Leningrad Is 250 Years Old

A film chronicle about the celebrations dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Leningrad. The city of Leningrad. June 22-23, 1957. Meeting A. Andreev and M. Georgadze on the platform of the Moscow railway station. Among the greeters: V.I.Spiridonov, N.I.Smirnov. Anniversary session of the Leningrad City Council at the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theater. Speakers: MP Georgadze (synchronously), A. Andreev, F. R. Kozlov (synchronously) and others. A. Andreev presents the Order of Lenin, which awarded the city of Leningrad, F. R. Kozlov, M. V. Spiridonov, N. I. Smirnov. Present: MP Georgadze, SA Kovpak and others. Meeting at the Kirov Machine-Building Plant. Speakers: K.S. Chernyavsky, L.A. Kulichenko, N.G. Kartashev (synchronously), Fyn Tszi-ping (China). Types of Leningrad. Streets, buildings decorated with slogans, portraits of members of the government of the USSR, including: Palace Square, Nevsky Prospect, Winter Palace, State Public Library, House of Books, Smolny. Monument to V.I.Lenin at the Finland Station. Monument to S. M. Kirov. Monument to A.S. Pushkin. Pedestrians on the streets of the city. Celebration at the Kirov stadium. Demonstration. Theatrical performance "Petersburg-Petrograd-Leningrad". Festivities. Ships of the Baltic Fleet in the roads. Residents of the city on the embankments. Illuminations.

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1957