Sword of Stalingrad Sword of Stalingrad The Sword of Stalingrad is a bejewelled ceremonial longsword specially forged and inscribed by command of King George VI of the United Kingdom as a token of homage from the British people to the Soviet defenders of the city during the Battle of Stalingrad. On 29 November 1943, it was presented to Marshal Joseph Stalin by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at an afternoon ceremony during the Tehran Conference in the presence of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and an honour guard. The sword is a double-edged, two-handed longsword, approximately four feet long, with a solid-silver crossguard. The
Flowers of the Motherland Flowers of the Motherland Flowers of the Motherland () is a 1955 Chinese black-and-white film, which was produced by Changchun Film Group Corporation. The movie follows the primary school students' life after China's founding. In Beijing's Beijing Primary School, a fictional school, Class One Grade Five (五年级甲班) has more than 40 students. These students are cute, clever and have become Chinese Young Pioneers; except two students: Jiang Lin (江林), who is mischievous and not hard-working, and Yang Yongli (杨永丽), who is arrogant, anti-social and doesn't care about others. On June 1, students get together with the home-bound People's Volunteer Army