Russian Newsreel - Taking Of Berlin (1945)

Unissued / Unused material. Russian newsreel showing Russian troops taking Berlin. Germany. C/U tanks driving past sign ’Berlin’. Good shots of Russian artillery and tanks fighting in the streets of Berlin. A tank drives past rubble of buildings and fires its gun. C/U Russian soldier using field telephone. Russian infantry advance over wreckage in Berlin and fire from behind piles of debris. Various shots of Russians running into Reichstag and up steps. C/U boy putting up Russian flag. M/S as soldiers fire their guns into the air as flag flies. L/S of flag flying, pan down to Russian troops cheering and waving outside. Various shots of tanks in the streets. M/S soldiers lined up. M/S as officer reads a statement. Various shots as a picture of Joseph Stalin is stuck onto a field gun. Various shots as the gun fires. Various shots as bombardment continues and Russians advance through streets and ruined buildings. M/S wounded soldier being helped by a colleague. Various shot