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Peterhof destruction; Leningrad

Film | Accession Number: 1995.147.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0874 | Film ID: 23

Titles: "The first pig iron in the country" Smelting factory and workers. CUs molten metal pouring into vats and moving along conveyor belts. LS numerous rail carts filled with pig iron.

Titles "Film-reporting from the frontlines"/ "The Leningrad front" Shots of field strewn with dormant munitions. Various shots of German corpses. CU of German corpse lying atop swastika flag. War-ravaged Peterhof; the Cascade steps and Samson fountain. Contrasting shots of fountain pre-war with fountain in ruins. Various shots of civilians in Leningrad.

03:43:12 Titles: "The Advance of Leningrad Continues" / (titles superimposed on footage of cannons firing) "A fight in the outskirts of Gatchina" Montage of cannons firing. CUs corpses and empty German vehicles. LSs of Soviet soldiers running through Gatchina. CU of a poster of Hitler being trampled by running soldiers. Fighting in city. MS group of grinning Soviet soldiers waving Soviet flag. Title: "End of Report"


Film Title
Soviet Newsreel #7 / 1944/45
Duration
00:07:39
Date
Event:  1944 February
Locale
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Peterhof, Soviet Union
Gatchina, Soviet Union
Language
Russian
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums

About This Film

B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
03:37:51:00 to 03:45:30:00
Film Format
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 23 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 23 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 23 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 23 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the Imperial War Museum in London in May 1995.
Note
The footage of Peterhof also appears on Film ID 215, story RG-60.0580, Part 2 of Sud Narodov, the Soviet documentary of the Nuremberg trials.
Film Source
Imperial War Museums
File Number
Legacy Database File: 2234
Source Archive Number: RND 07

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Imperial War Museums
Conditions on Use
For licensing enquiries and requests, contact Imperial War Museums (IWM) at filmcommercial@iwm.org.uk. IWM also offers limited services for non-commercial parties, such as for museums, armed forces, veterans and their immediate family, family history researchers, and students. For such purposes, contact film@iwm.org.uk.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 21:56:40
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