Soviet Army №25-1974 (1974)

Crossing.

Tank officers, sitting on the turret of a tank, clarify the training and combat mission.

The face of one of the officers.

A column of armored vehicles moves along a forest edge through snowdrifts.

The commander of one of the tanks conducts observation through a triplex.

A multi-purpose armored tractor (MTLB) overcomes gullies on the road.

A flying helicopter.

Panorama of the area where the exercises are being held, a bridge over a frozen river (from above).

A column of armored vehicles stops.

The officers clarify the route on the map.

A motorcade of the pontoon and bridge park on the march.

Tactical airborne assault personnel equipped with skis boarding helicopters.

The propeller is turning.

The helicopters with the assault force on board proceed to the landing point.

Helicopters landing.

The assault force personnel, dressed in white camouflage suits, disembark from the helicopters, firing machine guns as they go.

Officers at a command and observation post set up at the edge of a forest.

Soldiers take up firing positions and fire at a simulated enemy.

Deployment of a pontoon bridge park for crossing armored vehicles on thin ice.

Sappers construct a pontoon bridge.

Aircraft of the simulated enemy fly by.

Simulated bombing attack on the crossing area.

An anti-aircraft crew prepares to open fire.

View of the crossing site.

A sapper's face.

Sappers connect the components of the pontoon bridge.

Sappers' faces.

Anti-aircraft crews cover the sappers from air strikes by the simulated enemy.

Sappers connect the pontoon bridge structures.

Ice explodes on both sides of the pontoon bridge.

An officer signals the movement of a column of armored vehicles with a red flag.

Tanks and other armored vehicles move along the pontoon bridge built by the sappers.

The face of a truck driver.

An airplane flies by.

Armored vehicles finish crossing the river.

An officer on the armor of a tractor.

Tanks cross under cover of a smoke screen.

The commander of the exercises at the command and observation post.

View of the pontoon bridge crossing.

A tractor with a field kitchen drives out to the opposite bank.

Tankers drink tea from a thermos during a rest stop.

Soldiers and officers by the fire during a rest stop.

A holiday on Belarusian soil.

Views of Minsk streets in festive attire to mark the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders, public transport and passers-by on the streets of the city.

The text of the Decree on awarding Minsk the title of "Hero City", published in the newspaper.

Newsreel from 1944: artillery shells exploding.

Soviet artillery fires at the enemy during Operation Bagration in June 1944. Il-2 attack aircraft in flight.

A salvo of BM-13 Guards mortars.

Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front, General of the Army K.K. Rokossovsky at the command post.

Commander of the 2nd Belorussian Front, Colonel General G.F. Zakharov with front headquarters officers during the development of an offensive operation.

Commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front, Colonel General I.D. Chernyakhovsky discusses the details of the operation with front headquarters members.

Commander of the 1st Baltic Front, General of the Army I.Kh.

Bagramyan at the telegraph machine in the front headquarters.

Chief of the General Staff Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky walks with generals and officers along a village street during an inspection tour before the start of the offensive.

Bombers in flight.

The face of the navigator of one of the crews.

Bombs dropped on enemy positions, bombs exploding at the front line and in the enemy rear.

Soviet artillery conducts artillery preparation.

Tank and rifle units begin to move forward.

Infantry attacks the enemy with the support of tanks.

Tanks and infantry ford a water obstacle.

Partisans mine railway tracks and bridges.

Destruction of telephone and telegraph lines in the enemy rear.

Blowing up a rail.

Crash of an enemy echelon.

A partisan fires a submachine gun from an ambush.

Burning tanks and carriages.

A Red Army unit breaks into one of the settlements.

Residents of a liberated village welcome the liberators.

Planting a red flag over the village council.

Soviet tank on the street of Minsk on July 3, 1944. Destruction of symbols of Nazi Germany, emblems and banners with a swastika.

Residents of Minsk welcome the liberating soldiers.

Soviet officers on the platform of a ceremonial rally.

Residents of Minsk welcome the Red Army.

Hoisting the red flag on one of the city buildings.

Panorama of one of the Minsk districts destroyed by the German occupiers (above).

Fires in Minsk.

View of part of the burning Minsk ghetto.

The face of a woman telling about the atrocities of the fascists.

Panorama of part of the destroyed and burnt district.

An elderly man holds a handful of charred grain in his palm.

Faces of partisans standing in formation.

Panorama of the parade formation of partisans at the Minsk hippodrome.

View of the stands of the ceremonial meeting.

Parade of partisan detachments in Minsk.

Units of the Red Army march along the streets of Minsk.

Wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to the heroes who died for the liberation of Belarus.

Veterans carry a funeral wreath.

Laying a wreath at the foot of the monument.

The Eternal Flame burns, flowers at the Eternal Flame.

Views of the memorial in Khatyn, flowers at the monument.

Views of the rally at the mass graves, veterans' faces.

Veterans kneel during a minute of silence.

Flowers at the foot of the monument.

The Eternal Flame is burning.

View of the monument on the Mound of Glory, people climb to the top of the mound.

View of the rally (from above).

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus P.M. Masherov gives a speech.

Veterans' faces.

Rally participants give speeches.

Memorial plaque on the Mound of Glory.

Panorama of the rally.

Veterans march through the streets of Minsk, Minsk residents greet veterans walking along the streets, throw bouquets of flowers at their feet.

Veterans walk by with bouquets of flowers.

People applaud veterans from the sidewalks, veterans respond to the greetings.

View of Victory Square with the monument (from above).

Bas-relief of a sword and a sculptural group on the base of the monument.

This is how the service begins.

Passenger liner at the berth.

Panorama of a part of the cargo port, ships at the berth being loaded.

Foreign ships being loaded in the port.

Seagulls over the waves.

A patrol boat passes by, a troop of soldiers giving signals.

Navy sailors march in formation.

Views of the territory of the sports town and the parade ground of the training naval unit of the marine border forces, sailors engaged in physical and drill training.

Performing exercises on various sports equipment, faces of young sailors.

Shore-based swimming lesson.

Swimming competitions in the pool equipped at the pier.

Launching a rowing yawl.

Sailors take their places on the benches of the yawl.

Sailors during rowing training, an officer at the stern gives commands.

Faces of sailors working the oars.

The face of a midshipman.

An officer conducts a lesson on the material part of anti-aircraft deck artillery, faces of an officer-instructor and sailors.

An officer explains the rules for aiming a gun, practicing aiming a gun in practice.

The face of a midshipman instructor.

A lesson on the material part of the armament of a patrol boat.

The faces of sailors.

Practicing loading a gun on a simulator.

A lesson on the theory and practice of loading a multi-barrel gun.

A political officer conducts political information in the fresh air.

A lesson on navigation.

Sailors perform the task of plotting a course on a map.

A lesson on navigation and training helmsmen.

The stern flag of a boat.

Sailors march in formation.