- Title: VM-1371
- Summary: RUSSIAN NEWS:
- Description:00:33:34 - ZOOM IN STATE KREMLIN PALACE BUILDING IN MOSCOW KREMLIN. ABOVE VIEW HUGE AUDITORIUM WITH ALL STANDING AND APPLAUDING AS NIKITA KHRUSCHEV TAKES PODIUM. HE APPLAUDS BACK, PAN TO SOVIET REPUBLIC DELEGATES, MOST WEARING HEAD PHONES AS THEY STAND AND APPLAUD. MCU KHRUSCHEV PUTS ON SPECTACLES, MAKES SPEECH. MORE OF SAME. 00:35:33 - LS OFF SHORE OIL DERRICKS (?). OIL WORKERS GATHER AROUND, DEBATE SPEAKER (UNION) AT SITE. PAN WORKERS APPLAUDING HIM. 00:36:00 - CROWD WORKERS IN LARGE PLANT OR UNION HALL (?) LISTEN TO LEADERS SPEAK FROM PLATFORM. WOMAN WORKER SPEAKS 00:36:24 - LS DUMP TRUCKS GOING TO AND LEAVING INDUSTRIAL AREA ON ROUGH SNOW BOUND ROADS. INDUSTRIAL PLANTS IN B/G. WORKERS IN WINTER CLOTHES WATCH FROM TOP OF CRANES AND ON GROUND AT SNOW BOUND OUTDOOR AREA AS WORKERS, LEADERS (?) SPEAK. CU FACE SHOT MAN, WOMAN, WORKER. 00:36:43 - PAN HUGE STEEL STRUCTURE AR CONSTRUCTION SITE. VARIOUS SHOTS WELDERS ON STEEL STRUCTURE WELDING. MCU WELDER LOWERS MASK ON FACE, BEGINS TO WELD. SPARKS FLYING. 00:37:08 - MLS TRAIN SPEEDING ALONG IN SNOW BOUND MOSCOW. VARIOUS SHOTS NEW MODERN TRAINS AND ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES AT STATION. PAN CONTROL PANEL INSIDE PASSENGER / SUBWAY (?) TRAIN. GOOD SHOT ROWS SEATS INSIDE PASSENGER TRAIN. ELECTRIC TRAIN POWERED BY OVERHEAD LINES SPEEDING ON SNOW BOUND TRACKS TOWARDS CAMERA, R TO L. 00:38:36 - LS SOVIET SUBMARINE CRUISING IN HARBOR. MS SAME. SAILOR AT WHEEL INSIDE SUB. VARIOUS SHOTS SAILORS IN SUB DOING THEIR TASKS. COMMANDING OFFICERS PLOTTING ON MAP. MS BARBER CUTS HAIR ON SAILOR AS ANOTHER SHAVES HIMSELF WITH ELECTRIC SHAVER. SUB DOCTOR WEARING GOGGLES ATTENDS TO TWO SAILORS, ONE SHIRTLESS. 00:39:37 - SUB RIDING HUGE WHITE CAP WAVES ON SURFACE. TALL PALM TREES ON UNIDENTIFIED TROPICAL COUNTRY OR ASIAN. SOVIET (?) FREIGHTER AT DOCK IN HARBOR. PEOPLE HAVING PARTY IN EMBASSY (?) PAN ANCIENT ASIAN DRAWINGS, CARVINGS ON WALL, INCLUDING FEMALE DANCERS . MANY HEADED BUDDHA-LIKE STATUETTE. SMALL CARVINGS BLACK ELEPHANTS, TIGER, PAN JEWELED, SILVER ARTIFACTS. LARGE SILVER PLATE. TILT UP GROTESQUE, ORNATE NATIVE MASKS. 00:41:21 - SPORTS - ABOVE SHOT MOUNTAIN COUNTRY. MS SKIER ON STARTS DOWEN RAMP AT SKI JUMP COMPETITION. POV TOP LOOKING DOWN RAMP. VARIOUS SHOTS SKIER IN FLIGHT AND LANDING DOWN SLOPE, PAN TO CROWD AT END O SLOPE. LS SKIER IN FLIGHT, LANDS, FALLS, SLIDES TO STOP. LS SKIER MAKES PERFECT JUMP., LANDING. 00:41:59 - BIKERS IN CROSS-COUNTRY RACE, ON ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. CU SHOTS BIKERS PEDALLING AWAY R TO L. GROUP BIKERS ALL BUNCHED UP IN GROUP FOLLOWED BY TWO OFFICIALS ON MOTORCYCLE WITH SIDE CAR. MCU TWO BIKERS SIDE BY SIDE. sports, cross- country bike race. 00:42:21 - RUSSIAN COSSACK DANCE - RUSSIAN DANCE TROOP, MEN, WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL NATIVE UKRANIAN COSTUMES PUT ON EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES OF LIVELY NATIVE FOLK DANCING. MALE ACROBATIC DANCER WITH COLORFULLY DRESSED FEMALE CHORUS LINE IN B/G, MAKES GIANT LEAPS INTO AIR DURING PERFORMANCE ON THEATER STAGE. SPINNING AND TWIRLING. SOLO MALE DANCER DEFIES GRAVITY AS HE SQUATS WITH ARMS FOLDED, MOVES HIS FEET AT SPEEDY PACE IN SQUAT POSITION. oddity CU SAME. MEN WOMEN DANCERS PAIR UP. native russian dance (ukraine). cossack dance, ethnic costume. 