Boris Safonov

Boris Safonov , 1976 (19:34)

Annotation: The film is about life and deeds of arms of Boris Safonov, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. The film is made together with the training studio of the All-Russian State Film Institute.

Film description: A film about aviation regiment commander of the Northern Fleet during World War II, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, BV Safronov, who died in battle in 1942, Tula village Sinyavino, was born and spent his childhood years BV Safronov. Photos BV Safronov for different years. Monument BV Safronov in his native village. Steamer and steam locomotive named BV Safronov. Memories of BV Safronov his classmates and military friends (synchronously). Warship sails in the death of BV Safronov, sailors launchable wreath. In the film, the use of military newsreels 1941-1942 GG: air battles; rewarding pilots who participated in the liberation of Tula, BV Safronov studying flight route on the map (kontratip).

Source description 1: A monument (bronze bust) to the pilot B.Safonov - the twice Hero of the Soviet Union in the homeland (the village Senyavino of the Tula region); Safonov's mother.
Safonov's fellow-villager M. F. Vorobeva telling by about Safonov's childhood.
The reporting on village, landscapes; chorus of inhabitants of the village sings.
A ship named for B.Safonov is running by.
A panorama of B.Safonov's different years photos; photos of the Soviet airplanes, of a broken German airplane, of the pilot Boki - Safonov's apprentice.
A train named for B.Safonov passes by; Safonov' classmate from factory-and-works apprenticeship at the station "Tula" is talking to the children (telling about Safonov) .
A northern landscape; a monument to Safonov in the shore of the Barents sea; rain; water flows down from the airplane wing ; waves.
Newsreel 1941-1945:
A parachute is being taken out of the water, the captured German pilot is being led.
Aerodrome, pilots prepare the airplane for a flight; the airplane lands; B.Safonov is at the airplane.

Source description 2: Newsreel 1941-1945:
The pilot gets aboard, there are airplanes in the air; air battle, a German airplane falls down.
The fascist airplane burns.

The pilot P.Zgibnev - Safonov's learner - gets off the airplane cabin.
Pilots in aerodrome are presented with flowers.
B.Safonov and other pilots are at a chart; Safonov is on the phone.
There are various photos of B.Safonov and his battle friends (A.A.Kovalenko, P.A.Redkov), English pilots who were fighting at war together with Soviet soldiers, Safonov's families (wife's and son's).
Safonov's brother-soldiers A.A.Kovalenko and P.A.Redkov tell about him.
Waves, northern landscape.
There are pilots at an air navigation chart (pilots fly to the place of the hero's death every year, on May, 30); seamen laying down from the ship in the sea a wreath; an airplane flying over B.Safonov's monument.

Directors: Raspopov G.

Operators: Tuinov E.

Script writers: Raspopov G., Uvarov A.

Announcer: Kolychev U.