Leningrad Newsreel Number 8

The commander of a tank battalion read out the order of JV Stalin. Soldiers in the ranks. A workshop of one of the factories, the workers of which, in response to the order of JV Stalin, decided to hand over all orders of the front before the deadline. The implement on the crane. Electric welding. Senior master Shepelev, awarded with a medal "For Military Merit", adjusts the gates. Locksmith Statsev behind the markings of the armor shield. Thread shop of a textile mill. Wall newspaper of the shop with an appeal to fulfill 2 norms per shift. Girls weave camouflage nets. N. Pavlova, fulfilling three norms per shift, at work. Master of Sports Yalakas trains fighters in skiing. Soldiers go skiing, lie down, shoot from machine guns. Blizzard at the airport. Soldiers shovel snow from hangars, clear snow with a tractor, shovels. Airplane ready to fly. Anti-aircraft gunners of senior lieutenant Lazarenko guarding the track. The commander is watching the sky. Anxiety. An anti-aircraft battery is firing at German aircraft. Hero of the Soviet Union V. Pchelintsev, who returned from the International Student Congress in America, shows photographs of a delegation of Soviet youth abroad, delivers a speech. The flagship cannon of Senior Lieutenant Soldatov. The soldiers disguise the cannon, turn on the switch that controls the cannon. Lifting shells with a crane. Charging weapons. Shooting cannon.

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1943