Contemporary Number 23

The release of the newsreel tells about the flight mechanic G. Pobezhimov, one of the crew members of the N-209 aircraft under the command of the Hero of the Soviet Union S.A. Levanevsky, who in 1937 was making a non-stop flight on the route Moscow-North Pole-North. America disappeared without a trace. Newsreel footage: Moscow, 1937. Crew members of the N-209 aircraft before taking off at the Central Aerodrome in Moscow, seeing off the crew, the N-209 aircraft in the sky. Landscapes of the Arctic: ice, polar bears. Yakutia, 1986. Members of the expedition, organized by the newspaper "Soviet Russia" in Yakutia, to the place of the alleged crash of S.A. Levanevsky's plane, fly in a helicopter, land in the Yakut village, talk with the inhabitants of the village, sail on a boat on the lake, conduct an examination lake for the discovery of the remains of an aircraft in it. Landscapes of Yakutia: taiga, Lake Sebyan-Kyuel, a herd of deer. General view of the village of Usmanka, Kuibyshev region. Children play in the meadow, villagers work on their personal plot. General view of the building of a rural school in the village. Lesson in one of the primary classes of the school. Schoolchildren are playing football in the yard, a girl is jumping rope. The villagers are sitting on a bench. Brother of G.T.Pobezhimov - S.G.Pobezhimov, childhood friend of G.T.Pobezhimov P.G. Glotov share their memories (sinhr. And for the frame.). The tug is sailing along the Volga.

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O. Teplenko, I. Nifonova, A. Vinogradov, B. Svoisky