"the obelisk is the hero-city of Leningrad" newsreels and historical clips

... of Guards mortars fires at the enemy during the operation to lift the siege of Leningrad.

Tanks with troops on the armor are going on the attack.

Soviet infantry rises from the trenches.

Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad".

Newsreel of 1965: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Central Committee ...

... Committee of the CPSU Brezhnev L. I. on May 8, 1965, makes a speech from the rostrum about the merits of Leningrad and its inhabitants in the Great Patriotic War, about the contribution of Leningraders to the victory over the enemy (synchronously and behind the scenes), the faces of the participants ...

... banner of Leningrad.

Newsreel of 1941: soldiers of the divisions of the People's militia of Leningrad receive weapons.

Farewell of the Red Army soldiers to their relatives.

The Red Army soldiers are in the ranks with rifles on their shoulders.

The regiments of the People's militia of Leningrad are sent ...

... aviation.

View of one of the city blocks during the bombing.

A burning building.

Removal of the wounded from the shelling zone.

Extinguishing fires.

View of the central part of the city during an air raid.

Air battles in the sky of Leningrad.

Planes at the building of the Leningrad airport.

Passengers descend ...

... passenger plane is taxiing to the runway, Kharitonov's story about participating in air battles in the Leningrad sky sounds behind the scenes.

Types of new and historical quarters and streets of Leningrad.

The windows of one of the residential buildings.

Veteran of the Kirov plant F. T. Dyachenko comes out ...

... song "Holy War".

The face of the teacher D. Benimova, who survived the siege of Leningrad.

Children's photo of Benimova.

Photos of Leningrad schoolchildren during the blockade.

Photos of the destroyed buildings of Leningrad as a result of air raids and shelling.

Photos of wounded children, behind the scenes ...

Views of Nevsky Prospekt (from above).

Newsreel of 1941-1942: the streets of Leningrad in the first blockade winter of 1941-1942.

Photos of besieged Leningrad.

Photos of a pedestal covered with theater posters.

Photo of a reader in a sheepskin coat in the library hall.

Photos of the composer Shostakovich ...

... Hermitage.

Newsreel of 1942: a sentry passes under the bridge.

Monument to Peter I in Leningrad.

View of the Kazan Cathedral.

People are walking along Nevsky Prospekt.

Buses on the streets of the city.

Views of Leningrad streets, behind the scenes there is a recording of the writer V. Vishnevsky's address ...

... of Moscow.

Newsreel of 1942: people and military equipment on the streets of Leningrad.

People collect water from an ice hole in the Neva River, newsreels alternate with modern shots.

People on the streets of besieged Leningrad.

Monument at the Piskarevsky Memorial Cemetery.

Laying wreaths at the monument's ...

... memorial at the Piskarevskoye cemetery.

Newsreel of 1942: "the road of life" on the ice of Lake Ladoga.

Trucks are carrying food to the besieged Leningrad.

The calculation of the anti-aircraft gun is firing at German planes.

Trucks with food are passing by.

The movement of the convoy at night, there ...

... soldiers of the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts after the blockade was broken in January 1943.

Memorial "Torn Ring" in memory of the breakthrough of the siege of Leningrad.

Newsreel of 1943: Soviet infantry attacks the enemy.

The fighting of the Soviet troops on the Leningrad front.

The sculptural group ...

... monument dedicated to the heroism of Leningrad during the siege alternates with newsreels.

The meeting of the Soviet victorious soldiers in Leningrad in May 1945.

The troops are walking through the streets of the city, Leningrad residents throw flowers to them.

Leningrad residents welcome the victorious ...

... the feat of the workers of Leningrad (synchronously).

The production process in the foundry.

Faces of veterans-heroes of labor.

Leningrad workers in the workshops at the machine tools.

Launching the vessel into the water.

Production processes in the workshops of Leningrad enterprises.

Panorama of the ...

... the workshops of the Kirov plant (from above).

The 100000th tractor "Kirovets" comes off the assembly line.

The face of a builder, a panorama of a new city block.

View of the Smolny building (from above).

... opening of the obelisk to the defenders of Leningrad on the Oranienbaum descent.

The honor guard company is in formation.

There are Suvorov residents with bouquets of flowers.

The faces of the rally participants.

Types of meetings.

Removing the veil from the obelisk.

The inscription on the obelisk.

An honor ...

... the obelisk.

The first secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the CPSU Popov G. I., the master of the Kirov plant Samryakov, Major General Zayonchkovsky speak from the podium, the rally participants applaud the speakers.

Suvorov residents and pioneers lay flowers at the foot of the obelisk.

View ...

... View of the obelisk (from top to bottom).

The removal of banners to the monument at the Piskarevsky Memorial Cemetery on May 9, 1961.

View of the monument.

The Eternal Flame is burning.

Heroes of Socialist Labor with the banner of Leningrad stand in the guard of honor at the foot of the monument.

Panorama ...

... Panorama of the rally.

Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the CPSU Lavrikov makes a speech.

Faces of veterans.

Veterans hold funeral wreaths.

Lavrikov lays a wreath at the foot of the monument.

Laying wreaths at the monument by participants of the rally and the military.

The faces of the rally ...

... going to Leningrad.

View of the bow of the ship.

View of the side of the ship after arriving in Leningrad.

Meeting of the Polish and Canadian delegations in the port.

The bus with the delegates leaves the port territory.

