Summary: "Compiled from Soviet Newsreels." A composite picture of the liberation and reconstruction by the Red Army of villages occupied by the Germans, in the form of film illustrations to the reading of a letter to Stalin, published in Pravda, from the liberated village of Boutovka, expressing gratitude and dedication.
Description: The film opens and closes with shots of the villagers compiling, signing and despatching the letter; the "illustrative" part shows the advance by the army (and partisan activities); the extensive damage in the liberated village as inhabitants emerge from shelter to thank the troops; the burial of the dead, and reburial of those killed earlier by the Germans; the return of refugees and allocation of accommodation; the reconstruction work, with help from the Army and engineers and volunteers from Moscow; the resumption of life and agriculture, with seed and livestock given by the Government and other collective farms; the first harvest; in spite of the exemption offered liberated territory, the village makes a contribution of grain to the army, promising more in the future.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:CSU 212
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Paul Rotha Productions (Production company)
Chambers, Jack (Production individual)
Lee, Bunch (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Stalin, Josef (person)
Red Army (regiment/service)
Soviet Union partisans (regiment/service)
