1942 RUSSIA / DEFENCE: World War 2: Soviet all-out defence against German onslaught

Date: 8th October 1942

Location: RUSSIA

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

SLATE INFORMATION: Red Flows the Don

RUSSIA:

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GVs Silhouette River Don / Tanks crossing river bridge / Tanks manoeuvring over hilly country / Tank with troops / Bren gun carrier camouflaged with troops / Troops putting gun in position / Battery commanders looking through glasses, shot through binoculars showing enemy positions / Men putting shell into gun and guns fire / Shot through binoculars showing explosion / Tank moving across field with troops / Tanks moving across field and explosion.

Tank fires gun and explosions in distance / Troops in trenches and machine guns firing / Trenches and big explosion near trench / Soldier in trench fires rifle and soldier in trench fires tommy-gun / Troops firing big gun.

Soldiers firing big gun and moving across field / Troops across field and explosions / Sniper in trench places steel hat on stick / Sniper runs away from hat on stick and takes up position for firing / shot showing sniper and explosions / Nazi approaching trench across field.

Sniper taking aim and fires / Nazi falls to ground / Sniper in position / Shot through bushes showing bunch of Nazis / Sniper fires and Nazi falls to ground / Guns firing / Commando's looking through opening / Guns firing / buildings hit and burning and troops move forward / Explosion on burning building / Burning building and troops walking past/ Pan up trench to German dead and more of German dead / prisoners being marched away and captured guns / knocked out German tanks / Soviet troops moving forward with women following / Miners walking to pit-head and miner drilling / Women shovelling coal, Miner drilling and Women pushing truck

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