North Caucasus Number 40

Report on the meeting of firefighters - veterans of the Great Patriotic War (October 10, 1987), who participated in extinguishing the fires in Grozny, which arose as a result of the bombing of the city by German aircraft in 1942. Meeting of veterans, women hugging, in their hands - flowers, in the background - fire trucks. Archival documents - description of combat work to extinguish fires that arose as a result of the bombing of October 10-12, 1942. B / W newsreels: North Caucasus, 1942, German planes are flying over the mountains, bombs are flying to the ground, an oil refinery is burning, the city is in smoke, firefighters are putting out the fire, a fire engine is driving down the street. FIRES FROM Fascist air raids on Grozny 10-15 OCTOBER 1942. ”Veterans of the Great Patriotic War stand at the monument during a rally. Warriors take an oath at the monument. Warriors and veterans stand at the Eternal Flame. Veteran firefighters A.V. Khachaturyants, N.M. Slesarev, E.P. Rudakov and V.N. Karpinskaya recall the bombing of Grozny, how they put out fires. Refinery territory. Field, road, oil pipeline. Field, in the background - Grozny. Veteran firefighters stand at the site of the battles of the Great Patriotic War. Veterans stand by the bus in the field, in the background - an oil pipeline. Veterans are at the graves in the cemetery, women are crying. Laying flowers on the graves of firefighters who died in the Great Patriotic War. A memorial plaque at the mass grave of firefighters who died during the Great Patriotic War. G. Grozny, multi-storey buildings, traffic on the road. Passers-by on the street, cars in the parking lot. Men are sitting on a bench in the park, reading the newspaper Pravda, next to a girl is standing with strollers in which twins are sitting. Banner on the street "45 YEARS OF FEATS OF FIRE AND WORKERS IN GROZNY". Orders in boxes. Veterans are sitting on the presidium of the solemn meeting. Veterans in the hall. Presentation of gifts and awards to veterans.

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1987