The ship "Mikhail Kalinin" during the flight from London to Leningrad.

British, ...

... guests descend the ladder from the ship in the Leningrad port.

Gallagher goes down the ramp, gets into the car.

The car goes along the pier to the exit to the city.

Arrival of the train at the Moscow railway station.

The first secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU and his accompanying ...

... of the Chinese delegation, talking to the workers.

A factory worker talks with Chinese delegates.

View of the Neva embankment.

The corridor of the Leningrad University.

Professor A.V. Ivanov is working in his office.

Covers with the titles of Ivanov's scientific works on the study of invertebrates.

Samples ...

... at the stadium.

View of the stadium.

Fragments of a football match, fans in the stands.

The player of "Torpedo" Gusarov scores a goal against the Leningrad team, the upset faces of the fans.

1. Obelisk to the hero city square Uprising.

The opening of the monument., 2. BKZ "October".

Solemn meeting dedicated to Victory Day., 3. Kirovskiy Zavod, jubilee tractor., 4. Smolny, rewarding war veterans., 5. Piskarevsky., 6. The Victory Monument., 7. The opening of the diorama., 8. Youth rally ...

... Europe-Asia obelisk near Pervouralsk.

Tourists with skis at the Europe-Asia obelisk.

The border between Europe and Asia in different historical periods (animation).

Magnitogorsk.

Streets of the city.

Landscapes.

The border post between Europe and Asia at Zlatoust.

The inscriptions on the obelisk (there were ...

... near Nizhny Tagil.

Tourists have a snack at the obelisk.

Pioneers run to the obelisk b, installed in the area with.

Kushma.

Opening of the obelisk (old photo ).

The pit on the site of the city of Grace.

Panorama of the mountains.

The northernmost obelisk beyond the Arctic Circle.

... Assistance between the USSR and Czechoslovakia.

6. Awards cosmonauts VV Gorbatko and YN Glazkov.

7. Opening of the obelisk on Kutuzov Avenue in honor of Moscow assigning the title of "Hero City".

1.

Obelisk in honor of the soldiers-liberators of Sevastopol.

WWII veterans lay wreaths and flowers at the obelisk.

Veterans in front of the obelisk.

Sapun mountain.

ransei on Sapun mountain.

Concrete pillboxes.

Assault on Sapun mountain (diarama).

2.

Chemical laboratory.

The laboratory assistant mixes ...

... of action of catalysts(animation).

A piece of platinum in hydrogen peroxide-there is a reaction.

Shop of a chemical plant.

3.

Postal station in the city of Vyra.

Post station of the 19th century. (drawing).

Fire in the oven.

Interior of the post station room (stationmaster's Museum).

Horse harness on ...

... collegiate Secretary A. Pushkin.

Portrait of Dunya-the heroine of the story "The stationmaster".

Portrait of a passing hussar.

Portrait of Samson Vyrin-the hero of the story "The stationmaster".

4.

River.

River in the lab.

Fish in the laboratory river.

... Muzahanov now Heroes of the Soviet Union, Ivan Zaikin, a native of Tatarstan, who died in the 42 th year.

The participants of the Minsk underground: Alexander K. Yalinus, Ivan K. Kabushkin - Hero of the Soviet Union.

The obelisk to the fallen heroes.

Past the monument to "fallen heroes" are veterans ...

The maneuvers in Germany, military equipment.

Amberg: funerals.

Cemetery.

Obelisk.

Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at the obelisk.

The trial of former Nazi criminal in Cologne.

The streets of the city.

... falls from the obelisk in honor of Soviet soldiers killed during the liberation of Riga.

The inscription on the obelisk in the Latvian language.

People tend banners over the obelisk.

The laying of wreaths at the memorial.

People at the memorial meeting.

People with banners held by the obelisk.

Soldiers stand ...

... stand guard of honor at the obelisk.

The officer saluted.

People's faces.

Types of collapsed buildings in the cities of Latvia.

View of the ruined quarter of Riga.

Destroyed in the fighting building.

Type of Yelgava (top).

Destroyed buildings in Jelgava.

Destroyed by the Protestant church.

View of the ...

... the damaged building of the temple and the ruined cemetery.

The ruins of buildings.

Panorama destroyed Jelgava.

General view of the city block (the top).

Women pulling their wagon to the property.

An elderly woman pushes a cart.

Refugees return to Jelgava.

People go on the road, bear things.

Drives a ...

... the street on a platform.

Smolny building.

Meeting of war veterans and journalists from hero cities.

Photos of hero cities.

Veterans in the room and the study of V.I. Lenin.

The first secretary of the Leningrad City Party Committee B.Aristov welcomed the veterans.

Piskarevskoye cemetery.

Laying wreaths ...

... grave.

Pulkovo Heights.

Hero of the Soviet Union, defender of Sevastopol G.K.Glavatsky (synchronously).

I.F.Afanasyev, defender of Stalingrad (synchronously).

Hero of the Soviet Union, former commander of the partisan unit R.N.Machulsky (synchronously).

A plane taking off.

Hero of the Soviet Union V.A ...

... Matsievich in the pioneer squad named after him.

Hero of the Soviet Union A.Sevastyanov.

Chronicle of 1943Battle in the sky.

A.Matsievich plays the piano, the pioneers sing "In the dugout" (synchronously).

Installation of a monument to the defenders of Leningrad on Victory Square.