The issue is dedicated to naval exercises in the Baltic, with the participation of sailors from the USSR, the GDR and the Polish People's Republic, the life and combat training of soldiers of the N-th unit of the airborne troops and the creative work of the song and dance ensemble of the Transcaucasian Military District.




In friendship is strength!
Seascapes, warships of the Baltic Fleet on a campaign.
State flags of the USSR, GDR and PPR and other Warsaw Pact countries on flagpoles.
Sailors of the USSR and socialist countries talk before the start of the exercises, faces of naval officers.
The crew of the flagship cruiser Zheleznyakov in formation on the deck (panorama).
Commander-in-Chief of the combined armed forces of the Warsaw Pact countries Marshal of the Soviet Union I. I. Yakubovsky on the deck of the cruiser.
Faces of sailors standing in formation (panorama).
Yakubovsky speaks to the sailors.
The cruiser officers listen to Yakubovsky.
Meeting of the exercise headquarters.
Meeting of political workers, Rear Admiral Venger, Commodore Dudkovsky, Captain 2nd Rank Dekhterev speak.
Commander of the Baltic Fleet Admiral Mikhailin on the bridge of the flagship.
A cruiser on a combat training mission.
The helmsman turns the steering wheel.
The cruiser crew takes its places at the sound of the combat alarm.
The barrels of the deck turret guns.
Crew members in gas masks and protective suits at their combat posts.
Crews of warships during exercises.
Soldiers of the GDR army at a defensive position on the shore.
Missile boats provide for the landing of amphibious troops.
The work of the navigation group of one of the ships, plotting a course.
Launch of missiles from boats, combat work of the crews.
Aviation carries out an assault on the coastal positions of the simulated enemy, shells explode on the shore.
Observers at the command post.
Landing ships approach the shore.
Armored vehicles with amphibious troops move to the shore.
Aviation supports the landing of the troops.
Armored vehicles reach the shore.
Actions of armored vehicles and troops to capture a bridgehead.
Flags of the Warsaw Pact countries flutter.
Faces of Soviet marines.
Yakubovsky talks to marines after the exercise.
Military personnel from different countries exchange souvenirs.
The cruiser crew stands in formation on the deck.
Yakubovsky and naval officers on the flagship's bridge.
Sea waves.
Boats sail across the sea.
The warships that took part in the exercise are heading home.
Paratroopers.
A transport plane with troops on board takes off.
Transport planes in flight.
Mountain landscape (top).
Planes fly over the mountains.
Troops inside the plane, the paratroopers' faces.
The plane crew in the cockpit, the commander's face.
The paratroopers' faces.
The ramp opens for the jump.
The paratroopers leave the plane, the parachute canopies open.
The parachute canopies in the sky.
Descent by parachute.
Yakubovsky Ivan Ignatievich - military leader
Mikhailin Vladimir Vasilievich - naval figure
1975
At sea, USSR
Summer




Airborne assault and landing of armored vehicles and paratroopers.
Paratroopers take their places in the back of a vehicle.
Advancement of vehicles with troops and armored vehicles to the starting line.
Airborne combat vehicles overcome water obstacles and off-road conditions on the move.
Paratroopers ford a mountain river.
Climbing a steep slope.
Paratroopers climb a steep cliff.
Throwing a rope ladder from a cliff.
Climbing rope ladders.
Fighting with an ambush of a simulated enemy, firing from machine guns.
Armored vehicles attack a simulated enemy.
Faces of paratroopers sitting on armor.
A column of armored vehicles with troops leaves for the airfield after completing a combat training mission.
Artists of the Red Banner Transcaucasian.
Panorama of Tbilisi.
Artists of the song and dance ensemble of the Transcaucasian military district during a lesson in a choreography class at ballet bars, faces of the artists.
Dance group artists of the ensemble during a rehearsal.
The commission in the empty auditorium.
The soloist performs a song about the Motherland from the stage (synchronously).
Members of the district commission, sitting in the hall, discuss the repertoire.
The leadership of the ensemble and Georgian composers discuss the new program for the 30th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The face of composer A. Baskakov.
The musical score of Baskakov's new song.
Faces of the ensemble artists and composers.
Musical instruments on chairs.
Motorized riflemen attack the positions of the imaginary enemy during exercises, firing on the move.
Performance of the ensemble artists in front of soldiers during a break in the exercises.
The dance group of the ensemble performs from the platform of a truck with a program of dances of the peoples of the USSR, faces of soldier spectators.
Spectators sit on the armor of tanks during the performance of the artists (panorama).
Soldiers applaud the artists.
Panorama of a part of the auditorium of the club of one of the military units, applauding soldiers.
Performance of the ensemble choir.
Military parade on the streets of Tbilisi.
Faces of soldiers marching in formation.
The orchestra of the ensemble marches along the streets of Tbilisi.
Faces of musicians and city residents.
Troops march along the streets of Tbilisi.
Monuments in city squares.
Baskakov Anatoly Alekseevich -- composer
1975
USSR, Tbilisi, Georgia
Autumn