The ceremonial meeting at the State Opera and Ballet Kirov dedicated the 5th anniversary of the liberation of
Leningrad from the Nazi blockade.
Speaker JF Kapustin (synchronously).
The presidium - PS Popkov Marshal Govorov.
Newsreel.
The city of Leningrad during the siege; destruction column trolleybuses, snow-covered, residents take water from the hole in the river Neva.
Workers work in a dilapidated shop; packing in a box of shells.
Zhdanov's speech in the Kremlin at the session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Artillery fire.
Friendly infantry, tanks.
Passage of German prisoners.
Key words
The Great Patriotic War.
The highest authorities.
Armed forces.
Ground troops.
Defense industry.