Volgograd (Stalingrad), Russia, Soviet Union (USSR).
Russian title 'Timeless People's Victory!'
LS. A giant memorial erected on a hill at Volgograd to the Fallen of the Stalingrad Battle. MS. Panning shot with President of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev and party arriving for the unveiling ceremony of the memorial. CU. & LS. Brezhnev speaking at the opening ceremony with cuts to faces of people listening. LS. & CU. Soviet Defence Minister Marshall Grechko speaking at the ceremony. Various shots as an eternal flame is lit by President Brezhnev inside the Pantheon of the Hall of Military Glory. Various shots of the new statue to the Stalingrad victims which stands on a hill surrounded by smaller statues. Its gigantic proportions can be seen against the people climbing the hill to pay homage.
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Date found in the old record - 30/10/1967.
FILM ID:3227.06
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