Title:BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION IN LENINGRAD [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 3742
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Summary: Delegation led by Walter Elliot sees war damage to Leningrad and Peterhof Palace during official tour of the Soviet Union in January 1945.
Description: Privy Councillor and former Conservative Minister Colonel Walter Elliot steps off train after arrival at Leningrad station on (21 January) for three-day stay and poses with the other nine members for the cameras of their Russian hosts. "A trip through the city" passes through near-deserted streets to the Winter Palace Square, revealing war-damaged buildings and wrecked tram as well as Soviet-style modern architecture. British visitors then see effects of German destruction in snow-covered grounds of Palace at Petrodvorets (Peterhof) on 23 January.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:MGH 3742
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
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Production Date:1945-01
Production Country: USSR
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Personalities, Units and Organisations: Elliot, Walter (person)
Lovat, Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser (person)
Faringdon (2nd Baron) (person)
Ponsonby, Charles Edward (person)
Dilhorne (1st Viscount) (person)
Parker, Wilfred John (person)
Fraser, Tom (person)
Roberts, Wilfred (person)
Jewson, P W (person)
King-Hall, William Stephen Richard (person)
Popkov (Mayor of Leningrad) (person)
