Fighting Film Collection No. 9
(Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 9)

Original Theatrical Poster

Country	USSR
Directed by	Vladimir Braun Mark Donskoy Igor Savchenko
Release Date	1942
Language	Russian
Studio	Kiev/Ashkhabad Film Studio

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Jadzia	Jadwiga Andrzejewska
The Polish worker	Mark Bernes
A German officer/A German NCO	Samuil Ditlovich
Jozef	Leonid Kmit
The father	Nikolai Komissarov
The mother	Lidiya Kartashova
Red Army Major	Nikolai Bratersky
Kiryusha	Boris Runge

Fighting Film Collection No. 9 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 9) is the ninth issue of Boyevoy kinosbornik series, released in May 1942. It contains three segments: "Kvartal No.14/Block 14", "Siniye skaly/The Blue Cliff" (or "Blue Crags") and "Mayak/The Signal" (or "Beacon").

The following weapons were used in the film Fighting Film Collection No. 9 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 9):

Revolvers

Nagant M1895

In the opening sequence a Red Army Lt. carries a Nagant M1895 in holster. A Polish resistance fighter (Mark Bernes) uses a Nagant in "Block 14". In "The Signal" a Nagant is used by a German officer.

Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.

A Red Army Lt. carries a holstered Nagant.

A closeup of a Nagant of a Polish resistance fighter.

The resistance fighter fires at a German Gestapo officer.

A German officer in center fires a Nagant in "The Signal".

Pistols

TT-33

TT-33 pistols are seen in hands of German officers in "The Blue Cliff" and "The Signal".

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.

An SS officer holds a TT in "The Blue Cliff".

A closeup of a TT in hands of SS officer (Konstantin Mikhaylov).

A view of the TT from another side.

The officer aims his pistol at a Czech driver.

A view from the muzzle.

A German NCO (the second role of Samuil Ditlovich) holds a TT in "The Signal".

Walther PP

A German Feldwebel holds a Walther PP in the opening sequence. In "Block 14" a Walther PP is used by an SS Colonel.

War Time Walther PP Pistol - 7.65x17mm

A Feldwebel with Walther PP.

SS officer holds a Walther PP in "Block 14".

Luger P08

SS and Gestapo personnel carry Luger P08 pistols in "Block 14".

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

A Gestapo officer drops his Luger, being shot by a Polish resistance fighter.

An SS officer with a Luger in hand chooses Poles for collective punishment.

SS Lt. Hans Muller (Samuil Ditlovich) draws his P08.

Muller executes each tenth hostage.

Submachine Guns

PPD-40

Red Army soldiers carry PPD-40 SMGs.

PPD 40 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

A PPD hangs in a dugout.

A soldier with PPD-40.

Another view of a PPD-40.

A soldier loads his SMG.

Rifles

SVT-38

Many Red Army soldiers are armed with SVT-38 rifles in "The Signal".

Tokarev SVT-38 - 7.62x54mm R

Soldiers with SVT-38 rifles.

The sailor (Viktor Bubnov) holds an SVT-38.

A good view of the bayonet.

The sailor with SVT.

The sailor fires.

Kiryusha (Boris Runge) fires the sailor's rifle.

Soldiers stand in formation with SVT-38s.

VZ-98/29 Persian Mauser

Mauser rifles are used by German troops throughout the movie. The shape of front sight and the position of top sling swivel allow to make a guess that these are Czechoslovakian produced VZ-98/29 Persian Mausers. The movie was filmed in 1942 in Ashkhabad where such rifles could be available after Iranian army was disarmed during Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.