Destroyed cities, refugees (1944)

Footage №192584,

Reel №1

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Destruction in the cities after the Germans retreated: the remains of a railway bridge, ruins of houses, fires, a gallows.

Elderly people leaf through books burned in the fire.

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World War IIHistory

Reel №2

Refugees return to the cities, carrying things on horse- and cow-drawn carts, on handcarts; ruins of houses, fires, smoke over the city.

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World War IIHistory

Reel №3

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People are putting out burning grain.

An old woman is stoking the surviving stove, crying in the ruins of her house.

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World War IIHistory

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