Pierre Pouillade Sets Sail

Soviet container ship Pierre Pouillade en route to the French port of Le Havre. Mooring in the port. A visit to the ship by veterans of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment. Newsreel: Germany's attack on France. A. Hitler in Paris in 1940 signs a document. Photo: General Charles de Gaulle with French pilots leaving for the USSR. Newsreel: French pilots of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment in the USSR as part of the 303rd fighter division at the airfield during combat missions. War and post-war photographs of the commander of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment Pierre Pouillade: at the plane; with daughter; at a meeting of the "France-USSR" Society; at the time of the presentation of the international Lenin Prize "For Strengthening Peace Among Nations"; at the time of the presentation of the Order of the Legion of Honor by the President of France to Giscard D, Esten. Newsreel: P. Puyadu is presented with an award by a Soviet general; General C. de Gaulle presents awards to the pilots of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment. Seeing the French pilots of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment home. The song "Normandie-Niemen" is performed by Mark Bernes. P. Puyad and General G. Zakharov at a meeting of veterans of the 303rd Fighter Division.

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Script by V. Tolchinsky, sound by A. Stefanov