Ballad of the Campus Martius. (1965)

Documentary №49990, 1 part, duration: 0:10:05

Production: Lennauchfilm (LNF)

Director:L. Anci-Polovskij

Screenwriters:N.Gippius

Camera operators:Yu. Atamonov, N. Sergeev

Other authors:Scenarij - N. Gippius. Muzika - V. Sokolov. Zvuk - M. Volchkova.

Annotation:

The history of the field of Mars in St. Petersburg as the main parade, then the place of burial of the victims of 1917.

Reel №1

Leningrad.

Different types of the Champ de Mars; monument to Alexander Suvorov; graves of those who fell in battle during the February and October revolutions of 1917; Eternal Flame.

Prints, paintings of parades, troop exercises in the Campus Martius during the reign of Emperor Paul I, Alexander I, Nicholas I.

Photographs depicting folk festivals in the Campus Martius: rides, trade stalls.

Photos: Petrograd during the February Revolution of 1917; mass demonstration on Nevsky Prospekt; banners reading: "Down with the war!" "Down with the tsarist monarchy," "Long live the Democratic Republic".

Photographs: funeral procession on Nevsky Prospekt, the Champ de Mars; funeral ceremony heroes of the February Revolution of 1917.

Photo: Celebration May 1, 1917 in the Campus Martius; present demonstrators with placards and banners; Lenin speech.

Reproductions of paintings by artists Tsyplakova VG, VS Bibikova, Lyovushkin depicting Lenin, the cruiser "Aurora", the storming of the Winter Palace.

Photo.

Anti-aircraft guns on the Champ de Mars in days of the Great Patriotic War.

Pioneers, cadets, war veterans lay wreaths and flowers at the graves of the Campus Martius.

Key words

City. revolutionary movement.
Armed forces.
Trade.
Rest.
Public holidays.
Painting.
The Great Patriotic War.
Children's Organization.