00:43:21 - #42 (1958) 00:43:46 - LS ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWDS IN STREETS NEAR LARGE GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS IN MOSCOW. PAN OVERHEAD BANNERS STRETCHED ACROSS AVENUE TELLING OF CELEBRATION HAVING TO DO WITH LENIN, OR REVOLUTION. 00:44:02 - CROWD DELEGATES STAND AND APPLAUD AS KHRUSCHEV CONGRATULATES TWO MEN WITH LENIN MEDALS. 00:44:16 - LS HUGE PORTRAIT OF LEN DWARFS DAIS AND DIGNITARIES IN OUTDOOR SQUARE CROWDED WITH HUNDREDS THOUSANDS SPECTATORS, CELEBRATING LENIN EVENT. MS NIKITA KHRUSCHEV SPEAKS TO CROWD FROM DAIS. RAISES HIS FIST, CROWDS APPLAUD. KHRUSCHEV AND OTHER DIGNITARY, BACKS TO CAMERA FACES HUGE THRONG IN SQUARE BELOW. 00:44:52 - LS PAN HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT TO HIGH TENSION TOWERS ALONG WATERWAY, DAM. VARIOUS VIEWS POWER GRID TOWERS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. WORKERS POLISHING AND CLEANING HUGE ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS ON THE TOWERS. 00:45:34 - SEVERAL EXECUTIVES GIVE ORDER TO WOMAN IN CONTROL STATION TO TURN ON THE POWER. CU GAUGES ON WALL PANEL BEGIN TO MOVE. PAN WIRES ON HIGH TENSION TOWERS AND POWER GRIDS. LS HUGE POWER PLANT WITH MANY SMOKING STACKS PASSENGER TRAIN SPEEDING R TO L IN F/G. CU PAN YOUNG WORKERS. VARIOUS SCENES YOUNG WORKERS INSIDE HUGE TANKS WELDING SEAMS AS OTHER WELDERS WORK OUTSIDE AND ON TOP OF THE STRUCTURES. MCU WELDER AT WORK AT TOP OF TANK. PAN UNCOMPLETED AND COMPLETED TANKS. ABOVE VIEW HUGE GENERATORS INSIDE PLANT. WORKER USES LONG CROW BAR TO TURN LARGE GEAR. PAN VARIOUS STRUCTURES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT COMPLEX. 00:47:06 - AERIAL PAN LARGE RUSSIAN CITY. PAN SAME CITY CLOUDED BY HEAVY SMOKE AND FIRES DURING GERMAN ATTACK IN WWII. VARIOUS SHOTS SOVIET TROOPS SOLDIERS RUNNING BY FIERCELY BURNING BUILDINGS DURING COMBAT. VARIOUS SHOTS BUILDING RUINS AND WORKERS BEGINNING THE CLEAN-UP. VARIOUS SHOTS STREET SCENES AND MODERN BUILDINGS WITH TREES, TOWN SQUARE WITH MONUMENTS DEPICTING THE WAR. 00:47:48 - PAN CONSTRUCTION SITE IN SAME CITY TO WOMAN SURVEYOR BY HER TRANSIT GIVING HAND SIGNALS TO HER MALE PARTNER HOLDING HEIGHT GAUGE. TILT DOWN GLASS ROOF OF HUGE COVERED MARKET TO CROWDS SHOPPERS BELOW. PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS NEW TRUSS BRIDGE. AERIAL VIEW MODERN HIGHWAY BY RIVER WITH CLOVER LEAVES, LEADING ACROSS BRIDGE. 00:48:26 - VARIOUS VIEWS HUGE COMBINE WITH DUMP TRUCK ALONGSIDE GATHERING WHEAT ON FARM, TOWARDS CAMERA. CU VIEWS MECHANISM ON COMBINE AS IT WORKS. 