Leningrad Newsreel Number 13

Construction of the Narva hydroelectric power station in the Leningrad region. Excavation of soil with an excavator, concreting of the connecting channel. Fitters and welders are working. Production of household electricity meters in the assembly shop of the Leningrad Electromechanical Plant. Opening in the Ethnographic Museum of Leningrad an exhibition dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia. Visitors visiting the exhibits of the exhibition. Rehearsal of PI Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker" by the artists of the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after SM Kirov before a tour in Paris. Seeing off ballet dancers on the platform of the station. Says (synchronously) the chief choreographer of the theater KM Sergeev. The oldest Leningrad taxi driver V.A.Krylov at the taxi stand on St. Isaac's Square, driving a car. The city of Leningrad. Traditional circuit track and field relay race. Start of the relay race at Palace Square. Athletes run along Nevsky, Liteiny, Bolshoy Prospekt, along Herzen Street. The finish of the relay participants. Presentation of the cup and diplomas to the team of the Lesgaft Institute of Physical Culture, which took first place.

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Sound E. Belsky, editor N. Volman