Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia (2006)

Fire and Ice tells the story of the Winter War, the Soviet Union's invasion of Finland in November, 1939. The Soviets were convinced they could win the war in a matter of days. No one expected that tiny Finland could resist the highly mechanized Red Army, the largest military force in the world. And no one anticipated that 1939 would be one of the coldest winters in recorded history.

During 105 days of intensely bloody and brutal combat, Finland improvised a devastating and deadly defense, for an environment historians have called a frozen hell.

The Winter War changed the course of what would soon become World War II.

The film was selected as the best documentary at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival in 2006. Ben Strout received an Emmy as Director of Fire and Ice from the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2007. In 2005 Strout was recognized by The New York Times as a Critics Pick Director for "Fire and Ice", as well, editor Kurt Poole received the New York Times recognition as Critics Pick Editor.