RUSSIAN NEWSREEL NO 12 - RUSSIAN COMMENTARY - SOUND

(27 Aug 1942) Spring on the West Front, thaw settling in. Scenic shots of countryside mixed with shots of crashed enemy aircraft, makeshift crosses marking graves, abandoned vehicles. Soldiers prepare for offensive - riding horses long ridge, on sentry duty, cleaning weapons, in training, target practise, soldiers on horseback and soldiers marching. Large tanks rolling through woodlands and across rivers. Dead bodies seen in muddy pools and amongst chopped down trees. Abandoned enemy artillery, tanks etc. Captured German prisoners - prisoners of war. LS of muddy landscape. Russian army advancing through wood, truck stuck in mud, building bridges with timber and planks. Army transport rolls past. HAS of New York streets - Times Square. Showing air raid in New York. Various shots of people being directed off buses and out of shops to air raid shelters. Civil Defence representatives - CU of woman and man in CD helmets. HAS of New York street at standstill. Coal mining in the Don area. Various shots of