[Russian newsreel: Soviet war effort, Australia at war and battle of Stalingrad]

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Accession Number F01969
Collection type Film
Measurement 12 min 27 sec
Object type Newsreel
Physical description 35mm/b&w/sound
Place made Russia
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Russian newsreel with Russian language commentary, items covered: General coverage of civilian war effort - Collective farms in Kaszakstan harvest cotton; Vladivostock and fishing collective; oilwells; mining in the Urals; cannon factory; Caucasus front and mountain warfare, civilian militia units; an item on Australia's war effort - Darwin, Melbourne, sandbagging public buildings, portrait shots of Australian soldiers and soldiers leaving for the 'front'; Stalingrad, combat film including attacks by Il-2 'Sturmoviks', T-34 and KV-I tanks, street fighting.

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