Dneproges (1947)

Quote by V. I. Lenin.

The Dnieper River, a steep bank, power transmission towers are visible (shot from the water, from the movement).

Panorama of the river, the bank.

A train is moving, in the frame are boxcars.

A man with a hand-held movie camera.

The train is approaching the platform, people are looking out of the cars.

The station, people are getting out of the cars onto the platform.

A rally at the station, a crowd of people, a man is giving a speech.

Panorama of the platform, people, in the frame are train cars.

A rally.

A group of young Komsomol girls.

Future builders of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station are getting out of the cars.

A group of young people with their things are walking through the ruins from the station.

Panorama of the destroyed bridge, ruins of buildings.

A group of young people are crossing the river on a ferry.

Panorama of the ruins of the bridge, metal structures, the river.

People on the ferry.

In the frame, a young girl in a headscarf (Polina Shilo).

In the frame, a woman in a white headscarf.

In the frame, elderly builders.

Chronicle of the 1930s - view of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station building, the river (pre-war shooting).

Panorama of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station complex, Lenin's statue in the frame.

Cars and a tram drive along the road along the station.

View of the station from the inside, various structures, equipment, etc. in the frame (shot from above).

Explosion, white smoke.

Destroyed station, turbine debris, fittings, etc.

Panorama of the destroyed Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.

Hydroelectric station locks.

Old barge on the bank.

Dnieper River, rapids.

Streams of water, destroyed Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.

Destroyed station, fittings.

Panorama of the destruction.

Office, large painting with views of Dnieper Hydroelectric Station on the wall, panorama of design engineers at their desks.

Close-up - a drawing-project for the restoration of Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, a hand with a pencil in the frame.

In the frame is the head of Dnieprostroy Loginov.

In the frame is the chief construction engineer Kandalova.

In the frame is builder Andrey Evgrafov.

The cameraman is filming with a movie camera.

Panorama of the destroyed Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, in the frame there are streams of water, a blown up dam, fragments of reinforcement, etc.

Evgrafov climbs up the wall along the fragments of reinforcement.

Evgrafov is at the top, throwing a rope across the river, another builder catches it.

A man climbs up the wall along the rope.

The man climbs into a metal basket, which is attached to a cable, and moves along the river.

Construction, restoration of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, a suspension bridge, workers in the frame.

Ruins of the old station, streams of water.

A diver in the water, inspects the underwater part of the station.

In the frame, the diver Borshchev.

A piece of reinforcement is lifted with the help of a crane.

Panorama of the stones of the destroyed station, in the frame, builders at restoration work.

Panorama of the ruins, a window opens, in the frame a girl.

The city of Zaporozhye, panorama of the ruins, destroyed houses (shot from above).

Construction, restoration of destroyed buildings, in the frame, female builders.

Construction, welding, a foreman trains female builders.

A worker on the wall of the station.

Workers are shown in the frame.

A huge stone falls into the river.

Workers are clearing rubble.

Two girls are dragging stones.

Builders and military personnel are manually clearing rubble, passing stones along a chain.

Construction equipment, cranes.

Girls are running over the rubble.

A female builder is installing industrial explosives, lighting the fuse, and running to the side.

Close-up - a smoldering fuse, smoke.

An explosion in the ruins of the station.

Close-up - a girl wiping her face with a handkerchief (Anastasia Balandina).

General plan - explosions in the ruins of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.

Builders and military personnel are clearing rubble, men with wheelbarrows are shown in the frame.

A top view of the work of clearing rubble.

Builders are dumping concrete from a bucket.

A team of concrete workers is working.

The foreman of concrete workers is shown in the frame.

Two female builders are shown in the frame (Korobova and Shilo).

A girl is installing a red banner on the roof.

An office, engineers and managers are in the frame, a map and a portrait of Stalin are on the wall.

Construction headquarters, a meeting is taking place in the office.

Close-up - a drawing, a model of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station on Whatman paper, a hand with a pencil.

Workers are building flood fortifications.

Women are carrying stones and concrete fragments.

A view of the shore, builders and local residents are in the frame.

A view of the defensive line on the shore.

Dneprostroy, workers at a construction site, foreman Khadzhiev in the frame.

Construction site in the frame, woman taking notes in a notebook.

Zaporozhye, city street, tram, cars, passers-by in the frame.

City streets, park, houses.

People on the city streets.

Park, vacationers.

Group of children-pioneers.

Children smiling, looking up.

Demonstration performance of aerial gymnasts in the park.

Children, adults watching the performance, applauding.

Kindergarten, group, children playing in the room.

Toddlers being washed in the shower.

Sleeping room, teacher making beds.

Door with the sign "Library" opens, reading room in the frame.

People at tables reading books, newspapers.

Close-up - shelf with collected works of I.V. Stalin.

Reading room in the library, people reading books, press.

Man reading a volume of Stalin's works.

Panorama of shelves with books.

People at a table in the reading room - reading, studying, writing in notebooks.

Large - a poster for "Public Lecture International Review".

A poster for a concert in a local club.

Spectators in the hall, listening to a concert.

A violinist on the stage.

Spectators in the hall.

The hall, a meeting, people in the hall and on the presidium.

People are conferring, a man is giving a report.

Various shots from the meeting.

People in the hall.

View of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, the river.

The frame shows powerful streams of water from the Dnieper.

People are standing at the top, by the fence, looking down at the river.

View of the river from above.

Metal fences.

The frame shows a system of clapper boards.

A man is supervising the installation of the boards.

View of the board in the water.

A man smokes, looks down.

Builders, engineers at work installing the boards.

