1942 RUSSIA / DEFENCE: World War 2: Red Army launches counter offensive against German army

Date: 12th January 1942

Location: RUSSIA

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

Russia:

LV tank repair factory. CU worker. SV men lowering turret on to tank. CU men lowering turret on to tank. SV men testing turret - turret moving round. LV repairing tanks. SV armoured train coming out of factory past group of workers. CU armoured train. Travel shot of train moving pan to forest. Pan of field, soldiers and guns in forest. LV guns firing. LV armoured train firing. LV men firing gun in forest. LV gun firing in forest. CU shells on snow-covered ground - soldiers pick one up. LV men and guns firing in forest. SV armoured train firing. LV armoured train firing. SV tank moving off over bushes. CU tank past camera and others in background. CU tank past camera. SV tank over ditch. CU German barbed wire. CU tank through German barbed wire. SV another tank through barbed wire. LV tank firing whilst moving. LV through barbed wire of tank in foreground moving forward through explosions in background. SV tank firing whilst moving. LV pan tanks moving forward through explosions. LV pan smouldering ruins of village the Nazis have retreated from. LV wrecked German guns. SV wrecked German gun. CU pan dead German soldiers lying in the snow. SV dead German soldiers lying in the snow. CU dead German lying in the snow. SV three German prisoners walking towards over the snow. CU pan terribly dejected German prisoners, some wounded. CU prisoners stamping feet on the snowy ground. GV lorries with Russian soldiers along, street in Moscow. SV snow-covered sand-bagged gun emplacement in street. CU snow-covered sand-bagged gun emplacement in street. LV barrier in street - large building in background. SV another barrier in street - steeple-like building in background. LV another barrier large buildings on either side of the street. SV poster "They Shall Not Enter" in Russian. CU same poster. SV crowds of men and women making anti-tank ditch outside Moscow. LV crowds of men and women making anti-tank ditch outside Moscow. SV women digging. CU women digging. GV crowds of men and women making anti-tank dit ch. GV three German planes in air. CU Russian soldiers with glasses gives order. SV machine-gun firing. SV Russians firing Bofor type of gun. CU soldiers loading Bofor type gun. GV two soldiers and gun firing. Shot of German plane diving to earth. BV two soldiers and gun firing. SV Russian troops looking over wrecked German plane. CU picture of pilot - "Franz Muller." Pan from plane to dead pilot - "Franz Muller." CU dead pilot - "Franz Muller" with clothes torn and bloody face. SV Russian pilots walking towards bomber plane being bombed-up. SV bombing up plane. Angle shot fixing bullets in plane. CU propellor begins to turn. CU pilot shuts window. SV Russian Airman fires "Very" light. Pan of bomber taxiing. Pan another bomber taxiing. AV from plane of ground below. AV three bombers in air. Nearer AV of three bombers in air. CU pilot in plane at controls. AV bombs dropping on German transports, etc. AV bombs dropping on buildings, etc. GV tankmen lined up for decoration - tank in background. LV tankmen lined up for decoration - tank in background. SV medals on table and officer talking - tank men behind. CU medals on table. SV tankman being decorated. SV tank man being decorated tankmen lined up behind. SCU pan of tankmen - tank in background.

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