Refine Your Search

Soviet Union 1942 stock footage and images

- Showing 19 to 24 of 4433 results
German forces attack Brest Fortress in USSR, during World War II

Map shows border of East Prussia and the Soviet Union. Arrow points to Brest-Litovsk (now Brest, Belarus) one of the first targets in Nazi operation Barbarossa, during World War 2. . German 15cm K39 (15cmKanone39) heavy artillery bombarding the Soviet fortress at Brest. Closeup of gun breech. German troops hunkered down in craters and trenches near buildings. More views of German heavy artillery firing from camouflaged positions. Smoke rising from the German bombardment. German infantry moving forward and approaching Brest Fortress. German soldiers in shell craters, observing as the shelling destroys buildings nearby. View of destroyed and burning structures. Soviet defenders of the garrison standing with hands raised, surrendering under white flags. A surrendered Soviet soldier stands on a hill waving his hat to others telling them it is safe to surrender. Other Soviet soldiers coming foreward from their defensive positions to surrender. Soviet POWs huddled together near a Soviet T-18 light tank (aka MS-1) inside part of the Brest Fortress. German officers surveying the situation. Damaged bridge over the Bug River. Surrendering Soviet troops use a rope to help cross river at bombed out section. Wounded Soviet soldiers with first aid bandages, lying on bank of river. Other Soviet POWs under German guard nearby. A soviet prisoner plays a harmonica. More views of destroyed and burning structures. German infantry running across a road, under fire from Soviet defenders. German troops entering the main part of the Brest Citadel, and fighting against stubborn Soviet snipers. Camera pans across destruction in and around the fortress. A dead Soviet soldier slumped in the seat of a vehicle. Others on the ground near a Soviet Army truck. A long line of Soviet soldiers taken prisoners of war, walking under German guard. The City Hall of Brest With German soldier standing guard. Belarussian citizens of the city going about their everyday activities, under German occupation.

Date: 1941, June
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675065787
Medical treatment is given to patients in a crude Russian dispensary under Communist rule in the Soviet Union.

A German propaganda film on deplorable living conditions under Communist rule in the Soviet Union during World War II. Posters at a Russian consulate and tourist agency in Berlin, Germany depict happy Russians at work. The Russians under Communist rule in the Soviet Union show half-starved peasants in crude huts. A woman holds a sickly baby. Scrawny cattle and horses. The Russians living in slum, run-down, shacks and bad conditions in old houses with partially open roofs. Unsanitary conditions and hygiene and disease problems are highlighted. Medical treatment given to patients in an unclean and sparse Russian dispensary and medical clinic.

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675070107
German and Russian troops battle in the Soviet Union during World War II.

German film 'France Libre Actualities' shows the plans and preparation made by the Germans for the campaign in North Africa during World War II. Animated map shows the territories occupied by the Allies and the Axis powers during the war. German troops in a battlefield in Caucase, Soviet Union. Explosions and gun fire. The map shows the troops entering Stalingrad in the Soviet Union. German artillery, aircraft and infantry in action. A number of German tanks advance in a counter offensive near Stalingrad. Aircraft in flight. Damaged German aircraft on the ground. Russian and German troops battle in extreme cold conditions with tanks firing at the enemy. A fleet of aircraft in flight. Troops on horseback and foot.

Date: 1942, October 27
Duration: 5 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063437
Soviet Union mobilizes to defend against German invasion in June, 1941, World War II

A film titled ' Our Russian front. It shows Soviet Russia's state of preparedness and national mobilization at the time of the German invasion (Operation Barbarossa) in 1941, during World War 2. Soviet troops on parade in Red Square, Moscow, carrying Tokarev SVT-40 semi-automatic assault rifles, with curved magazines and fixed bayonets. Glimpse of a Soviet heavy gun (possibly 152mm howitzer). A Soviet Navy gunboat speeding toward the camera. A formation of Polikarpov I-16 aircraft inflight overhead. Several views of soviet forces, including units composed entirely of women; Closeups of troops, some holding Russian RPD 7.62 cal m44 light machine guns. A Soviet T-26 speeding in Red Square with flag flying, during a parade. View from the rear of a line of Soviet Zvezda BT-7 light tanks being deployed along a dirt road. Russian civilians, most of them women, work digging hillside fortifications. Closeup of woman with small boy in her arms. Views of destroyed buildings and dead civilians in a Russian town Aerial view of bombs bursting on Russian city. Smoke rising from resulting fires. Several views of light flashes from artillery firing at night. American envoy, W. Averell Harriman, participant in the U.S.-British military mission to Moscow, broadcasts about Soviet determination to defend against the Nazi invasion, at all costs. He refers to Soviet mechanics assembling American aircraft (Provided under "Lend Lease"). Narrator identifies Harriman as Chairman of the Board of Union Pacific Railroad. View of Russian airplanes in formation, flying high above the State Museum building in Red Square, Moscow. An American Government aircraft (C-47 /DC-3) aircraft lands at Moscow Airport. View of the aircraft parked and surrounded by a large crowd of military and diplomatic attendees. Harriman steps from the plane. Next he is seen with British Lord Beaverbrook and Soviet diplomat, Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky. Another view of Russian aircraft flying over the State museum in Red Square. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (unseen) is heard in the background extolling the Russian efforts against the Nazis. Soviet Tupolev SB bombers in formation overhead. Flags waving Aerial view of a formation of Polikarpov I-16 aircraft in flight. A Komintern Artillery Tractor,carrying Soviet soldiers, tows a 152mm field howitzer. A formation of army vehicles carrying Russian troops along paths already formed in the dirt by prior tracked vehicles. Seen are Komintern Artillery Tractors and ordinary army trucks.

