- Title: VM-1358
- Summary: RUSSIAN NEWS:
- Description:00:30:54 - CU PORTRAIT LENIN. LS TOURISTS ENTERING PALATIAL BUILDING (ESTATE, MANSION (?) HOUSING LENIN ARTIFACTS (LENIN HOME ?). TOURISTS EXAM LENIN DESK IN LARGE LIBRARY ROOM. MS PARK BENCH ALONG WIDE TREE LINED PATH IN WOODED AREA OF GROUNDS (LENIN SAT THERE ? LS KREMLIN WALL WITH GRAND KREMLIN PALACE ON LEFT, IVAN THE GREAT BELL TOWER ON RIGHT. TOURIST ENTER LENIN'S OFFICE IN ANOTHER KREMLIN BUILDING. 00:31:42 - SILENT FILM WITH LENIN ON KREMLIN GROUNDS, SPEAKING TO TROTSKY (?) 00:32:05 - LS GRAND KREMLIN PALACE - ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWD, MEN. WOMEN SEATED IN GRAND HALL, BACKS TO CAMERA, LISTENING TO VARIOUS SPEAKERS ON PODIUM IN FRONT OF DAIS. ALL IN ROOM RAIS HAND AS THOUGH VOTING ON OR AGREEING TO SOMETHING. 00:33:34 - PAN YOUNG WOMEN WORKING IN LARGE CLOTH MAKING AUTOMATED LOOMS IN FACTORY. LARGE SPOOL OF THREAD ON MACHINES. CU YOUNG FEMALE WORKER EXPLAINS HER WORK. 00:34:29 - HUGE RALLY OF BLACK AFRICAN WORKERS IN AFRICAN CITY. HUGE CROWD CARRYING SIGNS "FREEDOM FOR EAST AFRICA OR WE QUIT", AND RELEASE JOMO KENYATTA NOW"."STOP RACISM IN NYASALAND". "ONE EAST AFRICAN KILLED IN GHANALAND, MURDERED!". CROWD MOVING TOWARDS CAMERA CARRY SIGN, "LET EAST AFRICA FREE OR GHANA QUITS COMMONWEALTH". 00:35:38 - AFRICAN DIPLOMAT PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO SOVIET LEADER IN KREMLIN PALACE. human rights, racial discrimination. 00:36:13 - PAN APPLEBLOSSOM TREES (?) ABOVE VIEW FARMLAND FULL OF FLOWERING TREES. 00:36:26 - VARIOUS SHOTS ISLAMIC FARMERS WEARING SHULL CAPS IN SOVIET REPUBLIC, SEEDING PLOWING LAND WITH TRACTOR. 00:36:57 - TRUCKS WITH WORKERS SITTING IN BACK RIDES THROUGH SNOW-BOUND MOUNTAIN ROADS. MS TWO REPAIRMEN RIDE SKY HIGH CABLE CAR, CLIMB ATOP OF IT TO REPAIR CABLES, SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAIN RANGE IN B/G. MS WORKER WORKING ON CABLES HIGH ABOVE . HOMES, BUILDINGS, ON GROUND IN B/G. VARIOUS VIEWS WORKERS IN CABLE HOUSE WORKING AT CONTROL PANEL. LS VIEW CABLE CAR RIDING ALONG CABLES AMID MOUNTAINS. daredevils 00:37:46 - SOVIET FACTORY FREIGHTERS UNLOAD CARGO OF PACKED GOODS IN PORT, WITH ICE COVERED HARBOR. CREWMAN HAND SIGNALS BOOM OPERATOR. BUNDLES OF READY PACKED PRODUCTS (FISH ?) ARE LOWERED TO DOCK VIA WINCH. 00:38:25 - CROWED GATHERS IN STREET, SOME WITH CAMERAS READY, ARE CONTROLLED BY POLICEMAN USING WHISTLE AS CAR DRIVES UP, REAR DOOR IS OPENED BY MAN TO LET OUT LARGE PIT BULL DOG ACCOMPANIED BY BABY CUB BEAR WHO THINKS DOG IS MOTHER. CHILDREN WATCH IN AWE AS DOG AND BEAR WALK IN STREET ON LEASHES, CROWD FOLLOWING. 