00:49:13 - MLS LARGE, SLEEK, EXCURSION BOAT WITH THREE DECKS, TOWARDS CAMERA. SIDE VIEW SHOWING THREE DECK LEVELS AND CABINS. ABOVE PAN TWO LEVEL DINING AREA WITH SPIRAL STAIRCASE GOING TO UPPER LEVEL. WOMAN EMPLOYEE OPENS CURTAIN TO REVEAL LARGE MOVIE SCREEN IN SHIP'S THEATER ROOM. MS CABIN QUARTERS. CREWMEN ? STANDING ON DECK NEXT TO REVOLVING RADAR ANTENNA. MS PAN LENGTH OF SHIP WITH ITS THREE DECKS. MLS VIEW SIDE AND BACK OF SHIP AT SEA. 00:49:57 - VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE INSIDE MODERN APARTMENT, WITH PEOPLE SITTING AROUND, MODEL SHOWS BEDROOM AND SPACE SAVING FURNITURE. COMBS HER HAIR IN MIRROR FROM DESK, TURNED INTO VANITY. 00:50:37 - LS PAN ORCHID WITH GRAPE VINES AND FRUIT TREES. CU PEACHES ON FRUIT TREE. WOMAN IN WHITE SMOCK PICKS PEACHES, PLACE THEM IN PAIL AS LITTLE GIRL WATCHES. CU PAIL FULL OF PEACHES. VARIOUS VIEWS VINEYARD PLUSH WITH GRAPES. VARIOUS SHOTS WOMAN PICKER IN WHITE PICKING GRAPES OFF VINE, FILLING BASKET. PAN LARGE GROUP YOUNG WOMEN IN WHITE SMOCKS SURROUNDED WITH MANY BOXES OF GRAPES, EXAMINING THE BUNCHES, PLACING THEM IN TRAYS. MCU PAN HUNDREDS TRAYS FULL OF GRAPES. 00:51:21 - AUTO TRAFFIC ON FOREST ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. AUTO TRAFFIC IN CITY, POLICEMAN DIRECTING TRAFFIC FROM STAND IN CENTER OF STREET. VARIOUS STREET SCENES IN CITY. 00:51:39 - CHUBBY YOUNG MAN SEATED IN FRONT BULLETIN BOARD, EATING SANDWICH. GROUP TOURIST LOOKING AT LARGE GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING WITH MULTI-COLUMNS. LS BUILDING (THEATER, LIBRARY ?) HUGE WELL LIT LOBBY INSIDE BUILDING. TWO YOUNG MEN CHECKING OUT STATUE OF LEADER (?). MLS LARGE OLD STONE BUILDING. 00:52:02 - MS SMALL BUST LENIN AND SIGN "LENIN MUSEUM". VARIOUS VIEW TOURIST IN LENIN MUSEUM. GROUP YOUNG PRETTY WOMEN GATHERED AROUND PERUSING PHOTOS OF LANDMARK SITES. 00:52:29 - LS PERFORMERS ON THEATER STAGE IN FRONT OF HUGE CURTAIN (BOLSHOI) RECEIVING BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS AFTER THEIR PERFORMANCE (?). MS ABOVE SHOT GROUP OF INDIAN WOMEN IN NATIVE SARIS (DRESS) APPLAUDING. 00:52:40 - STAGE WITH COLORFUL BACKDROP AND LARGE CAST ACTORS IN COSTUMES PUTTING ON OPERA. ELDERLY MALE WITH WHITE BEARD, TURBAN, ROBES, SINGS AS HE PLAYS RUSSIAN STRING INSTRUMENT (BELLALIKA) SURROUNDED BY HUGE CAST IN NATIVE ANCIENT COSTUME. ALL JOIN IN SINGING FINALE. CURTAIN CLOSES. classical music, opera. 00:54:15 - #33 (1958) 00:54:45 - LS PAN ABOVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS RUSSIAN PEOPLE FILL SQUARE AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE AS NIKITA KHRUSCHEV, ACCOMPANIED BY OTHER SOVIET LEADERS, ADDRESS THEM FROM BALCONY OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING (MOSCOW (?). VARIOUS SHOTS KHRUSCHEV MAKING SPEECH HIGH ABOVE CROWD. HE GETS ANIMATED, WAVES HAND IN aiIR. KHRUSCHEV, BACK TO CAMERA WAVES HIS HAT AT APPLAUDING CROWD. 00:55:44 - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE COMBINES HARVESTING WHEAT. WOMEN WORKERS ATOP MOUNTAINS OF GRAIN, SHOVEL GRAIN INTO CONVEYORS WHICH DUMP IT INTO DUMP TRUCKS. LONG LINE OF TRUCKS LOADED WITH GRAIN HEAD FOR PLANT. 