On The Moscow Front 1942

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Titles read: "PATHE GAZETTE SPECIAL - ON THE MOSCOW FRONT".

Russia.

Various shots of fortifications in the snow-covered streets of Moscow and Tula (munitions town 100 miles south of Moscow) in December 1941. C/U of 'Call to Arms' poster on a street wall. Locals work to dig anti-tank...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43520
Sort Number:
42/004
Time in/Out:
01:32:05:00 / 01:39:19:00
Canister:
42/4
Film ID:
1314.15
Issue Date:
12/01/1942

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