Battle of Smolensk. Year 41 (1974)

Smolensk region, rural landscape, country roads, fields, the Dnieper river, etc.

Forest, battlefields, trenches and foxholes are visible.

Close-up - a soldier's helmet on the ground.

Grass, wildflowers, view of a meadow, hills, river.

There are weapons in the river.

Smolensk, view of the ancient city, fortress, towers, fortress walls.

Burials at the Smolensk fortress wall, graves, slabs, flowers in the frame.

Close-up - the names of the fallen soldiers on a memorial plate.

Panorama of the fortress brick wall.

Chronicle of 1941 - a field, an explosion, military planes flying in the sky, in the frame - the wing of a German plane with a cross, the shadow of the plane on the ground, a German pilot at the controls, bombs are dropped, explosions are heard, artillery guns fire, soldiers run to attack, Germans throw grenades from cover, various battle scenes, soldiers shoot from behind cover, German tanks enter the village, houses are burning, in the frame buildings destroyed by explosions, women with children go to shelter, people leave the city, in the frame a column of refugees on the road, tractors driving along the road, a panorama of a herd of cows, carts, horses, a boy with a rifle walking next to a flock of sheep.

Chronicle of 1941 - in the frame smiling German soldiers, a column of German infantry, carts, etc. are moving.

A map is superimposed on the chronicle, showing the location of the German army in the Smolensk area.

Chronicle of 1941 - German Army Group Center on the approaches to Smolensk, in the frame there are columns of military equipment, trucks, a top view of the columns, German infantry, rifle units, etc. are advancing.

Photographs of German military leaders.

Chronicle of 1941 - German tanks, military equipment, artillery guns, German military leaders are driving, officers are looking through binoculars from shelters and dugouts, in the frame there is a village, houses, smoke is coming, shots are heard, German generals are smiling.

Chronicle of 1941 - Hitler near a map, the text of the order in German is highlighted, German tanks are driving, a map is superimposed on the chronicle, which shows the plan of the operation to capture Smolensk and advance on Moscow.

Chronicle of 1941 - German military equipment is driving, a column of vehicles, German soldiers are in the frame.

Chronicle of 1941 - a meeting of the Soviet command, in the frame G. Zhukov and other military leaders (Bulganin and Sokolovsky).

Map - shows the location of German troops near Smolensk and the 20th Army.

Photograph of General Kurochkin.

Chronicle of 1941 - a frontline zone, a dugout, in the frame Soviet soldiers and officers, signalmen take calls, an officer reads the tape, a Soviet soldier rides a motorcycle, in the frame a column of Soviet military equipment, soldiers, infantry, cavalry, etc., soldiers enter a train car in formation, a train passes by, soldiers are standing in open boxcars, they wave their hands, a train with military equipment passes by.

Chronicle of 1941 - panorama of a group of Soviet officers, a column of cars, military equipment is driving along the road, in the frame there are soldiers, horse-drawn carts, trucks, etc., tanks, armored vehicles are driving by, soldiers are transporting guns on horses.

Chronicle of 1941 - miners are working, laying mines in the field and on the road, in the frame - Marshal Timoshenko in the frontline territory, in the trench, panorama of soldiers in the trench, a political instructor is reading a newspaper, large - a newspaper with a portrait of Stalin.

Chronicle of 1941 - a recording of volunteers for the front, a column of military militia marches along the city streets, women dig trenches on the approaches to the city, German planes in the sky, German tanks drive along the road, German soldiers march, planes in the sky, German pilots in the cockpit, bombs are dropped, explosions are visible on the ground below, Soviet officers and soldiers in a trench before the attack, looking through binoculars.

Chronicle of 1941 - an artillery gun in the forest, soldiers bring shells, the command "Fire!", a shot from the gun.

A selection of various b/w war photographs with Soviet soldiers.

Chronicle of 1941 - an artillery gun fires, shots are heard, soldiers load and fire again, General Konev with a map is in the frame, soldiers fire a gun, a tank emerges from the forest, German tanks are in the frame, a battle is underway, shots are heard, a tank fires, soldiers are running, various shots of the battle, a destroyed city, etc.

Chronicle of 1941 - German tanks drive along a washed-out road, a battle is underway, soldiers are in the frame crossing the river, artillery guns are firing, shots are heard at rafts with soldiers crossing the river, shots from guns, explosions at the crossing, a tank crosses the river, German troops cross the Dnieper, motorcyclists, soldiers on the bank, military equipment, fascists crossing the Dnieper are in the frame.

The chronicle is superimposed with a map showing the location of the German and Soviet armies, the Soviet army finds itself in the enemy's pincers in the Smolensk area.

Chronicle of 1941 - artillery guns are firing, explosions are heard, German soldiers run out of the trench to attack, guns are firing, explosions are in the frame, soldiers are crawling on the ground, shooting from shelters, a soldier is crawling dragging a wounded comrade, a Soviet soldier in a helmet is talking on the radio, Soviet soldiers are crossing a river in boats, soldiers are on the bank, setting up guns, a soldier is crawling on the ground, explosions are heard nearby.

