The First Day Of Peace

The First Day Of Peace , 1981 (56:37)

Annotation: About the economic and political problems which arose in the European countries and USA after the World War II.

Film description: A film about the early days after World War II, mounted archived post-war newsreels as follows: the destroyed towns and villages in the Soviet Union, defeated the military equipment in the field of battle, the return of Soviet troops from the front; Victory Parade in Red Square, people rejoicing in the streets Moscow; enactment of the demobilization of seniors from the Red Army at the 12th session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 22 June 1945, broken down, and recovering the Dnieper hydroelectric station, the Stalingrad tractor plant, the Donbass and other economic projects, restores churches and a monument to the "1000 Anniversary" Russia in Novgorod, the first postwar locomotive "Victory" in the way; car "Victory" at the exhibition; concentration camp prisoners, prisoners of the Germans columns; G. Goering in the dock during the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals, the representatives of participating countries founding the San Francisco Conference signed by the United Nations Charter; head of the victorious powers in World War II Stalin (USSR), Truman (United States ), Winston Churchill (United Kingdom) at the Berlin (Potsdam) Conference, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. The film also includes the filming of monuments in honor of soldiers killed during the war, interviews with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko of the Berlin Conference (synchronous) and memories of workers of the Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Association EP Andreeva, remaining after the war without shelter (synchronously).

Source description 1: A picture of Leonid Brezhnev, text of his address to the audience.
The Kremlin; the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The actor E. Matveev (speaker of the film) is speaking.
Newsreel of 1945: (the first day after announcement of the Victory) people's rejoicing.
The soldiers cover the cannonry.


#Part 2

Routine and rest of soldier; send-off in other countries; departure back home.
Greeting of soldiers by home-folks.
Postwar destroyed towns, works, power plants.
Returning of refugees home.
E. Matveev is talking with E.P. Andreeva and other women workers from Leningrad.
Destroyed Leningrad; every day life after war.
A plant shop.
Restoration of works, bridge.
A steam locomotive passes over the bridge.
Pictures of women, children.


#Part 3

Newsreel of 1941: Moscow
Work at a coal mine.
Restoration of bridge, Donbass [Donets Basin].
Work of women in mine, in blacksmiths shop.
Work of turners at Stalingrad tractor works, 1943.
The first melt.
An inscription on the memorial plate: “The shop was destroyed by the German invaders.
It is restored by the workers of Kirov Works.
The first melt was performed on April, 16 1945”.
A destroyed village.
Work of old men and women in the field.
Restoration of Dneproges [The Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station].
Sending of the goods and products to different towns.
The first echelon with coal from Donbass [Donets Basin] is passing by.
Celebration of May 01, 1943 in Stalingrad.
Victory parade at the Red square in Moscow.
Iosif Stalin in the presidium.
Restoration of the Kremlin.
Reportage about Moscow.
Mowing in a village.
Manufacture of steel, work at destroyed works.
Gathering of scrap metals.
Manufacture of bicycles, samovar.
The first postwar locomotive “Pobeda” [“Victory”] is passing.
The car “Pobeda” [“Victory”] at the exhibition.

Source description 2: An known aircraft designer S.V. Ilyushin at his adjustable drawing table.
Work at sewing factory.
Study of medical students and others.
Football match.
Rest of youth.
Television tower, TV announcer is speaking .
Opening of the Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Novosibirsk, a scene from opera.
Destroyed Novgorod; restoration of the monument “Tasyacheletie Rossii” [“Millenium of Russua”] and other.
Restoration of wall-painting, icons.
E. Matveev is speaking.
Children are playing.
Talking with young soldier – guard sergeant major M. Mamko in the Komsomol Committee.
Children returned from the death camp are carried, brought out.

Source description 3: Children and adults in the death camp.
Corpses, funeral, people drive and carry coffins, people are crying.
Children are sleeping.
Monuments to war victims, cemeteries.
Interview with Americans about the Second World War.
Meeting of the soviet soldiers with the allied forces.
Routine of foreign soldiers.
The fascist general Frideburg is passing.
The German garrison of Copenhagen gives up to English General A. Montgomery.
The Berlin battle, seizure of Prague.
The Hitler time Germany troops are passing by.
The Hitler time military leader G. Gering yields himself prisoner, he is giving an interview, speaking at court.

Source description 4: Meeting of soldiers in European towns.
Ruins of towns.
Session of United Nations created in June, 1945; signing of documents.
The president of the USA G. Truman is speaking.
The leaders of the three great powers on board of the ship.
Atomic bomb explosion (the USA).
Meeting of Iosif Stalin, G. Truman and W. Churchill in Potsdam (the conference).
A.A. Gromyko is speaking about the Potsdam conference.

Source description 5: Life & Leisure soldiers, seeing in other countries; departure for home.
Meeting of soldiers with family and friends.
Post-war destroyed cities, factories, power plants.
Refugees to return home.
EM Matveev talks with EP Andreeva and other imported workers from Leningrad (synchronously).
Ruined Leningrad; household residents after the war.
Shop plant.
Restoring the factory, a bridge.
The bridge is the locomotive.
Photos of women and children.

Source description 6: Newsreel, 1941: Moscow
Work in the coal mine.
Restoration of the bridge, the Donbass.
Employment of women in the mine, in the smithy.
Employment turners at the Stalingrad tractor plant in 1943
The first heat.
The inscription on the memorial plaque "The shop was destroyed by the German invaders. Restored factory team them. Kirov. The first fusion produced 16.04.1945 g..
Destroyed villages.
Work in the field of elderly people and women.
Rehabilitation of the Dnieper.
Sending goods and products in different cities.
Goes first trainload of coal from the Donbass.
The celebration of May 1, 1943 in Stalingrad.
Victory Parade in Red Square in Moscow.
IV Stalin on the podium.
Restoration of the Kremlin.
Report on Moscow.
Mowing in the village.
The output of steel, the work on the destroyed plant.
The collection of scrap metal.
Manufacturing of bicycles, samovars.
Passes through the first postwar locomotive "Victory".
Machine "Victory" at the exhibition.

Directors: Grigorev I., Gutman I., Pumpyanskaya S., Semenov T.

Operators: Dobronickiy V., Orlov U.

Script writers: Aleksandrov A., Borovik G., Ignatenko V., Slavin K.

Composers: Kazenin V., Frenkel Ya.

Announcer: Matveev E.