Stalingrad Surrenders 1943, Movietone Moments, 31 Jan 20

On this day in 1943 Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrendered to Soviet troops at Stalingrad. Here is British Movietone s dramatic newsreel story of German capitulation at Stalingrad, following the encirclement of the Sixth Army. Cut story Country under snow. Lines of prisoners into camera. Map showing Stalingrad and surrounding countryside. GS plains with artillery firing. Heavy artillery and explosions. Long lines of artillery firing. Various shots of troops advancing over wreckage dead bodies gr