Liberation of the City of Istanbul

Fragments from the film "We have seen the face of Europe" about a trip abroad on the ship "Ukraine" of Soviet shock workers. Turkey. Istanbul city, 1931. Motor ship "Ukraine" in the Istanbul port. The flight participants visiting the city of Istanbul, are present at the military parade dedicated to the liberation of Istanbul from the Greek troops. Type of mosques, public transport, ships in the Bosphorus; loaders in the port at work. Quarter of Istanbul, in which the poor live. Residents of the quarter near their dilapidated shacks. Sale of melons, watermelons from a cart on the street. The townspeople are walking along the streets; veiled Turkish women, monks, children, men, Soviet tourists.

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