Besieged Stalingrad (1942)

Footage №194971,

Reel №1

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A hot air balloon is being driven down a Stalingrad street.

Documents are being checked on a city street.

City residents are receiving weapons.

Keywords

Great Patriotic War, defense, siege

Calendar:

1942

Reel №2

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Militiamen pass by.

Soldiers move a gun into position.

Members of the city defense committee at work.

Keywords

Great Patriotic War, Stalingrad, siege

Reel №3

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Residents of Stalingrad are digging defensive fortifications.

They're constructing concrete barriers.

Soldiers are installing and camouflaging guns.

Soldiers are camouflaging a dugout.

Keywords

Great Patriotic War, defense, siege

Reel №4

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Tank repairs at the Stalingrad Tractor Plant.

Tanks with soldiers on their armor roll out of the plant gates.

They are greeted by city residents.

Keywords

Great Patriotic War, defense, siege, weapon

Reel №5

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The Stalingrad Defense Committee.

General Eremenko and Khrushchev in the communications center.

The telegraph operator is working.

The signalman is pulling wire to the front lines.

Keywords

Great Patriotic War, siege, connection, teletype

Persons:

A.I. Eremenko - Soviet military leader

N.S. Khrushchev - Soviet statesman and political figure

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