Anniversary of Lenin's death; Kremlin; Molotov; fighting

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.147.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0869 | Film ID: 22

Overview

Description: 02:33:15 Title: "Soviet Newsreel"/ "6"/ "Moscow"/ "January 1943" / "Directed by M. Fidelevoy"/ "19th Anniversary of Lenin's death" / "Under the banner of Lenin-Stalin we will win" Coverage of Kremlin ceremony commemorating Lenin and exalting Stalin. Molotov and Malenkov.

02:37:10 Title: "Film-reporting from the Frontlines"/ "The blockade of Leningrad is infiltrated"/ "Coverage of the Volkhov front" CU of map. ELS profiles of marching soldiers carrying skies, backlit by sunlight. Panning shot of soldiers huddled in snowy trenches. Title: "At one of the battle sites" ELS cannons firing, intercut with CU of soldier giving order to fire. Tracking MS of mortar being loaded. Over the shoulder of mounted machine gun being fired.

02:39:17 Title: "The 14 kilometers deep German defense is broken through!" CU corpses. ELS burned countryside. Coverage of beaten German camp. CUs corpses. Tracking MS of German shoes, helmets, suitcases, etc. Pan across abandoned vehicles and munitions. CU Map. Shots of Soviet solders cheering, kissing in celebration. Titles: "Honor and glory to fighters and commanders of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts"/ "End of Report"
Film Title: Soviet Newsreel #6 / 1943
Duration: 00:09:47
Date: Event: 1943 January
Locale: Moscow, Soviet Union
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums
Contributor: Director: M. Fidelevoy

Language: Russian
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 02:33:15:00 to 02:43:02:00
Film Format: Master
Master 22 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 22 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 22 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 22 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation
Preservation 22 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 22 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 22 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 22 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

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Copyright Holder: Imperial War Museums

Keyword: CEREMONIES CIVILIANS CORPSES KREMLIN LENIN, VLADIMIR MACHINE GUNS MOLOTOV, VYACHESLOV MOUNTAINS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET) SOVIET UNION

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the Imperial War Museum in London in May 1995.
Film Source: Imperial War Museums
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1214
Source Archive Number: RNC 06
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive