Leningrad during the war (1941)

A loudspeaker on a building.

People's faces.

A crowd in the square, residents of Leningrad listening to the announcement of the start of the war.

Peterhof, statues damaged by bombing.

Fire in the palace.

Peterhof, fire in the destroyed palace.

Soviet soldiers receive weapons.

Columns of volunteers emerge from the factory gates.

A military recruitment office, signing up for the people's militia.

Soldiers say goodbye to their families, a woman weeps.

Residents of Leningrad send soldiers off to the front.

Units march through the city, shot from above.