Summary: The restoration of political relations between Poland and the USSR and the training of a Polish army in Russia following the German invasion.
Description: Film opens with drawings of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz by the Polish artist Feliks Topolski, film of the signing in London of a Soviet-Polish pact (watched by Churchill and Eden, Sikorski and Maisky [?] sign) followed by more of the same artist's drawings, this time during a visit to Russia. Film shows how Polish prisoners and exiles are permitted to form an army in Russia and go into training; General Sikorski visits Moscow: he and Stalin sign a pact of friendship (text given) and he visits a Polish military camp to review the men and women there before returning to Britain.
Production Details: Polish Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Polish Film Unit (Production company)
Kuybyshev Newsreel Studio (Production company)
Cekalski, Eugene (Production individual)
Lidell, Alvar1908-09-111981-01-07 (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person)
Eden, (Robert) Anthony (person)
Maisky, Ivan M (person)
Sikorski, Władysław (person)
Stalin, Josef (person)
Topolski, Feliks (person)
Polish Forces (regiment/service)
Keywords: arts, Polish - fine arts: Topolski, Feliks (object name)
delegations, Polish international - military (object name)
training, Polish military (object name)
society, Polish - friendship (object name)
society, Russian - friendship (object name)
London, England, UK (geography)
Russia & Moscow (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 640 ft; Running time: 7 mins