Date: 1941
Duration: 8 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038613
Soviet military forces and equipment employed to defend against German invasion in World War 2

Film opens with exploding shells and bombs at a steel bridge and along a waterfront, during World War II. g. Soviet troops march in the street of a city. An open truck filled with soldiers passes the camera. Smoke rises from chimneys over an industrial complex. A formation of Soviet Polikarpov I-16 aircraft in flight overhead. A formation of Soviet Ilyushin Il-4 bombers in flight overhead. Closeup of a Soviet BT-7 Tank. A formation of BT-7 tanks moving across a field. Soviet soldiers with captured Nazi Swastika flags. A Soviet BT-5 tank plowing through snow. Cossack cavalry charging across a frozen lake. A Russian artillery piece Extreme closeup of a Soviet Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber in flight. A tank climbing out of a deep hole. A Soviet Lavochkin La-5 fighter plane coming in to land, with flaps extended. Closeup of a Soviet BT-7 tank. Battery of Soviet 85 mm M1939 (52-K) anti-aircraft guns. Soviet tank commander standing atop his tank, looking through binoculars. A Russian battlecruiser firing her guns. Formation of Russian warships cruising at high speed. Triple gun turret on a Russian warship. Large formation of Soviet soldiers marching while holding rifles with fixed bayonets in front of them. Closeup of Soviet troops marching with shouldered arms. British union jack flag superimposed over British soldiers marching. American flag superimposed over U.S. troops marching. A giant formation of warplanes in flight overhead. A Soviet soldier (sentry) standing next to the Red flag, with formation of airplanes aloft in background.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038624
A 1942-1943 film report to the American public about the progress of World War II in Europe and the Pacific.

Opening slate at start of film reads: "1942--1943 The Turn of the Tide." A column of British armor enters Bengazi, Libya, led by several troops in tankettes. Next seen are a Lee Medium Tank, M3 followed by an infantry tank, a jeep, another infantry tank and another Lee M3 Medium tank. Closeup of local people greeting the troops with upraised hands giving the "V" for victory sign. Another Lee M3 tank passes close by the camera. Black smoke is rising in the background. Scene changes to a half sunken ship near another burning in the harbor. Another view of this from further away above port buildings. Closeup of three smiling British soldiers leaning over a cartoon on a tank, of Winston Churchill (As a bulldog smoking a cigar and wearing a cap with the word "Victory" written on it). A crumpled captured flag with swastika on it. British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery stands atop a vehicle (unseen) and looks through binoculars. Below, a column of British supply vehicles is making its way along a path in the desert. Two tanks coming toward the camera through sand. Animated map shows Nazi territory being threatened by the Allies from the Mediterranean, the USSR, and the English Channel. Views of Soviet infantry advancing against German forces in the snow of winter on the eastern front. Soviet troops firing updated 76-mm divisional gun model 1902 hidden in woods. Shells exploding in snow-covered field as Soviet BT series tanks advance. Various Soviet artillery firing from fixed gun batteries and from woods. A shell striking in distance. Fallen German soldiers lying on snowy field. Makeshift battlefield crosses marking graves of fallen German soldiers. German steel helmets lined up in the snow. A sign, posted on a birch tree, lists the names and birth dates of 16 German soldiers from the 3rd Panzer Division (3Pz-Pi-BH.39) buried at this site on November 28, 1941. Scene shifts to Joseph Stalin addressing Soviet troops in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. All the soldiers in formation seem to be singing (unheard). Film switches to animated map again. This time delineating the Eastern front being pressed by the USSR, and showing area of the 2nd Soviet winter offensive in 1943. Change of scene from Europe to the War in Asia, against Japan, shows General Douglas MacArthur after arriving by a B-17 bomber at a Pacific island American base. He ascends a steep hill in a jungle area, accompanied by other officers. Closeup of MacArthur. American infantry moving in single file in New Guinea, as a field piece fires a round in the direction they are headed. U.S. artillerymen load shells into a 105mm howitzer gun. A fire burns as moping up begins on New Guinea. An Australian soldier is seen firing a Bren gun in jungles. Other Australian soldiers fire a mortar that explodes, raising earth and dust. More views of shells exploding near Allied soldier advancing. A soldier with fixed bayonet makes a fake charge toward the camera. Views of Japanese prisoners of war guarded in an outdoor compound. Japanese dead soldiers on Guadalcanal. An animated map shows new battle lines in the Pacific, closing in on Japan, with pressure from China, the USSR, and the Pacific islands being captured by the U.S. Arrows are added showing new pressure from American naval fleets and from British and American bombers out of Australia and captured islands.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027920