Russian Ski Troops (1940-1949)

Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (USSR). 1943? Russian title reads ’Helping Wounded in Winter’. Various shots of the Russian ski troops in white clothes rescuing wounded in snowbound woodland. They transport the wounded on dog and horse drawn sledges to mobile ambulances. Ambulances are also horse drawn. FILM ID:1623.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.