The Soviet Wives Affair (Original title)
Date: 20 January 1994 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Catherine Bailey
Synopsis: In the early 1940s, 33 British servicemen stationed in Russia fell in love and married Russian women. They were called home very soon afterwards and the British Government in 1942 legislated that if a British serviceman married a Russian woman he would have to leave the Soviet Union immediately. By the end of the war 18 women ahd been allowed to join their husbands but 15 remained behind, the victims of worsening relations between the Soviet Union and Britain, and they were sent to Stalin's prison camps camps for hard labour. After Stalin's death in 1953 only one was reunited with her husband.
Subjects: World War II, British Army, Russian people, Wives
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Date: 20 January 1994Broadcast channel: Channel FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:00Slot duration: 60 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 26 June 1994Broadcast company: Channel FourCountry: United Kingdom
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Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 50.43 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-01-20BFI identifier: C-759463
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Date: 20 January 1994 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Catherine Bailey
Synopsis: In the early 1940s, 33 British servicemen stationed in Russia fell in love and married Russian women. They were called home very soon afterwards and the British Government in 1942 legislated that if a British serviceman married a Russian woman he would have to leave the Soviet Union immediately. By the end of the war 18 women ahd been allowed to join their husbands but 15 remained behind, the victims of worsening relations between the Soviet Union and Britain, and they were sent to Stalin's prison camps camps for hard labour. After Stalin's death in 1953 only one was reunited with her husband.
Subjects: World War II, British Army, Russian people, Wives
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 20 January 1994Broadcast channel: Channel FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:00Slot duration: 60 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 26 June 1994Broadcast company: Channel FourCountry: United Kingdom
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Production Company: Juniper Productions, Producer: Catherine BaileyFilm, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-61012
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Digital materials(4)
Description: Digital file - LTO5Duration: 50:41 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1615795
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: Digital file - LTO5LTO5Duration: 50:41 minutesLine standard: 625Line standard: 625Colour standard: PALColour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-44480
Status: MasterStatus: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50IDuration: 00:50:44 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-61011
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-61012
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Video materials(1)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 50.43 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-01-20BFI identifier: C-759463
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape