40 years from protecting Tallinn and submarine Lembit (1981)

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. Toivo Sumera recollects the year 1941 at the Liepāja Military Port. Archival film footage of the view of Tallinn in fire from the sea. Toivo Sumera sharing his memories about the war. Toivo Sumera and the commander having conversation of board of the submarine. Sumera's know-how is very much appreciated in the renovation of the submarine. "Lembit" prepares to become a museum ship on its forty-fifth anniversary. A worker repairing the side of the submarine.