Salute To The Red Army (1943)

Full title reads: “SALUTE TO THE RED ARMY“. Bristol. Naval cadets pulling gun carriage past saluting base at start of the procession through Bristol. Lord A. V. Alexander, First Lord of Admiralty, taking salute. Various shots of soldiers and other services march past. Cardiff. Mr Clement Attlee taking salute in Cardiff. Various shots of men and women of the Army and an RAF (Royal Air Force) units march past. Manchester. Various shots of Red Army Officer Major Leberdov taking salute at a march past in Manchester. Sheffield. Sir Stafford Cripps taking salute and parade through Sheffield. Sailors lead the parade. London. Ceremony in the Royal Albert Hall at which all nations flags are paraded onto the stage to pay tribute to the USSR. Mr Eden speaking at the Albert Hall (natural sound): “In three months the Russian Army has re-conquered all the territory wrested from it by the Germans during the summer of last year, and more besides. Much more besides, for the Red Army has driven into the minds of the
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