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Episode of Series “Films of the great victory 1941-1945”.
By interspersing historical footage with fictional narrative, this film attempts to present the precarious fighting conditions for WW2 Russian bomber pilots. The filmmaker ably captures the taxing environment in which battles were conducted and the constant danger to those serving in the armed forces. It also depicts the fraught personal lives of the pilots, under strain from wartime conditions. Based on the stories by Yuri German.
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ACMI Identifier
319403
Languages
Dutch
English
English
French
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese
Russian
Russian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Aerial reconnaissance
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Battles
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Battleships
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Bombing, Aerial
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Fighter pilots
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Naval battles
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Soldiers
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Air pilots
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Sailors
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Patriotism
Feature films → Feature films - Russia
Feature films → Feature films - Soviet Union
Literature → Russian literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)