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Germans besiege Leningrad in Soviet Union during World War II; Russian citizens try to cope in desperate deprivation conditions

After bombing Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in Soviet Union, German forces besiege the city. Soviet troops with weapons in snow covered areas of Leningrad. Soviet tanks on the streets and soldiers escort an inflated barrage balloon down a street. Russian anti-aircraft guns setup and manned in Saint Isaac's Square, with St. Isaac's Cathedral in the background. Russian citizens move about in bitter cold and snowy winter conditions. Some pull sleds with belongings along bomb-damaged streets. Russian soldiers in trenches outside the city work to defend the city. A Russian soldier with a frozen moustache. Soviet soldiers in winter coats lay prone in the snow with rifles and machine guns ready. Dragons teeth anti tank obstacles seen at city edges. Civlians facing disease and famine walk in the streets and gather together. People stand over a frozen blanked-covered body on a street. A man pulls another person hunched over in a sled. A train locomotive covered in snow, idle with no fuel. Idle streetcar trolleys in the streets covered with snow, as there is no electric power to operate them. Streets filled with workers walking to work. After water is shut off due to frozen pipes, civilians gather around a hole dug in the streets and a ditch alongside a street to get to water. They dip buckets into water-filled holes and trenches in the city. A sign describes food rations allowed. Baker cuts bread ration for a civilian factory worker. An army of civilian women workers gather together in the streets to dig and remove rubble from the streets to try to ward off disease and contamination.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058275
Germans shell Leningrad in Soviet Union during World War II, while Russian civilians cope with deprivation

Germans fire artillery to shell Leningrad heavily during World War II. Russian people work in factories continuing war production while bundled in warm clothing due to cold. Baker cuts loaves of bread into ration pieces. People move on snow covered streets. Close-up view of German soldiers readying and firing a massive Karl-Gerät (040/041) self propelled siege mortar (also known as Thor or Mörser Karl). Writing on side of the mortar says, "Thor." Other large German rail guns and a variety of German field artillery fire shells at Russian targets in Leningrad A building collapses from shelling. Men and women factory workers continue factory production of war materiel and supplies throughout bombing campaign by Germans. A woman operating a grinder. Rapid montage of scenes of men and women forging iron and creating weapons and arms including shells and grenades. A woman stacks finished artillery shells. A woman war production welder operating a welding torch. People in streets transport dead bodies on sleds and coffins on runners in the snow, as people die from cold, disease, hunger and bombing.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058276
Trucks and trains bring supplies across frozen Lake Ladoga to Leningrad in Soviet Union during World War II siege by Germans.

View of cold and snowy conditions in Leningrad during German siege of Leningrad in World War 2. A soviet soldier stands on a frozen river under a Russian bridge. Road is constructed over frozen Lake Ladoga in Leningrad, Soviet Union. View of plows and grading trucks clearing snow and preparing the road bed over ice. Convoys of trucks bring in food (a truck filled with butchered meat), oil fuel, grain, medicine and other supplies across Lake Ladoga for the people in Leningrad. Nazi planes drop bombs over convoy of supply trucks on Lake Ladoga. Bombs away views as bombs leave German bombers. Soviet anti-aircraft guns stationed on frozen Lake Ladoga fire at Luftwaffe aircraft. Railroad track laid over the ice of Lake Ladoga and freight train locomotive with sign "To the heroes of Leningrad" (translated) carries essential supplies across the lake. Russian civilians gather at train depots in Leingrad to offload supplies and to load sick and injured men, women, and children. A young Russian child bundled up on a sled at the train station. Soviet Russian soldiers in winter white camouflage charge forward on a battlefield toward German targets on the outskirts of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058277
With the arrival of spring life returns back to normal after siege of Leningrad in Soviet Union during World War II.

Ice melting and water flowing as Spring comes to Leningrad following winter siege by Germany in World War 2. Crosses from Nazi graves wash away into streams. Convoy trucks continue to drive on the melting ice of Lake Ladoga. Group of children in Leningrad enjoy a walk outside. A child rides a tricycle. A woman washes windows of a trolley. Point of view (POV) shot of driving trolley in Leningrad, showing controls. People board trolley. Soviet women soldiers from Army and women sailors from women's Navy corps walking. Wide shot of Leningrad with trolley running. Dancers from the famous ballet theater board a Soviet battleship. Dancers perform traditional dances while sailors play violin and other instruments. Sailors watch as dancers leave ship in small boat. Woman spits on German prisoners of war POWs as they are marched through the streets of Leningrad. Soviet citizen soldiers or militia march in procession holding rifles with fixed bayonet.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058278
Soviet troops fight against the Germans and take over the city of Stalingrad, Soviet Union during World War II.

Soviet troops fight against the Germans during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union during World War II. Smoke rises from across a river in Stalingrad. Soviet soldiers fire ammunition. They fight against the Germans on the streets of the city. Damaged buildings in the city. Civilians carry their belongings. Smoke rises from buildings. A building on fire at night. T34 tanks advance as explosions occur. German troops surrender and prisoners are made to march. Soviet refugees return to the city. People loaded on a cart as they return to their homes. Civilians in a street as German prisoners march past them.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066019
Soviet troops assisted by civilians prepare to face German invasion in Leningrad, Soviet Union during World War II.

After effects of German attack on the Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet cavalry units advance. Soviet troops loaded onto trucks advance to confront German forces beginning their siege. The city of Leningrad with various scenes of Leningrad landmarks before the bombing and siege, including the Winter Palace and Narva Triumphal Arch. Cars on a busy street with St Isaac's Cathedral in backround. Statue of Lenin. Equestrian statue of Peter the Great. Various government buildings of Leningrad. Street car trolleys and buses on roads. A ship at a port as supplies are unloaded. Soldiers march into the city. Civilians dig trenches and erect barricades in the wake of German attack. Women and children help in digging and fortifying the city against attack by Germany.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066080