1943 Russia sees battles rage on in the Kuban and Kalinin, and Stalingrad digs out from the rubble

Date: 8th August 1943

Location: Krymskaya, Russia

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

Gaumont British Ident

SLATE INFORMATION: Kalinin, Stalingrad and the Kuban

RUSSIA: Krasnodar Krai: Krymskaya:

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RUSSIA: Stalingrad

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BUDENNY MARSHAL Reads orders & takes salute in Moscow

EASTER Easter Services in MOSCOW..blessing eggs & cake

GRASS Russian look-out in high grass

GUNS. Artillery..mortar & machine gun fire in Russia

RUSSIA KRYMSKAYA retaken..street fighting..tanks ford river..KALININ sector..observer in grass..artillery..water & machine gun fire..clearing wreckage STALINGRAD

RUSSIA Spring in LENINGRAD..scenes in RED SQUARE, MOSCOW..portraits of Lenin & Stalin..cavalry patrol..partisans..Budenny reads order..athletics in Moscow..Easter services in Moscow..(from in cuts

SPRING Spring scenes in Leningrad (not used)

STREET FIGHTING. At Krymskaya, Russia..when Red Army retake

TANKS. Tanks ford river near Krymskaya (RUSSIA)

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