1943 RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Pictures from besieged city of Stalingrad show heroic defence.

Date: 4th January 1943

Location: STALINGRAD, RUSSIA

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

SLATE INFORMATIION: EPIC OF STALINGRAD

RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Stalingrad;

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GBV Russian troops marching through street of Stalingrad.

Semi side view pan to BV Russian troops marching with full kit.

SV Two Russian soldiers checking two civilians passes.

SCU side view Russian soldier checking civilian's pass.

LV pan damaged building.

SBV machine gunner firing from window across wrecked street.

Semi side view three soldiers on balcony firing.

LBV shot thru opening showing Russian soldiers running in street, out of damaged buildings.

Semi side view five Russians running round corner, damaged buildings in b/g.

SV Russians in emplacement in street throw grenades.

LV tank set on fire.

CU tank burning.

SCU dead German on ground.

LV three Russians running round burning tank.

AIR TO AIR five Russian planes in air showing Russian markings.

AIR VIEW / AERIAL over enemy positions.

AIR TO AIR two Russian planes (showing markings) dropping two bombs.

GV three bombs exploding on ground.

AIR TO AIR two Russian planes diving.

Explosions on ground.

GROUND TO AIR three Russian planes diving and dropping bombs

AIR VIEW / AERIAL bomb bursts on ground.

Pan tanks with troops moving forward to attack.

GV two tanks moving forward to attack.

LBV tanks moving forward with a few infantrymen running behind.

GROUND TO AIR nine German bombers in air.

Bofor type gun with five Russians gets signal to fire,

BV four soldiers fire type of Bofor gun.

Semi side view four Russians fire Bofor type of gun.

GROUND TO AIR showing many bursts in sky.

LBV tank moving forward followed by a few infantrymen.

SV tank fires while moving.

GROUND TO AIR German plane diving.

SCU tank firing while moving.

SV six soldiers firing A.A. gun (anti aircraft gun),

Commander looking thru glasses (binoculars) in foreground then takes away glasses and laughing and cheering.

GROUND TO AIR German plane falling in flames in spiral dive behind trees.

SV plane burning on ground, three Russians walk to it.

CU burning German plane showing Black Cross on wing.

Side views Marines walking to river on the Volga river

LV Marines boarding river boat.

GV patrol boats leading way along river

SV patrol boats leading way.

Two river boats with Marines sailing towards

SCU two Russian Marines on bridge of river boat.

LBV river boat with Marines pan to smoke screen being laid near shore.

Long side view patrol boats firing guns.

LV Marines landing.

Shots of Marines running up beach.

Shots of Commanders looking at map.

LTV five Russian tanks in hollow in field.

SCU side view Russian looking thru glasses, barrel of antitank gun across camera.

SCU two soldiers loading anti tank gun.

BV anti-tank gun fires and shells from enemy exploding in front of gun.

Various shots of anti tank guns being fired by soldiers

GV German tanks and columns of smoke.

LBV anti tank gun fired by soldier.

CU Russian fires "Very" light (flare) pan up to light across sky.

LV three tanks moving up out of hollows and moving forward.

LBV infantry following tanks.

SCU pan tank past with infantry following.

LV explosion near tank, Russian falls to ground, pan to more Russian moving forward.

LV hit on tank pan to explosion near tank and SCU another tank past camera.

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