - AERIAL VIEW MOSCOW RIVER WITH SPASSKAYA TOWER, KREMLIN WALL AND LANDMARK BUILDINGS ON BOTH SIDES. 00:38:49 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1941
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1369