“In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors”: Participants’ Convention

Crimea, 1969. Sevastopol.

The video shows the opening of the Second Republican Rally of participants in the All-Union March “In the Footsteps of Our Fathers' Glory”: speeches by twice Hero of the Soviet Union O. Fedorov and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Leninist Communist Youth League of Ukraine O. Kapto; views of the pier, monuments to P. Nakhimov and the participants of the 1905 sailors’ armed uprising, Malakhov Kurgan, cannons from the First Defense, the eternal flame, the steam locomotive of the “Potemkin” armored train, and displays from the traveling museum of Komsomol glory; Among the guests are veterans and participants in the events; participants in the event on Sapun Mountain, highlights of the military-sports competitions, and the closing of the gathering.

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimea Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.