Hurricanes To Murmansk
Synopsis
At Stalin’s request following the German invasion of Russia in June 1941, Churchill sent a Royal Air Force Wing with Hurricane fighter aircraft, on board the first Arctic convoy to Russia in August 1941.
Its purpose was to protect the strategic port of Murmansk – the vital supply route to the Soviet Union for the remainder of the war – and to train Russian pilots to fly British aircraft.
This secret Anglo-Soviet operation – suppressed during the Cold War – is rediscovered 70 years on through interviews with surviving veterans, historians Antony Beevor and Richard Overy, and unique archive film and stills.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 50 mins
- Format
- DV
- Director
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Roy Perkins
- Producer
- Vivien Pottersman
- Editor
- Roy Perkins
- Screenwriter
- Vivien Pottersman
- Director of Photography
- Swavek Zukowski
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Atoll Productions Ltd
atollprod@aol.com
T +44 (0)20 8540 0700
Sales Company
Atoll Productions Ltd
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