A film about an expedition organized by the Geographical Society of the USSR with the aim of searching the bottom of Lake Ladoga for aircraft debris, weapons, and various items from the Great Patriotic War








Chronicle of 1941-1943 - military planes are flying in the sky, a German pilot is in the cockpit at the controls, bombs are falling, explosions are visible on the ground, German tanks are driving along the road, German infantry is walking, artillery guns are firing, explosions are heard, tanks are attacking, infantry is running, various shots of the battle, a soldier throws a grenade from cover, a plane is flying, a panorama of the battlefield, explosions are visible, the Germans are moving their guns, a huge cannon is in the frame, the barrel is raised up, a shot is heard.
Chronicle of 1941-1943 - Leningrad streets, explosions, a building wall collapses, a German gives a command, an artillery gun fires, children and women run to a bomb shelter, buildings collapse, military equipment on the city streets, firefighters put out fires after bombings, residents clear rubble, etc.
Chronicle of 1941-1943 - planes in the air, a military map appears (it shows how the blockade ring closed).
Chronicle of 1941-1943 - Ladoga, waves, a group of children with women walking, a pier, ships, evacuation, women and children boarding, sailors helping small children board, in the frame kids with things, sailors on a ship, looking through binoculars, firing guns, in the frame - a barge with people evacuated from Leningrad.
Chronicle of 1941-1943 - German military planes in the sky, Soviet sailors firing guns at fascist planes, a barge with people in the sea.
Ladoga, present day, water washes the stones near the shore.
An obelisk dedicated to the heroes of Ladoga, a panorama of a plaque on the ground installed in memory of the fallen.
Waves wash the stones near the shore of Ladoga.
Neva, a barge is floating along the river, on which are members of the Geographical Society of the USSR, scuba divers, etc.
A boat is floating along Ladoga.
Boats are tied at the back, with people sitting in them.
Scuba divers dive into the water.
Underwater filming - scuba divers with special equipment explore the bottom of the lake, film with a camera, etc.
In the hands of scuba divers are various old objects found on the bottom.
Close-up - on the bottom are the remains of a gun, wheels.
A scuba diver with a camera for underwater filming at depth.
Various shots of scuba divers on the lake bottom.
Scuba divers find an ammunition box, a piece of plane skin, etc.
Chronicle of 1941-1943 - enemy planes in the air, Soviet sailors look through binoculars, aim, shoot at planes, etc., bombs are dropped from planes, footage of a battle, explosions, anti-aircraft guns shooting at planes, etc.
Ladoga, present day - panorama of the waves.
Underwater filming on the lake bottom - various things are found (oxygen cylinder, twin machine gun).
Scuba diver surfaces, holds plane skin found on the bottom.
Scuba divers bring ashore various parts, fragments of military equipment, weapons, skin, etc.
Expedition members on the shore, holding a part of the body of a combat aircraft.
Large - the number on the body "114.0.1".
The expedition members put all the found parts and fragments into wooden boxes.
Large - a hand writing with a pencil on a piece of paper.
The expedition members are near the box, closing the lid.
Large - the address on the box "Moscow.
Central Museum of the Soviet Army".
Large - a pile of letters and envelopes on the table.
Large - a fragment of a letter.
Winter, forest, trees in the snow.
Panorama of frozen Lake Ladoga.
The expedition members on the shore, by the fire.
A scuba diver in special gear is preparing to dive, the expedition members are helping him put on the scuba gear, checking the gear, etc.
A scuba diver in an ice hole, diving to the bottom.
Underwater footage - a scuba diver explores the bottom of the lake.
Chronicle of 1941-1943 - a Soviet soldier in a white camouflage suit looks at the sky, German planes are flying, bombs are being dropped, the shore of Lake Ladoga, artillery and anti-aircraft guns are firing, trucks are driving along the road, explosions are heard, in the frame - a column of trucks on the ice of Lake Ladoga with cargo.
Chronicle of 1941-1943 - Leningrad under siege, winter, propaganda posters on the wall of a house, people on the streets of the city, in the frame a destroyed bus, passers-by with sleds, trams stopped on the street, etc.
Chronicle of 1941-1943 - the "road of life" on Lake Ladoga, a column of trucks is driving on ice and snow, explosions are heard, in the frame a fuel tanker, a traffic controller with a flag on the road, people in the back of a truck, a downed plane falls.
A scuba diver at the bottom of the lake.
Close up - a metal buckle in hands with the inscription in German "Gott mit uns".
A scuba diver finds various weapons, a machine gun, etc. on the bottom.
A human skeleton in a German uniform on the bottom of Lake Ladoga.
Scuba divers explore the bottom of the lake, looking for objects in the silt.
A scuba diver lifts a fragment of the hull from the bottom, finds various objects from sunken ships, trucks, etc.
A group of scuba divers explores the bottom.
A scuba diver rises to the surface, puts the found fragments on the ice.
Members of the expedition in the city, climb the stairs, hold in their hands objects from the Second World War found on the bottom of Lake Ladoga - weapons, ammunition, various things, etc.
Museum employees at their desk - examining the finds.
Panorama of the objects found on the bottom of Lake Ladoga.
Chronicle of 1941-1943 - a soldier shoots a flare gun, guns and Katyushas shoot, tanks drive by, infantry runs to attack, planes shoot in the air, tanks in the village, shots are heard, there is a battle, the blockade is broken, soldiers hug, congratulate each other, a red flag is hung out of the window, an article in the newspaper "The blockade of Leningrad has been broken!".
A memorial, part of the "Green Belt of Glory", located on the western shore of Lake Ladoga.
Waves roll onto the stone shore.
Seagulls, birds on the water.
View of Lake Ladoga, picturesque landscape, nature, birds, etc.
Siege of Leningrad, WWII, war, Ladoga, evacuation, scuba divers, underwater filming, road of life
1941-1943
Leningrad Leningrad region
Summer Winter