00:38:50 - MAN AND WOMAN SEATED AT DINING ROOM TABLE HAVING DINNER, TILT DOWN VARIOUS SHOTS BEAR CUB FEEDING ON FEMALE DOG AS THOUGH IT WERE ITS MOTHER. WOMAN THEN FEEDS CUB WITH BABY MILK BOTTLE. animal antics, oddity 00:39:34 - LARGE AUDIENCE IN THEATER ENJOY RUSSIAN DANCE GROUP YOUNG MEN, WOMEN IN ETHNIC COSTUME ON STAGE AS THEY PERFORM A COMBINATION TAP DANCE AND RUSSIAN FOLK DANCE, POLKA. MS TWO MALE DANCERS WEARING ALPINE MOUNTAIN COSTUMES, DO COMIC DANCE ROUTINE GET ROUSING OVATION. russian polkas, folk dancing. entertainment. # N-20 - 1958 00:41:20 - LS KREMLIN - VARIOUS VIEWS NIKITA KHRUSCHEV AND OTHERS HOST EGYPT'S GAMEL ABDEL NASSER AT KREMLIN. BOTH SIT AT MEETING TABLE TO SIGN PACT. BEVY PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE SHOTS. CU SIGNED DOCUMENT. 00:42:27 - CU VARIOUS VIEWS NEWSPAPER PRESS ROLING, DISHING OUT PILE OF NEWSPAPERS. MS PEOPLE LINED UP AT NEWSPAPERS STANDS BUYING PAPERS. PEOPLE STANDING ON STREET CORNERS READING THE HEADLINES TELLING OF SOVIET SPACE FEAT. (SPUTNIK FIRST UNMANNED SPACE VEHICLE). MS MAN WITH LONG STRAGGLY BEARD SMILES AS HE OPENS NEWSPAPER TO STORY. MAN IN CAR READING PAPERS. CU MONTAGE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, STORIES IN VARIETY OF NEWSPAPERS. MCU UNIDENTIFIED MAN SPEAKS TO THE NATION ABOUT "SPUTNIK", WHICH TRANSLATES TO "FELLOW TRAVELLER". space exploration, space contest, cold war. 00:44:39 - CU ORIENTAL RUGS ON FLOOR OF GALLERY TILT UP TO GROUPS PEOPLE STANDING ON RUG, CHATTING. PAN VARIETY COLORFUL CLOTHS ON DISPLAY. CU WHITE DRESS MADE OF SYNTHETIC CLOTH (?) MEN, WOMEN PERUSING DISPLAYS ARE SHOWN VARIETY GADGETS, MS TRUCK TIRES OF ALL SIZES AND WIDTH ON DISPLAY. CU DISPLAY OF MEN SHOES. WOMEN CHECKING OUT SHOES. LARGE TOASTER-LIKE GADGET SUBMERGED IN FISH TANK. (AERATOR ?) MEN CHECK OUT MINIATURE MODEL OF ROOM LAYOUT IN HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF. CU SAME. PAN SYNTHETIC MATERIALS USED IN BUILDING MATERIALS. CLOTHING, ETC. 00:46:50 - MS MEN SIT DOWN WITH INVENTOR (?) OF MINE EXCAVATION MACHINE, CHECK OUT PLANS. VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE MACHINE BORING INTO MINE AS ONE MINER WATCHES IT IN ACTION. CU BORING END OF MACHINE BORES HUGE ROUND HOLE IN MINE WALL, AS IT MOVES SLOWLY FORWARD. CU BUSINESS END OF BORING MACHINE. 00:47:21 - MAN RIDES OUT OF BARN (?) ON TRACTOR AS CROWD OF WORKERS APPLAUD AND FOLLOW BEHIND HIM TO VILLAGE SQUARE WHERE THOUSANDS GATHER. 00:47:54 - LS YUGOSLAVIAN WARSHIPS IN SOVIET HARBOR. CROWD SAILORS AND PEOPLE ON DOCK. GATHER TO GREET THEM. FLOWERS ARE GIVEN TO SHIP'S COMMANDERS. CROWD, NAVY MEN MARCH TO (WWII ?) MEMORIAL WHERE YUGOSLAV NAVAL OFFICERS LAY WREATH. SAILORS PL;ANT TREES AT SITS. PEOPLE VISIT SHIP, NAVY OFFICER TALKS TO THEM. 00:49:15 - GROUP YOUNG MEN ESCORT YOUNG WOMEN ONE WITH GUITAR IN HAND, IN SIMILAR BLACK DRESSES WITH LARGE WHITE COLLAR (NUNS ?) WHERE THEY SIT ON PARK BENCH. CU GIRL WITH GUITAR SINGS ETHNIC RUSSIAN (?) SONG. ethnic music. 00:50:26 - LS UNIDENTIFIED CATHEDRAL-LIKE BUILDING (?) WITH PALM TREES IN F/G. MAN WITH PRIEST ROBES ID GIVEN VARIETY OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AS CROWD IN CHURCH (?) WATCH. CU X-RAY MACHINE AND ANOTHER MACHINE WITH SIGN '"INSTALLATION FOR THE ELECTROLITE SHARPENING OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. medicine, medical. 