- Title: VM-1387
- Summary: RUSSIAN NEWS:
- Description:00:03:01 - #7 (1959) 00:03:25 - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE CROWD IN STREETS AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE WAITING FOR NIKITA KHRUSCHEV TO ARRIVE BY TRAIN. PAN WOMEN WITH BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS. TRAIN ROLLS INTO STATION. MS KHRUSCHEV DRESSED IN FUR COAT AND HAT, STEPS OUT OF TRAIN IS GREETED BY APPLAUDING CROWED. HE KISSES CAKE HANDED HIM BY WOMAN, THEN PASES IT ON TO AIDE. SMILING SHAKES HANDS TO LEADERS WAITING AT STATION. VARIOUS SHOTS KHRUSCHEV MOTORCADE RIDING THROUGH CITY STREET TO TUMULTUOUS CHEER, BANNERS. 00:04:22 - KHRUSCHEV ARRIVES AT LARGE DAIRY PLANT, SHAKES HANDS, SPEAKS WITH FEMALE WORKERS. TOURS PLANT, COWS IN B/G. KHRUSCHEV VISITS SNOW BOUND RURAL HOMES, TAKES RIDE IN IN HORSE DRIVEN SLED, POSES WITH FARMERS OUTSIDE SNOW BOUND HOME, LEAVES IN LIMO. 00:05:34 - VARIOUS VIEWS MOUNTAINOUS CONSTRUCTION, WORKERS TAKING HUGE CHUNKS OF MOUNTAIN BY EXPLOSIONS, HEAVY DERRICKS AND CRANES. WORKERS USING JACK HAMMERS, PINCH BARS AS THEY BREAK AWAY HUGEE CHUNKS OF ROCK. CU DERRICK OPERATOR AT HIS CONTROLS. CU DERRICK SCOOPS UP HUGE CHUNKS OF ROCK WITH ITS ENORMOUS SCOOP. ONE SCOOP FILLS A DUMP TRUCK. VARIOUS SHOTS DUMP TRUCKS COMING AND GOING. CU DUMP TRUCK DRIVER AT HIS WHEEL. 00:06:18 - DIRT DROPS INTO TRAIN HOPPER CAR FROM CHUTES, TWIN STEAM ENGINE LOCOMOTIVE STEAMS OUT OF SITE. CU ENGINEER AT CONTROLS. TRAIN STEAMING OUT OF SNOW BOUND MOUNTAINS. 00:06:35 - LS SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAIN. SOVIET FISHING PORT IN FRIGID NORTHEAST. HUGE OVERHEAD CRANES AT PORT. VARIOUS SHOTS LARGE RUSSIAN FISHING VESSELS IN HARBOR. FROZEN MOUNTAIN RANGE IN B/G. CREWMEN ON DECK OF VESSEL DEAL WITH FROZEN LINES AND RAILS AS SHIP MOVES INTO PORT. LS HUGE PLANT, WAREHOUSE ALONG DOCK VARIOUS VIEWS MEN, WOMEN IN WHITE COATS WORKING IN FREEZERS IN PLANT. SMILING YOUNG WOMAN WORKER POSES WITH HUGE FROZEN FISH, WHICH SHE HOLDS UP. CU FISH IS TALLER THAN SHE IS. VARIOUS SHOTS PAN LARGE QUANTITY OF FROZEN FISH HANGING ON HOOKS IN PLAN. MEN, WOMEN WORKERS PROCESSING, CANNING, FISH ON ASSEMBLY LINE. 00:07:46 - LARGE DISPLAY CANNED FISH OF ALL VARIETIES. LIKE CANS OF TUNA FISH. 00:07:55 - MS RUSSIAN HELICOPTER DESIGNER AND ANOTHER LOOK OVER SCALE MODEL OF RK-24 RESCUE HELICOPTER SIMILAR TO AMERICAN PIASECKI "WORKHORSE" (FLYING BANANA). CU SCALE MODEL OF THE TWIN ROTOR HELICOPTER. VARIOUS