00:56:21 - AERIAL VIEW CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH CRANES AND DERRICKS. CU YOUNG WOMEN IN COVERALLS WORKING AT SITE. 00:56:54 - PAN HUGE BARREN WORK SITE (HYDRO-ELECTRIC STATION ?)WITH BARGE IN MAN MADE LAKE DIGGING OUT BOTTOM WITH DERRICK. WORKER FIRES POWERFUL STREAM OF WATER TO SIDE OF HILL TO LOOSEN DIRT. ABOVE VIEW PLANT WITH SMOKING STACKS. LS PAN MULTI-STORIED APARTMENT BUILDINGS, CARS IN PARKING LOT. NEAR SITE. (HOUSING FOR WORKERS ?) 00:58:00 - LS THEATER BUILDING IN MOSCOW, WITH LARGE BANNER TELLING OF EVENT IN PROGRESS. CROWD SEATED IN OPULENT THEATER (CHRYSTAL CHANDELIERS). AS UNIDENTIFIED DIGNITARIES GATHER, SPEAK. 00:59:04 - CU CERAMIC (?) FIGURE OF ORIENTAL (JAPANESE) WOMAN IN KIMONO ROTATES ON TURNTABLE. STANDING CERAMIC FIGURE OF GEISHA. JAPANESE MERCHANT CARRY HIS WARES (CERAMIC ?), SMALL CHUBBY JAPANESE BOY FIGURINE. CROWD IN GALLERY PERUSING VARIETY CERAMIC ARTIFACTS. CU LARGE DISH WITH FLORAL DESIGN. SMALL VASES WITH ORIENTAL CHILD FEATURES. CU ANIMATED CERAMIC ANIMALS WITH MOVING HEADS. VARIOUS OTHER JAPANESE WORKS OF ART. 01:00:15 - ABOVE PAN HUGE FIELD PLUSH WITH CROP (BERRIES ?). WOMEN PICKERS IN MIDST OF FIELD PICKING THE CROP. VARIOUS SHOTS LARGE SPECIAL FARM MACHINE / COMBINE DRIVEN BY MAN SLOWLY MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE FIELD OF CROP FIELD GATHERING THE BERRIES. 01 00 5 VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE HERD SHEEP MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH MOUNTAINOUS PASTURES FOLLOW SHEPHERDS AND FAMILIES ON HORSEBACK AND WITH CAMELS CARRYING SUPPLIES. MS SHEPHERD, WIFE AND SON ON HORSEBACK IN MIDST OF HERD, TOWARDS CAMERA. VARIOUS SHOTS ABOVE VIEW THOUSANDS SHEEP GRAZING IN MOUNTAIN PASTURE. 01:01:44 - VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE ENJOYING HOLIDAY AT PICTURESQUE LAKE. PAN DOZENS KAYAKS, ROW BOATS LYING AT EDGE OF LAKE VACATIONERS NEARBY. 01:01:57 - YOUNG COUPLE, EACH SITTING IN THEIR KAYAK AMID FLOATING WATER PLANTS. HE REACHES IN FOR FLOWER, HANDS IT TO HER. MS GROUP YOUNG GIRLS IN MIDST OF FLOWER FIELD, PICKING FLOWERS. MAN PICKS BERRIES, PLACES THEM IN MOUTH OF ONE OF TWO WOMEN WITH HIM (TEENAGE DAUGHTER ?). MAN, WITH ROD IN HAND, HOLDS UP HIS SIZEABLE "CATCH" , SHOWS IT TO TWO MEN WITH HIM. LS MEN, WOMEN IN KAYAKS ROWING DOWN LAKE. MS COUPLE IN TWO PERSON KAYAK ROW TOWARDS DOCK, SHE WAVES. MS WOMAN DOES ROWING IN ROW BOAT AS TWO MEN ENJOY RIDE. PICTURESQUE SHOT COUPLE ROWING SLOWLY ON LAKE AS SUN GOES DOWN. 01:02:33 - MS TWO ORIENTAL GIRLS IN KIMONO-LIKE GOWNS, DOING FAN DANCE ON STAGE OF THEATER. CHORUS LINE OF ORIENTAL GIRLS, SIMILAR WHITE GOWNS, DANCE OUT ON STAGE WITH FANS. 01:03:33 - PAUL ROBESON ( CONTROVERSIAL AMERICAN SINGER) ARRIVES IN RUSSIA VIA JET AIRLINER, IS GREETED BY ADORING MOB OF PEOPLE. MLS ROBESON EXITING PLANE WITH WIFE, WAVES TO CROWD. VOICE OVER ROBESON SINGING. ABOVE VIEW ROBESON SURROUNDED BY CROWD, PHOTOGRAPHERS, MANY WITH BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS. REPORTERS STICK MICROPHONES IN HIS FACE, HE SPEAKS ONER THEM. 01:04:41 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1958
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1371