Footage Restoration of works of art in Leningrad. (1945-1949)
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Reel 2
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Reel 3
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Reel 4
0:00:28Restoration of works of art in Leningrad (1945-1949)
Reel №1
The obelisk at the grave of A.S. Pushkin in the Pushkin Hills.
A plaque reading "Mines." Soviet soldiers at the obelisk. 1944.
Keywords
poet, Soviet Army, flowers
Shooting locations:
Leningrad Oblast
Chronicle Subjects:
Reel №2
Klodt's horse sculptures are being dug out of their hiding place.
A girl climbs the Admiralty's needle and removes the protective material from a boat.
The protective material is being removed from the sculptures in the Summer Garden and the monument to Peter the Great on the Field of Mars.
A sculpture of Samson is being transported along Nevsky Prospekt.
Keywords
Great Patriotic War, liberation, return, Anichkov Bridge, Peterhof
Shooting locations:
Leningrad Oblast, Saint Petersburg
Chronicle Subjects:
Reel №3
Hermitage Director Academician Orbeli and his colleagues inspect the architectural details of the Winter Palace and the museum's exhibits.
Paintings are being returned to their original locations.
Keywords
restoration, return, sculpture, painting
Persons:
Joseph Orbeli - Soviet orientalist, director of the Hermitage (1934–1951)
Shooting locations:
Saint Petersburg
Chronicle Subjects:
Reel №4
Shrapnel and shell damage to the Atlantean figures.
Destruction of the palace in Tsarskoye Selo.
Broken sculptures.
Museum staff are restoring the works of art.
Keywords
residence of the kings, restoration, return
Shooting locations:
Pushkin, Leningrad Oblast