A Day of War

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War Documentary hosted by Yury Levitan, published by IHF in 1942 - Russian narration

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A Day of War (Den voyny) is a one day chronicle of total war filmed on all fronts as well as at the rear. It was shot by 160 newsreel cameramen in the thick of the battle on June 13, 1942, the 356th day of the Great Patriotic War. Scenes include: Moscow's city streets at dawn; soldiers leaving for the front; the polar front; burnt-out enemy tanks destroyed by a Komsomol unit; the Baltic fleet; footage shot inside a submarine in the Barents Sea as a torpedo is launched; artillery bombardment of Leningrad on the 286th day of its siege; skirmishes in Sevastopol; aerial battle footage; the liberation of a village in the Orel region; war production and munitions plants; coal-mining basins; collective farms and military training.