Summary:Film about the German defeat at Stalingrad.
Description:Historic role of Stalingrad - here Stalin defeated White Guards in 1919. A model city which now prepares for war. Objectives and timetable of 1942 German offensive. Germans concentrate all their strength and break through, but they are worn down and finally halted at the gates of the city. Elderly people leave the city in the hands of trusty defenders - the 62nd Army. Street fighting. Snipers. Role of Volga naval flotilla and long-range artillery support. Stalingrad power station keeps operating despite enemy bombardment. Winter. Life of the defending troops. Plan to encircle Germans. Russian offensive and link up of their forces. German relief column beaten off, and air supply effort crippled by Russian AA. "Iron Ring" around Stalingrad. Russian advance rescues POWs from the Germans - their poor condition - "The only reply to such terrible crimes is fire." Bombardment of encircled Germans. Final German surrender. Contrast between the fate of German troops in France and Russia. Extent of the victory - "The history of war knows no other example of a great army, fully equipped with modern weapons, being encircled and annihilated." List of captured troops, equipment, etc. Stalingrad will be rebuilt. "Glory to the twicefold heroic city."
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:COI 501
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (COI 501)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-1943
Production Country:USSR
Production Details:Central Newsreel Studio, Moscow (Production company)
Varlamov, Leonid (Production individual)
Artyunina, O (Production individual)
Dembitskii, B (Production individual)
Yanover, D (Production individual)
Rogozovskii, Yu (Production individual)
Chabrov, I (Production individual)
Varlamov, Leonid (Production individual)
Kuznetsov, A (Production individual)
Grossman, V (Production individual)
Kuznetsov, A (Production individual)
Orliankin, V (Production individual)
Sofin, A (Production individual)
Vakar, B (Production individual)
Ibragimov, D (Production individual)
Kazakov, A (Production individual)
Krichevskii, A (Production individual)
Mukhin, E (Production individual)
Golbrikh, M (Production individual)
Vikhirev, N (Production individual)
Goldshtein, I (Production individual)
Posyelskii, M (Production individual)
Shadronov, B (Production individual)
Katsman, I (Production individual)
Ostrovskii, F (Production individual)
Malov, I (Production individual)
Smirnov, V (Production individual)
Mokrousov, B (Production individual)
Lebedev-Kumach, V (Production individual)
Kotov, V (Production individual)
Nizhinok, I (Production individual)
Levitan, Yu (Production cast)
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Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: Russian
Title language: English
Technical Details:35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 7
Footage: 6901 ft; Running time: 77 mins