SHOTS HELICOPTER IN ACTION AT SEA. 00:08:12 - LS FREIGHTER AT SEA, ROLLING WAVES IN F/G AERIAL VIEW OF FREIGHTER POV RK-24 HELICOPTER AS IT FLIES OVER IT. AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE TWIN ROTOR HELICOPTER. LS HELICOPTER HOVERING OVER FREIGHTER AT SEA, LOWERS FUEL LINE TO SHIP, REFUELS SHIP AS IT HOVERS OVER IT. MCU HELICOPTER PILOT AT CONTROLS. AERIAL VIEW TRUCK LADEN WITH CARGO STUCK IN SEA OF WATER (FLOOD). CU WHEELS OF TRUCK IN WATER. MLS HUGE HELICOPTER HOVERING OVER TRUCK. CU TRUCK WHEELS RISING OUT OF WATER AS HELICOPTER SHOWING ITS POWER, LIFTS TRUCK WITH ALL ITS CARGO OUT OF THE FLOOD WATERS FLIES IT TO DRY LAND. THE TWO DESIGNERS PERUSE DRAWING ON DRAFTING TABLE. CU CUT AWAY DRAWING SHOWING MANY PASSENGER SEATS IN HELICOPTER. 00:10:19 - VARIOUS SCENIC SHOTS SNOW BOUND FOREST WITH ICE COATED BUSHES AND TREES, CU WHITE RABBIT PEERS INTO CAMERA, RUNS ACROSS SNOWY GROUNDS. MS TWO HUNTERS BEING PULLED ALONG BY SNIFFING BLOODHOUNDS. 00:10:50 - LARGE GROUP WHITE RABBITS GATHER IN SNOW, ALERTLY LOOKING AROUND. VARIOUS SHOTS GROUPS (HERD) REINDEER WALKING AROUND IN THE SNOW. VARIOUS SHOTS BUFFALO ROAMING AROUND. forest animals. 00:11:55 - CROWD WAITING AS TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION. GROUP COMMUNIST ? DIGNITARIES IN WOOLEN HATS, COATS EXIT TRAIN, ARE GREETED BY CROWD. DIGNITARIES ADDRESS CROWD OVER MIC. 00:12:38 - CU VARIOUS COLORFUL THEATER PLAYBILLS (?) PEELING OFF ONE AT A TIME. MLS FEMALE DANCE TROUPE IN TRADITIONAL ETHNIC EASTERN RUSSIAN ?) COSTUMES DOING FOLK DANCE ON STAGE. ethnic dance, music. 00:13:54 - #11 (1959) 00:14:17 - NIKITA KHRUSCHEV AND ITINERARY, VISITS NEW CAR SHOWROOM, IS MOBBED BY CROWD AS HE PERUSES NEW CARS. 00:15:20 - VARIOUS SHOTS NIKITA KHRUSCHEV AND ITINERARY GREETED WILDLY CHEERING THRONG DURING HIS VISIT SOVIET REPUBLIC CITY AT NIGHT. AFTER SPEECH SKY IS LIT UP WITH FIREWORKS. 00:16:27 - ARRIVING SOVIET AIRLINER TAXIS ON RUNWAY. CROWD DIGNITARIES GREET SOVIET LEADER NIKITA KHRUSCHEV AS HE EXITS PLANE DURING HIS TOUR OF THE SOVIET REPUBLICS (?). KHRUSCHEV TAKES OFF IN STRETCH LIMO. 00:17:54 - LS HUGE SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS TEAR UP THER HILLS, GIANT CRANES DIG UP ROCKS AND EARTH, DUMPS THEM INTO LONG STRING GONDOLA CARS. MS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SLOWLY PULLS LONG STRING CARS LADEN WITH ROCKS AND EARTH, AWAY FROM SITE. 00:18:55 - VARIOUS VIEWS TUMULTUOUS SEA AS SEEN