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40 years from protecting Tallinn and submarine Lembit (1981)

Original title: 40 aastat Tallinna kaitsmisest ja allveelaev Lembit

Newsreel "Soviet Estonia" No. 13 (1241), July 1981

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Newsreels Duration 03:10

About the history of the submarine "Lembit".

Men working on the submarine "Lembit" that is being repaired. View to the submarine. Former electrician of the submarine, Toivo Sumera, comes to the ship and greets the commander. The text on the machinery of the submarine: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness, England, the right diesel No. 706. Toivo Sumera recollects how he came to work on the ship for the first time. Film chronicles about the launching of the submarines "Lembit" and "Kalev" in England on July 7, 1936. People greeting the arrival of the submarine at the port of Tallinn. Interior views of the submarine. ...

Director: Leo Ilves

Keywords: introducing history | welcoming a submarine at the port | setting afloat of a submarine | electrician | history of a ship | repair work of a ship | interior space of a ship | commander of a ship | sailors | recollections from the past | View all »

Main Data

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Production Firm(s) Tallinnfilm
Color bw
Sound sound
Film Category Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels
Text / Dialogue Estonian
Duration 03:10

Crew

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Director Leo Ilves
Cinematographer Arvo Vilu
Content Editor Heikki Aasaru

First releases

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  • in cinema: 15.07.1981, Estonia

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