The Unknown War: Set 2

War Documentary hosted by Burt Lancaster, published by Sovinfilm in 1978 - English narration



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The Unknown War is a landmark television documentary series about the Soviet struggle against - and ultimate victory over - the Nazi war machine.
June 22, 1941. The most explosive war in the history of mankind erupted with savage suddenness when 4,200,000 elite Nazi troops crashed into Russia over a frontier 1,800 miles long. "The Unknown War" had begun, the incredible war between Hitler's Germany and the Soviet Union. Here were the greatest battles of World War II, the most unbelievable agonies and devastating human losses that the modern world has ever seen. By war's end the toll would be more than 30,000,000 lives.
Here was the battle of Moscow; the 900-day siege of Leningrad; the battle of Kursk, the largest armored conflict, with over 6,000 tanks in action; the battle of Stalingrad, which broke the back of the German army; the fall of Berlin.
Now a landmark series of 20 one-hour historical documentary war films including never-before-released footage from the Soviet archives. Hosted and narrated by Academy Award-winner Burt Lancaster, this sprawling series features rare and stunning footage recorded by Soviet camera crews on the front lines, most of it unseen since its original broadcast 30 years ago. From the June 22, 1941, invasion of the Soviet Union to the Russians' victorious march into Berlin in 1945, the devastating battles in the air, at sea and on land are detailed with astonishing images. These stories of heroism, savagery and suffering from what the Russians call "The Great Patriotic War" will shed new light on the Red Army's massive contribution to the Allies' defeat of Hitler in World War II.
A Soviet-American collaboration produced in 1978 - during the throes of the Cold War - the 20-part saga was pulled from the air in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Its reemergence should be heralded as an essential addition to the recorded history of World War II. Film footage from Soviet archives comprises a major portion of the series, supplemented by film from both the United States and British archives.

Produced by SOVINFILM and the Central Studio of Documentary Films, Moscow for Bregin Film Corp., A.G. and Air Time International

10)  A Soldier of the Unknown War
The Unknown War was an Allied war. For the Russians, the victory had a special meaning. This was a war in which 20 million Russians died, possibly more. There was scarcely a Soviet family that didn't suffer at least one loss from the day the Nazis first attacked until the day the war finally ended, as ordinary men and women gave their lives to save their homeland. The war dead are commemorated at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a monument located at the Kremlin Wall in Moscow. Countless mothers and widows bring flowers to the site to pay tribute to their dead.

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4
Video Bitrate: 1 940 Kbps
Video Resolution: 700x544
Display Aspect Ratio: 1.287
Frames Per Second: 29.970 fps
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 49 min - 1 h 14 min
Number Of Parts: 11
Part Size: 753 MB - 1.08 GB
Source: DVD
Encoded by: DocFreak08

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