FRO LARGE FISHING VESSEL. CU RUSSIAN CAPTAIN PERUSING NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS. OFFICER AT HELM. CU CREWMAN PULLS ON ROPE LIFTING LOADED FISH NET, DUMPS LOAD ONTO DECK. 00:19:45 - LS GRAND KREMLIN PALACE BUILDING IN MOSCOW. VARIOUS VIEWS FOREIGN LEADER AMBASSADOR (?) PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER AT THER KREMLIN. 00:20:18 - PAN FLOWERING TREES WITH MOUNTAINS IN B/G. VARIOUS VIEWS NAIVE FARMERS IN EASTERN RUSSIA (STEPPE?) EURASIAN FEATURES, ISLAMIC SKULL CAPS, PLOWING AND PLANTING SEED. (RUSSIAN STEPPE ?). 00:21:14 - PAN LARGE EMPTY CAFETERIA, WITH MANY TABLES FOR FOUR, ALL SET UP FOR DINNER.. CU TWO MALE, ONE FEMALE CHEF PREPARING, TASTING, MEALS. MEN, WOMEN, MOVING ALONG LINE WITH TRAYS, HELPING THEMSELVES, CAFETERIA STYLE, PICKING FROM LARGE SELECTION MEALS OFF SHELVES. MCU PAN HUGE VARIETY DELICIOUS MEALS ON PLATES. MAN HELPS HIMSELF AT COFFEE COUNTER. CAFETERIA QUICKLY FILLS ALL SEATS. VARIOUS SHOTS ELDERLY RUSSIAN MALE STAGE PERFORMER BEING HONORED. VARIOUS FILM CLIPS SHOWING HIM PERFORMING. IN VARIETY ROLES INCLUDING OTHELLO. CROWD IN THEATER APPLAUD AS HE IS GIVEN AWARDS, INCLUDING PAINTING OF HIMSELF. "50 / 30" (ANNIVERSARY DATES ?) WRITTEN ON STAGE CURTAIN theater, acting, entertainment. 00:23:20 - SPORTS - IE HOCKEY. LARGE CROWD IN STADIUM WATCH HOCKEY GAME. VARIOUS SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. NOTE" NO HELMETS THEN. 00:24:39 - #48 (1958) 00:25:03 - LS KREMLIN IN MOSCOW. VARIOUS SHOTS SOVIET LEADER NIKITA KHRUSCHEV GREETING CHINESE (?) DELEGATION AT THE GRAND KREMLIN PALACE, SITTING DOWN AT LARGE TABLE FOR MEETING. 00:25:50 - VARIOUS SHOTS RUSSIAN AUTO ASSEMBLY PLANT. MEN WORKING ON ASSEMBLY LINE. CU YOUNG WORKER ASSEMBLING DASHBOARD, SPEAKS TO CAMERA. MORE OF WORKERS ASSEMBLING CIRCA 1958 NEW CARS, SPEAKING TO CAMERA. 00:27:00 - VARIOUS SHOTS POLITICAL CARTOONS, POSTERS, CHILDREN BOOKS (?). VARIOUS SHOTS INSIDE PLANT SHOWING HOW POSTERS ARE MADE BY MALE, FEMALE WORKERS. MEN ASSEMBLING GIANT CAMERA. CU GIANT LENS. CU FEMALE WORKER TALKS ABOUT IT. 00:28:35 - MS LARGE MOVIE POSTER DEPICTING RUSSIAN ACTION FILM. MS FLAGS OF SOVIET UNION AND OTHERS. LS MOVIE MARQUEE ALL LIT UP AT NIGHT. GIANT SIZE POSTER ABOVE MARQUEE. VARIOUS VIEWS GROUP DIGNITARIES ON STAGE OF THEATER ADDRESSING AUDIENCE. 