![]() ![]() Welcome, feel free to join in on any discussion! Libraries and Institutions Please Note: Educational Editions with PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHTS and DIGITAL SITE LICENSES are available.About Us A forum for combat footage and photos from historical to ongoing wars. Digitally Restored from Original 35 MM Lavender Film Prints.Switchable English Voice-Over Soundtrack or Original Russian with Optional English Subtitles.Battle of Orel/Kursk Historical Background (Narrated/Autoplay) Digitally restored from original 35mm Lavender prints, possibly the highest quality film elements known to exist. USSR, 1943, B&W, 50 minutes, Switchable Newly Recorded English Language soundtrack or Original Russian Soundtrack, with optional English subtitles. Filmed by cameramen of the Bryansk Front. This superb Russian wartime film also depicts in stunning footage both the liberation of Mother Russia and captured German footage during their retreat. Known in the West as the Battle of Kursk, it was the greatest armored combat in history ever - before or since. ![]() For the Germans, it was a must-win battle, and when they lost, the Soviets gained the initiative for the rest of the war. The Germans introduced their new Tiger and Panther tanks, but were overwhelmed by massed T-34s. The Soviet's Own Film Record of the Greatest Tank Battle in World History!Ĭulled from actual combat footage taken onsite by Red Army cameramen at the Orel/Kursk Salient in Russia in the summer of 1943, this is the Soviets’ own documentary story of the greatest tank battle in world history before or since, pitting the resurgent German Army against the now-victorious Red Army. ![]()
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