The Russian Offensive 1942

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Titles read: "THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE - LATEST PICTURES".

Russia.

Brief shots of the city of Leningrad. Local citizens help to build a stone wall in a street. Various shots in the Kirov works show men at work in the factory. Factory workers are also members of the Home Guard. They stand...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43710
Sort Number:
42/021
Time in/Out:
01:18:53:00 / 01:23:41:00
Canister:
42/21
Film ID:
1320.13
Issue Date:
12/03/1942

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