00:29:30 - LS LS SHIP AT PIER WITH OVERHEAD CRANES LOADING CARGO. ABOVE LARGE TWIN ENGINE PASSENGER PLANE SECTION ON SHIPS DECK. CU LITTLE BOY WEASRING MILITARY HAT PRESENTS DIGNITARY SMA;; BOX CONTAINING LIVE DOVE. DIGNITARY TAKES DOVE OUT OF BOX, HOLDS IT HIGH FOR CROWD ON DECK TO SEE. MALE DIGNITARIES KISSING GOODBYE (ON LIPS, RUSSIAN STYLE).CROWD WAVING TO SHIP AS IT LEAVES PORT. 00:30:24 - MLS WAVES ROLLING IN ON BEACH AND MOUNTAINOUS SHORE. VARIOUS PAINTINGS OF RUSSIAN REVOLUTION DEPICTING NATIVES OF THEIS AREA. ABOVE VIEW MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, RANGE IN B/G. STREET SCENE IN SMALL VILLAGE, DIRT ROADS. VARIOUS VIEWS OLD TOWN HALL WITH CROWD GATHERED AROUND PLATFORM. SPEAKER / DIGNITARY UNVEILS LARGE BUST STATUE OF MAN. WOMEN LAT WREATHS AT BASE OF STATUE. 00:31:20 - CU ASTRONOMER (?) PEERS THROUGH LARGE TELESCOPE AT PLANETARIUM TO VIEW MOON SURFACE. CU GOOD SHOT MOON SURFACE WITH CRATERS POV TELESCOPE. VARIOUS VIEWS SCIENTISTS / SPACE SCIENTIST ADDRESSING LARGE GROUP MEN AND WOMEN, SOME ELDERLY, USING POINTER ON CU PHOTO OF MOON. MAKES POINTS USING WALL MAP OF SURFACE AS REFERENCE. space exploration, outer space. 00:32:18 - MLS MARCHING BAND BAND PLAYS AS IT LEADS CROWD MEN. WOMEN CARRYING THEIR CHILDREN TO THE POLLS AS SOVIET UNION GOES ALL OUT TO VOTE - VARIOUS SHOTS MEN, WOMEN, SOME CARRYING THEIR SMALL CHILDREN, LINE UP TO REGISTER, AND VOTE. CU VIEWS VOTERS PLACING BALLOT IN SLOT IN BOX. WOMAN WITH CHILD IN ARMS CASTS BALLOT. VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE IN LARGE CITIES DOING SAME. PHOTOGRAPHER WINDS HIS CIRCA 1980S FILM CAMERA, THEN AIMS IT. GOOD SHOTS MEN, WOMEN EXITING CURTAINED POLL BOOTHS, DEPOSITING THEIR BALLOTS IN BALLOT BOXES. 00:33:30 - CU MAN CUTS OPEN SEAL ON BALLOT BOS, OPENS BOX, TAKES OUT ALL THE BALLOTS, DUMPS THEM IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AT TABLES, TO BE PHYSICALLY COUNTED, CU HANDS COUNTING BALLOTS. VARIOUS VIEWS PEOPLE IN STREETS READING RESULTS OF VOTING IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. 00:33:55 - SPORTS - OLYMPIC BOXING - MS SOVIET UNIONS BOXING TEAM LINES UP IN RING FOR GROUP SHOT. FAMILIAR "CCCP" ON THEIR JACKETS. VARIOUS SHOTS BOXING MATCH IN PROGRESS IN RING. VARIOUS MCU SHOTS TEAM MEMBERS, JUDGES WATCHING BOUT. ABOVE VIEW TWO BOXERS IN RING GOING AT IT. A SUDDEN LEFT HOOK, ONE IS KNOCKED OUT FOR COUNT OF TEN. CU FACE SHOT TRAINER GESTURES WITH HEAD (LIKE, SO WHAT!). REFEREE HOLD UP HAND OF WINNER.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1958
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1387