00:50:40 - LS CITYSCAPE OSAKA, JAPAN WHERE INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR IS HELD. VARIOUS STREET SCENES INCLUDE POLICEMAN ON STAND DIRECTING TRAFFIC. VARIOUS VIEWS PEOPLE ENTERING VARIETY PAVILIONS. PEOPLE WALKING THOROUGHFARE. LS CZECHOSLOVAKIA PAVILLION IN B/G. ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWD ON LINES AT SOVIET PAVILLION. PAN VARIOUS VIEWS INSIDE SOVIET PAVILION. PEOPLE PERUSING VARIETY MACHINES. FARM PRODUCTS. JAPANESE WOMEN PERUSE SPACE VOYAGER "SPUTNIK". world's fair. fairs. # N-19 - 1958 00:52:22 - LS ABOVE VIEW MOTORCYCLE ESCORT LONG ,MOTORCADE WITH SOVIET OFFICIALS (?) AND ABDEL NASSER STANDING, WAVING IN OPEN LIMO DOWN AVENUE LINED WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS CHEERING PEOPLE. MS NASSER MEETING WITH UNIDENTIFIED DIPLOMATS. 00:53:18 - TILT DOWN OIL RIG (DERRICK) DIGNITARIES SURROUND NASSER AT SITS. NASSER VISITS WORK SITE 00:53:52 - ABOVE PAN CITY SCAPE BRUSSELS, TO WORLD FAIR GROUNDS ("EXPO 58") TO THE "ATOMIUM" ( A GIANT MODEL OF IRON CRYSTAL WITH EACH SPHERE REPRESENTING AN ATOM) DECADES LATER IT REMAINS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN LANDMARKS IN BRUSSELS. 00:54:09 - ABOVE PAN OF FAIR GROUNDS TO SOVIET PAVILION. VARIOUS VIEWS INSIDE SOVIET PAVILION WITH GIANT MURAL OF LENIN IN B/G, LARGE CROWD IN F/G. PAN SOVIET WOMEN'S FASHIONS. ABOVE VIEW SOVIET NEW CARS ON DISPLAY. CU SAME CU GRILLE RESEMBLES FORD CARS. ABOVE VIEW CROWDS ON LINES AT EACH EVENT. MODEL "SPUTNIK" HANGING OVERHEAD. NUNS PERUSING DISPLAYS. MAN WITH FEDORA, CIGAR IN MOUTH. 00:55:16 - MS WOMAN PLACES TOY MODEL OF SPUTNIK TO HER EAR, HEARS THE ACTUAL RADIO SIGNALS HEARD BY THE WORLD. world fairs. 00:57:28 - VARIOUS VIEWS FARM IMPLEMENTS, MACHINERY IN ACTION. SEEDING, CULTIVATING. PLOWING FIELDS. 00:58:15 - VARIOUS VIEWS RUSSIAN VERSION OF POLAR BEAR CLUB, WITH RUSSIAN OIL RIG WORKERS IN SWIM SUITS RUN OUT OF HOUSE IN SNOW BOUND FORREST AREA, RUB SNOW ON THEIR BARE CHESTS. THEN GET DRESSED FOR WORK ON OIL RIG IN FROZEN FORREST AREA. LARGE CRANE IS MOVED INTO PLACE BY THE HARDY WORKERS. 00:59:00 - PAN FLOODED FARM HOUSES AND FARMLAND. VARIOUS SHOTS DEER SWIMMING IN WATER UP TO ITS NECK. MEN IN ROW BOAT ROW BETWEEN THE TREES IN FLOODED FOREST DEER RUNNING THROUGH KNEE HIGH WATER IN FOREST MAN CARIES DOE TO ROWBOAT. CU FRIGHTENED DOE IN ROWBOAT. 00:59:50 - YOUNG BOY EXAMINES UNDER HOOD, SITS BEHIND WHEEL OF CAR, THEN PAYS SALESMAN AND DRIVES OFF. 01:00:33 - LS MALE, FEMALE ATHLETES MARCH AROUND OLYMPIC SIZE SWIMMING POOL BEFORE START OF EVENT. CU VIEW TROPHIES ON TABLE. OFFICIAL FIRES STARTER PISTOL , GIRLS DIVE INTO POOL FOR BREAST STROKE EVENT. MALE SWIMMERS IN FREE STYLE EVENT 01:01:36 - ABOVE VIEW THOUSANDS ATHLETES DOING CALISTHENICS IN CHINA'S SQUARE. CU CHINA'S COMMUNIST LEADERS APPLAUD. MARCHERS AND FLOATS PASS. (TIANNEMEN SQUARE?).
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1958
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1358