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20th Anniversary of the Great Feat

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Abstract
Veterans of the Great Patriotic War talk with passers-by on the streets of Moscow, Leningrad and other cities; talk to each other at a meeting in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses; World War II veterans, members of the Italian, Bulgarian, French delegations talk with their comrades in arms from the Soviet Union. The ceremonial meeting in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Victory: First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev delivers a speech (synchronously); pins the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal on the banner of the hero-city of Moscow; A. I. Mikoyan awards war veterans with a medal in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Victory. Hero of the Soviet Union A.P. Meresiev talks with residents of one of the villages, who, during the war, found him wounded in the forest and helped to get to the village. War veterans, former partisans and citizens of Czechoslovakia, who fought together with Soviet partisans in the forests near Simferopol, inspect the battlefield. War veterans, Soviet tank crews who fought in Czechoslovakia are walking along the streets of Prague. Soldiers of the GDR and the Soviet Army - at the monument to Soviet soldiers in Berlin. Soviet and Polish border guards talk at the outpost of the Soviet-Polish border. Catacombs of the Brest Fortress, the inscriptions of the defenders on the wall of the fortress. Monument to the Young Guards in Krasnodon; mothers of the dead O. Koshevoy, S. Tyulenev, V. Zemnukhova, parents of other Young Guard - at a rally at the Eternal Flame. Rallies, laying flowers at the monuments to the fallen heroes - in various cities and regions of the country. Military parade on Red Square, dedicated to the celebration of Victory Day: USSR Defense Minister Marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky takes the parade; view of the guest bleachers. Cosmonauts of the USSR A. Nikolaev, V. Bykovsky watching the parade from the rostrum. Fragments of festive military parades in Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Warsaw, Belgrade. Rocket troops are moving across Red Square. Military newsreels: troops on the streets of different cities.
Director
E. Vermisheva, I. Setkina
Color
Color
Film ID
19934
Keywords
military communications
, the second world war
, international connections
, state holidays
, higher state bodies
, strategic missile forces
, ground troops
, awards
, eastgermany
, border troops
Meterage
1417
Number of Parts
5
Operators
M. Oshurkov
Release Date
1965
Sound