The first board slammed shut.

The first bottom hole was exposed.

The frame shows girls with shovels from the Stakhanovite brigade.

The frame shows Korobova and Shilo.

Girls are walking along the wall, climbing the stairs.

Girls with shovels are walking along a narrow passage along the wall, with streams of water bubbling below.

A crane is lowering a load.

A bucket of cement is shown in the frame.

The girls are pouring out the cement and spreading it over the surface with shovels.

The crane is lifting a bucket-container.

Streams of water are spilling over the crest of the dam.

Panorama of the streams of water, the dam (different shots).

View of the crest of the dam (wide shot).

Smiling female construction workers are walking with shovels, with foreman Polina Shilo in the frame.

Girls in smart dresses are taking a walk after work.

Close-up - an envelope, a letter for Polina Shilo.

Close-up - a hand is writing on a piece of paper (in Ukrainian).

Polina Shilo is sitting at the table, answering letters.

A hostel, girls' room, the girls are doing housework, resting.

Polina Shilo is writing a letter at the table.

Close-up - a hand with a fountain pen is writing words on paper.

Winter, Dnieprostroy, icicles, snow blocks, ice.

Streams of water.

Water breakthrough in the second bottom hole.

A man at the table, smoking.

Party secretary Artemenko.

Artemenko speaking.

In the frame are engineers Polyakov, Danilovich.

Artemenko speaking.

In the frame are foreman Goncharov, dam chief Khokhlov, foreman Serenko.

Artemenko speaking.

Dam, Dnieper lock, river.

In the frame, 2 barges.

People at the top, near the fences, waving their hands, looking down.

In the frame, a vessel, closed lock gates.

Lock gates opening.

Motor ship on the river.

Dnieper River, in the frame motor ships, boats, vessels, barges.

View of the Black Sea.

Barges on the water.

Close-up - a light on the dashboard lights up.

In the frame, instruments, the inscription "Generator 2".

Dneprostroy, view of the station, new equipment.

Builders with difficulty walk through the streams of water to the second bottom.

In the frame, the second bottom opening, streams of water.

Streams of water, icicles.

Builders are trying to close the gap in the dam.

Builders are working in icy water.

Men close the gap with sandbags.

Streams of water pour out of the hole.

Fighting the elements, with water (different shots).

Night, a crane lifts a container.

Office, headquarters, builders in the frame.

Men in the water working to fix a leak.

Splashes, streams of water.

Builders plug the gap, fix the leak.

Using tools, the builders plug the gap, the water stops flowing.

Smiling, tired faces of men.

Builders congratulate each other, climb up, accept congratulations from their colleagues.

A man quickly climbs up the crane arrow.

Electricians install equipment on an overhead power line.

In the frame are power transmission towers.

The towers are reflected in the water.

The light on the dashboard is on.

In the frame are the dashboard, light bulbs, etc.

The control panel, buttons, levers, toggle switches.

GEM employees near the control panel, checking the devices, readiness for launch.

Large - devices, the inscription "Generator 1".

Equipment, devices inside the power plant.

The ceremonial opening of the first turbine of the Dnieproges on March 3, 1947, in the frame are the delegation, management, cutting the ribbon, etc.

A man is standing at the control panel, looking at the devices.

Close up - the instrument needle is moving.

The turbine is working.

The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station employees are smiling and congratulating each other.

View of the station, equipment.

The turbine is rotating.

The builders and employees are smiling and applauding.

The turbine is rotating.

View of the station, equipment.

Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, in the frame the dam crest, water flows.

The lock gates are opening, in the frame the river, ships.

The river, the Dnieper rapids, stones.

The stormy river, people are rafting.

The calm surface of the river.

Close up - an agitation poster in Ukrainian.

The turbine is rotating.

View of the station.

A ceremonial rally on December 13, 1947, on the occasion of the restoration of the first stage of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.

In the frame the station, equipment.

The control room, in the frame the console, the instrument panel, instruments, in the hall a group of hydroelectric station employees.

The management is cutting the ribbon.

Employees near the instrument panel, looking at the instruments.

A man is talking on two phones at the same time.

Close-up - wall clock face.

Employee at control panel, starting turbine.

Turbine piston rotates.

Elderly man checking turbine operation.

Turbine piston rotates.

People applaud, smile.

Turbine piston rotates.

Ceremonial meeting, crowd of people with banners, flags, portrait of Stalin.

Report being read to Stalin.

People's faces at meeting.

Portraits of Lenin, Stalin and other political and government figures.

People at meeting listening to report.

People's faces at meeting.

Different plans of meeting.

View of station, equipment.

View of Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, dam, water flows in frame.

Panorama of power transmission towers.

Close-up - hands pulling levers.

Frame shows territory of large industrial plant.

Coal trolleys moving along rails.

Plant territory.

Woman in headscarf standing on one of trolleys.

The frame shows the territory of the plant, huge buildings, structures, wagons passing by.

Steel foundry, steel rolling.

Coal cars in the mine.

Workers in the plant shop.

Power transmission towers.

Hands on the dashboard.

Plant shop, work process.

Female workers stack steel sheets.

Power transmission towers, collective farm fields, haystacks.

Turbine piston rotating.

View of the Dneproges station.

Ceremonial rally, crowd of people with banners, flags, portrait of Stalin.

Rally, portraits of Lenin, Stalin and other political and government figures, speaker speaking from the podium.

Panorama of people at the rally.

View from above of the Dneproges, river, dam.

Panorama of factories, industrial enterprises (shot from above).

View of the Dneproges, Lenin's statue in the frame.