The film tells about the trials that befell the people of Latvia during the Great Patriotic War, the subsequent restoration of Latvia and the achievements in peacetime.
The city of Riga. Streets. Fortress. The tower of the Riga Cathedral. Museum. The entry of German troops into Riga. Houses are burning. Partisans. Red Army soldiers liberate Riga. The restoration of Riga. Peasants plough the land. Tractor repair. A herd of cows in a pasture. Rural landscape. A house in the greenery. Children swing on a swing. Young people dance in a circle. Rye sways in the field. Harvesting. Girls tie sheaves. Threshing the grain. Delivery of grain to the state. Moscow. A meeting of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Present: I. V. Stalin, members of the government. Latvian deputy Kalnberzin speaks. Among the deputies is M. Zimins. Restoration of factories destroyed during the war. Delivery of building materials, machinery, and equipment from Leningrad, Khibinogorsk, and Central Asia. Latvian textile workers visiting weavers in Orekhovo-Zuyevo. Weaver M. Volkova at work. Libau Metallurgical Plant "Krasny Metallurg". Metal is pouring. Working: Yalovich, J. Strup. Liepaja Port. VEF Plant. Electric Motor Plant "Provodnik". Workers at work. Riga seaside. Vacationers. Yachts on the seaside. Fishing vessels at sea. Supreme Council of the Latvian SSR. State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Riga. University. Students at lectures. Palace of Pioneers in Riga.
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The red flag flutters over the center of Riga.
The Seimas building in Old Riga.
The building of the Council of Ministers of the LSSR. View of Kaļķu Street, the beginning of the old town.
A Pobeda passenger car is driving along Raina Street.
Lenin Street, a traffic controller is standing at the intersection.
Traffic along Kirov Street.
City residents are walking in the Kommunarov Park.
The Academy of Arts is visible in the background.
View of St.
Jacob's Church.
View of the old town through the Swedish gates.
The Lenin Museum in Riga.
Painting by artist V. Koryakin about the meeting of V. Lenin with the Social Democrats in Riga.
Party meeting in Riga.
Editions of the works of Lenin and Stalin in Latvian.
The building of the Academy of Sciences of the LSSR. Meeting of the Academy of Sciences.
President of the Academy, Professor Pauls Leiņš.
Academician Janis Peive.
Academician Arvids Kalniņš and writer Andrejs Upits.
Jānis Peive reports on the development of livestock farming in the republic.
Presentation of school-leaving certificates to school graduates of the LSSR. Presentation of medals for excellent completion of studies.
The building of the State University of Latvia.
Students going to classes.
Classes in the university laboratory.
A student talking to a teacher.
The foyer of the university.
The art gallery in the Art Museum.
Visitors looking at the paintings.
Paintings by artist Jānis Rozentāls.
A monument on the grave of Jānis Rainis.
Sculpture workshop of the Academy of Arts.
Sculpture of Jānis Rainis.
The sculpture is assessed by professor Teodors Zalkalns.
Rector of the Academy of Arts, professor Uga Skulme, talks to students of the academy.
A student of the State Conservatory presents his work to the conservatory teachers.
A bridge over a canal in the city centre.
City residents walking in the parks of Riga.
A fountain in Vermanes Park.
Panorama of the park.
Launch of the first electrified railway in Latvia in Riga.
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the LSSR R. Kirkhinshtein opens the traffic.
The first electric train passes Jurmala.
Children run to swim in the sea.
Jurmala beach with vacationers.
Sea waves.
The building of the Kemeri sanatorium.
Vacationers on the territory of the sanatorium.
A yacht goes out to sea.
Yachts on the Daugava, in the city center.
Yachts maneuver against the backdrop of the old city.
Old town, Museums, Parks, Conservatory, Academy of Sciences, University, Railway, Sanatorium, Beach, Sea, Yacht
Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Paul Leinsh
Riga Jurmala
The building of the Supreme Council of the LSSR. The building of the Council of Ministers of the LSSR. Krmmunarov Park. Academy of Arts. The building of the Academy of Sciences of the LSSR. The building of the State University of Latvia. Art Museum. Vermanes Park. The building of the Kemeri sanatorium.




Yachts on the river.
Storm at sea.
Nets drying on the shore.
A fisherman's family mending nets.
The storm abates, and the fisherman prepares to go to sea.
Fishing boats go out to sea.
Motorboats of fishing cooperatives go out to sea.
Cod catch.
Boats with fish returning to the shore.
Women waiting for fishermen on the shore.
Port waters.
Unloading cargo in the port.
Crane operator in the port.
Sailors marching past the Latvian Art Theatre.
Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Blossoming chestnut tree near the theatre.
Flower shop.
Girls in national costumes walking in the park.
Park around the city canal.
Vacationers in a boat ride on the canal.
Viestura Park.
A 225-year-old tree planted by Peter I. The building of the lyceum founded by Peter I. A girl with her mother going to school.
School on Krišjāņa Valdemāra Street.
Schoolchildren going to classes.
University students.
Sea, Fishermen, Catch, Port, Park, Channel, Schoolchildren, Students
Peter I
Riga
Latvian Art Theatre. Opera and Ballet Theatre. Viestura Park.
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