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The Battle of Russia

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The Battle of Russia	comment	The Battle of Russia is a 1943 documentary feature directed by Frank Capra and Anatole Litvak.It was the fifth film in Capra's seven-film Why We Fight series, examining the causes and history of World War II. This film, the longest in the series at 76 minutes (the others were an hour or less) recounts the entire Russo-German war as it had happened to that point. A thumbnail sketch of Russian history notes Russia's success in beating back European invaders, like the Swedes, Napoleon and the French, and, on several occasions dating back to the 13th century, the Germans.The film goes on to sketch out a portrait of Russia as a nation, with its vast land area, its abundant natural resources, its coal and forests and fertile soil. Then it moves on to the German attack on Russia, the smashing German victories of the first six months of the war, and the Russian "defense in depth" that preserved the Soviet armies. The film ends with Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad.
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The Battle of Russia / int_3e8d9cd3	comment	Historical Hero Upgrade: Since this is a World War II propaganda film, the Soviet Union is characterized in a significantly more positive light than how things were in reality. Perhaps most notably, it's claimed that all the various peoples of the USSR live together in harmony, which glosses over the many acts of ethnic and religious persecution perpetrated by the Soviet government.
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The Battle of Russia / int_4856ac40	type	Stock Footage
The Battle of Russia / int_4856ac40	comment	Stock Footage: The entire film, consisting of Soviet combat footage, captured German combat footage, clips from films like Alexander Nevsky, and news footage of moments like League of Nations sessions.
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The Battle of Russia / int_4f362a27	type	Implied Rape
The Battle of Russia / int_4f362a27	comment	Implied Rape: There are couple of shots of weeping teenage girls, whom the narrator describes as "young girls...young no longer". This is how the movie touches upon the rapes committed by Axis troops.
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The Battle of Russia / int_51923571	type	Spinning Paper
The Battle of Russia / int_51923571	comment	Spinning Paper: The Allied landings in Africa are announced by a newspaper that spins onscreen with a headline that says "YANKS LAND IN AFRICA."
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The Battle of Russia / int_52989fee	type	Narrator
The Battle of Russia / int_52989fee	comment	Narrator: Not Walter Huston who narrated most of the series, but a fellow named Anthony Veiller, who delivers a very sunny portrait of Stalin's Russia.
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The Battle of Russia / int_52c3c556	type	Blade-of-Grass Cut
The Battle of Russia / int_52c3c556	comment	Blade-of-Grass Cut: Closeups of stuff like sunflowers and stalks of wheat in the field as the film talks about Russian farming.
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The Battle of Russia / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
The Battle of Russia / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ History: All the details that might make Russia seem like a less sympathetic ally, like the Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact, were simply left out, but other details are factually incorrect. Hitler did not tell Mussolini to invade Greece. Mussolini surprised Hitler with the invasion and Hitler wasn't happy about it. The stuff about a Soviet "defense in depth" that preserved the Russian armies and allowed them to withdraw is nonsense. Stalin actually did precisely the opposite, namely, put all his armies on the frontiers. This led to them getting annihilated in the opening weeks of the war. It was the Russian ability to form new armies even as the old armies were getting wiped out in the west that eventually stopped the Germans.
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The Battle of Russia / int_5989e3b6	type	Enemy Mine
The Battle of Russia / int_5989e3b6	comment	Enemy Mine: While Soviet-American cooperation is a major part of the series in general, it's especially pronounced here, where the USSR's struggle against Germany is glowingly endorsed.
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The Battle of Russia / int_71098e78	type	Hammer and Sickle Removed for Your Protection
The Battle of Russia / int_71098e78	comment	Hammer and Sickle Removed for Your Protection: The Battle of Russia shows the determination and strength of the Soviet Union, America's loyal ally. Not at all indicative of the coming Cold War, the C-word isn't dropped once.
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The Battle of Russia / int_782fdff	type	Storybook Opening
The Battle of Russia / int_782fdff	comment	Storybook Opening: A book called "History of Russia" is shown opening. The first page has dates of German Teutonic invasions from the Middle Ages. As the pages flip the next scenes talk about other invasions of Russia, such as the ones by Charles XII of Sweden, by Napoleon, and by the German Empire.
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The Battle of Russia / int_8acf3a97	type	Spreading Disaster Map Graphic
The Battle of Russia / int_8acf3a97	comment	Spreading Disaster Map Graphic: Used several times, first to show Germany's pre-war conquests (Austria, Czechoslovakia), then the defeat of Poland, then France, and then the advance into Russia. Then inverted when the graphic shows the Germans pushed back from Moscow by the 1941-42 counteroffensive, and inverted again to show the gains made by the Allies against Germany in the Soviet Union and in North Africa 1942-43.
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The Battle of Russia / int_9f80e1da	type	Sarcasm Mode
The Battle of Russia / int_9f80e1da	comment	Sarcasm Mode: While describing the bombing of Leningrad, the narrator says "...there were ruined homes, churches, and other important military objectives, like...the Leningrad Zoo."
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The Battle of Russia / int_cb9afcd	type	The Ken Burns Effect
The Battle of Russia / int_cb9afcd	comment	The Ken Burns Effect: Used only briefly, in a zoom-out from a photo of Napoleon as the film talks about the Russian scorched-earth defense of 1812.
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The Battle of Russia / int_dd92bf66	type	Warrior Prince
The Battle of Russia / int_dd92bf66	comment	Warrior Prince: Starts out by listing off historic instances of Russia fighting off foreign invaders. This list starts with Alexander Nevsky defeating the Teutonic Order at the Battle on the Ice with images from the film Alexander Nevsky to illustrate.
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The Battle of Russia / int_ed51d0	type	That Russian Squat Dance
The Battle of Russia / int_ed51d0	comment	That Russian Squat Dance: Ukrainian peasants are seen performing the dance as the intro to the section where the film talks about all the minority peoples of the Soviet Union.
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The Battle of Russia / int_f67171cc	type	Empathy Doll Shot
The Battle of Russia / int_f67171cc	comment	Empathy Doll Shot: A broken doll is shown on a windowsill. Followed up by an actual dead child.
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