Russia, Soviet Union (USSR, Russian Federation).
GV. Pan over Mamaev Hill area of Stalingrad (Volgograd), scene of fierce battles in World War II. MS. Group of American tourists taking photographs. LS. Statue on the hill. MS. As tourists pick up bits of shrapnel to keep as souvenirs. Aerial shot, flying over Stalingrad after it had been flattened in war - library footage. GV. Pan, ground shot, general view of modern Stalingrad with cut in shots of bombed city. Shot of American tourists in coach. LS. Volga behind a monument.
GV. Hydro power station with huge figure of the workers in foreground - Leningrad (St. Petersburg, Petrograd). Various shots of interior and exterior of the power station as the American tourists are shown around.
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Date found in the old record - 16/10/1961.
FILM ID:2601.22
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