Map - the situation at the front is shown, the enemy has been driven out of Rogachev and Zhlobin.

Chronicle of 1941 - Soviet soldiers running along the streets of a village, close-up - a swastika on a carriage, a station, a train standing, in the frame there are boxcars, the Germans unload guns, ammunition, in the frame there are horses, carts, various military equipment, tanks, etc.

Chronicle of 1941 - firing from artillery guns, soldiers running along the railroad track, in the frame there are destroyed buildings, ruins, Soviet soldiers firing from an artillery gun, a column of German soldiers is moving, German tanks with soldiers on their armor are driving, a German plane in the sky, night shooting from the air - explosions, flashes of gunfire are visible on the ground, German tankers in the cabin in gas masks, night shooting - explosions, shots, cannonade, tanks are driving, guns are firing, a house is burning, German equipment is driving along the streets of a destroyed city.

Chronicle of 1941 - Churchill's speeches on the radio, Hitler giving a speech from the rostrum.

The photograph shows destroyed Smolensk.

The photograph shows General M. F. Lukin.

Chronicle of 1941 - destroyed Smolensk, various shots from the streets of the city, smoke from a fire, ruins, a soldier from above, from a destroyed building, shooting from a machine gun at enemy soldiers, a Soviet soldier on a city street during a battle, German soldiers shooting, various shots of street battles, shooting, etc.

Chronicle of 1941 - trucks camouflaged by branches drive along a country road, an artillery mount passes by, soldiers sit on the armor, German soldiers walk along the road.

A map is superimposed on the chronicle, which shows how enemy tank pincers are squeezing around the Soviet army (near Smolensk).

Chronicle of 1941 - German military equipment, tanks, infantry are moving, in the frame - fortifications of the Soviet army near Smolensk, anti-tank hedgehogs are installed, Soviet soldiers and officers are installing posts with barbed wire, digging trenches, foxholes, soldiers with rifles in the trenches.

Chronicle of 1941 - German planes in the sky, view of the ground from above, shots are heard, Soviet anti-aircraft guns are shooting from the ground, German tanks are driving, artillery guns are shooting from shelters in the forest, dead German soldiers near tanks, General Guderian is in the frame at the front, a Soviet tank is driving with soldiers on its armor, various shots of a tank attack, infantry is running, shots are heard, etc., German tanks are driving, various shots of a tank attack, battle, Soviet soldiers are running to attack, German soldiers are in the frame, a tank attack, tanks on a field, soldiers are crawling, artillery guns are shooting from shelters, various shots of a tank attack, explosions, soldiers in trenches, artillerymen are loading guns, moving a cannon, soldiers are running along the streets of a village, a hut is burning, a dead soldier falls, shooting Guards rocket mortars, artillery fire is shown, black smoke goes into the sky.

Map - Soviet troops fought their way out of Smolensk and occupied new lines.

Chronicle of 1941 - black smoke, a battle is underway, an explosion is shown in the frame, artillery guns are firing, soldiers are running along the streets of a village, a cavalry attack, a German plane in the sky, bombs are falling, explosions are heard, the headquarters of the German command, military personnel at the map, Guderian is shown in the frame, a fragment of a document (Fuhrer's Directive No. 34), German soldiers are digging trenches, German soldiers and officers in shelters, a German soldier is looking through a stereoscopic tube, positions are being adjusted, the Germans are looking through binoculars, the German army in between battles, soldiers are repairing equipment, resting, catching chickens, faces of German soldiers, a wooden cross on a grave.

Chronicle of 1941 - a train with military equipment is moving, a tank factory, a top view of the workshop, the assembly of tanks and military equipment is shown, girls in the workshop are collecting shells, large white bags with the inscription "Defense Fund".

A fragment of a document - "on the organization of the fight in the rear of enemy troops".

In the photo - a partisan.

Chronicle of 1941 - a German train is burning, in the frame - a train blown up by partisans.

Chronicle of 1941 - soldiers near boxes of shells, a printing press is working, a newspaper is printed in the forest by partisans, a pilot places a bomb on an airplane, Soviet military equipment in the forest, tanks are moving, a column of tanks is moving across a field, German planes in the air, a top view of the ground, Soviet artillery guns are firing, soldiers are running to attack.

The chronicle is superimposed with a map showing the retreat of German troops and the liberation of Yelnya by Soviet troops.

Chronicle of 1941 - soldiers run to attack, shots are heard, explosions, soldiers fire a machine gun, attack, footage of the battle, etc., Soviet troops enter the liberated city, women cry, greet soldiers, Soviet soldiers fire machine gun volleys (salute) from the roof of a destroyed building.

Smolensk region, rural landscape, panorama of a field, river.

In the frame - a country road, panorama of the fortress wall in Smolensk.

Monument to Soviet soldiers in Smolensk.