(8 Sep 2011)
Saint Petersburg, Russia (called Leningrad during Soviet times) - 8 September 2011
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1. Mid of women laying flowers
2. Close up of sign on building wall in Russian, dating from the seige of Leningrad, warning citizens that this side of the street was more dangerous during the German bombardment, and underneath plaque in Russian saying that the sign had been left to remember the heroism and courage of Leningrad citizens during the 900-day siege
3. Close up of flowers
4. Mid of people laying flowers at memorial plaque, reverse shot
5. Close up of old women and boys watching ceremony
6. Mid of band playing
7. Wide of people crossing Nevsky Prospect, central street of Saint Petersburg
8. Mid of Lidia Khodchenkova, 79, wartime Leningrad resident, telling schoolchildren about siege
9. Close up of Lidia Khodchenkova speaking
10. Mid of schoolchildren listening
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Lidia Khodchenkova, wartime Leningrad resident:
"It was very scary when the winter of 1941 started. I had some problems with my neck, and it was very hard to turn my head, and for a long time I was not well. I was very afraid, especially when the air raid warning went off."
12. Wide of Lidia Khodchenkova speaking to children in school museum, reverse shot
13. Mid of exhibition in school museum
14. Close up of photo showing building after bombardment
15. Close up of photo showing children looking up in shock
16. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Irina Skripachyova, wartime Leningrad resident:
"The air raid started with a siren. And an air raid warning would affect people to the extent of driving them mad. But it is important to mention also that little children who didn''t even understand what was going on were crying."
FILE: Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) - 1941-1943 (exact dates unknown)
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17. Wide of people walking along snowy street
18. Close up of bread being cut up and weighed
19. Woman at counter collects ration of bread
20. Mid of woman getting daily portion of bread
21. Mid of man pulling dead body on sledge
22. Wide of man and woman pulling dead body on sledge along street, reverse shot
23. Mid of people looking at body lying on ground and talking
24. Mid of men putting dead bodies onto vehicle
25. Wide of body laying on bridge, people passing by, one man stopping and looking at body
STORYLINE:
Saint Petersburg, Russia''s second largest city, commemorated on Thursday the 70th anniversary of the start of an 872-day siege of the city during the Second World War.
Nearly a (m) million people died of hunger and bombings in the city, or in hostilities while defending its outskirts from German attack.
Residents of Saint Petersburg, then called Leningrad, had to content themselves with daily food rations of no more than 250 grammes of poor quality bread during the deadly 29-month-long Nazi siege.
Lidia Khodchenkova was an 11-year-old child when the siege started. She will be 80 years old in November.
Her memories of the siege are still vivid and she was invited by her former school to share them with current students.
During the siege, the school was used as emergency hospital.
"It was very scary when the winter of 1941 started. I had some problems with my neck, and it was very hard to turn my head, and for a long time I was not well. I was very afraid, especially when the air raid warning went off," she said.
Public loudspeakers in Saint Petersburg, along with radio and television stations, on Thursday morning broadcast roaring air-raid warnings and sounds of a metronome.

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