Chelyuskin Heroes of the Arctic

1 part. Seeing off the icebreaker Chelyuskin in the seaport of Leningrad. Speech by the head of the expedition O. Yu. Schmidt (sinhr.). Chelyuskin is sailing along the Neva. Icebreaker "Chelyuskin" at the pier of the Copenhagen port. Copenhagen views. Reception of O. Yu. Schmidt in the Soviet embassy. Icebreaker at sea. Island "New land". The icebreaker passes by the island. "Chelyuskin" among the ice. Icebreaker "Krasin" is approaching "Chelyuskin". Part 2. Unloading coal from the Chelyuskin's holds. Members of the expedition together with O. Yu. Schmidt on the island "Uedineniya" Breakfast of the members of the Expedition. Arrival at the ship. The rise of the seaplane, controlled by the pilot M. Babushkin, into the air. Members of the expedition for scientific research. Landing of the seaplane, lifting it to the ship. Promotion of "Chelyuskin" among the ice. The members of the expedition on the ice near the ship, drive by dog sleds, have breakfast at a halt. Expedition members among the local population. At Cape S. Dezhnev. Part 3. The members of the expedition descend the rope ladder from the board of the Chelyuskin, do morning exercises, conduct scientific research. Radio operator E. Krenkel in the ship's radio room at the apparatus, gives a radiogram to O. Yu. Schmidt. The expedition members break the ice near the ship's hull. The Chelyuskin is advancing through the ice towards the Berengov Strait. Explosion of ice hummocks. Ice damage to the ship's hull. Unloading the ship. The expedition members are building a camp. Part 4. Cooking dinner. Preparing aircraft for flight to rescue the Chelyuskinites. The Kamanin flight is loaded onto the Smolensk icebreaker. The commander of the plane "In Memory of the Lena Shooting" pilot IA Doronin at the plane. Pilots MV Vodopyanov, Galyshev check the aircraft. Camp of the Chelyuskinites. The members of the expedition are leveling the landing area for the aircraft. Icebreakers go to the aid of "Chelyuskin". The members of the expedition are conducting scientific research. The plane is landing. Pilot A. V. Lyapidevsky among the Chelyuskinites. Boarding women and children on the plane. Airplane in the air. Part 5. Icebreakers "Stalingrad" and "Krasin" are advancing in the ice. The Chelyuskintsy are restoring the aircraft landing site. The landing of the pilot M. Slepnev Meeting O. Schmidt with the representative of the government commission Ushakov. Arrival of V. Molokov and N. Kamanin's aircraft. Repair of M. Slepnev's aircraft. Kamanin's and Molokov's planes fly to the mainland. Regular aircraft flights. Delivery to the mainland of the patient O. Yu. Schmidt. Part 6. Boarding the plane of the last Chelyuskinites. Arrival of the members of the expedition on the Smolensk icebreaker to Petropavlovsk-on-Kamchatka, and then to the port of Vladivostok. Meeting in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, in Chita. Hero pilots are riding in a train carriage. Greetings from the expedition members and pilots as the train moves towards Moscow. Meeting at the Belorussky railway station. Part 7. Meeting of the heroes-pilots with their relatives at the station. The people welcomed the Chelyuskinites and the hero pilots. Travel of cars with Chelyuskinites in Moscow. Leaflets are flying from the windows. Chelyuskintsy on Red Square, on the podium of the Mausoleum. Party and state leaders greet the heroes. Among them: I. V. Stalin, V. V. Kuibyshev, K. E. Voroshilov, M. I. Kalinin and others. Molokov (sync.), V. I. Voronin (sync.). Convoys of athletes are passing by.

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