- Title: VM-1388
- Summary: AT THE 26TH CONGRESS:
- Description:00:01:20 - CU LARGE SOVIET FLAG ON ROOF OF STATE KREMLIN PALACE IN MOSCOW. PAN DOWN, ZOOM AWAY SHOT OF STATE KREMLIN PALACE, FAMED SPASSKAYA CLOCK TOWER ON THE RIGHT. PAN TO SOVIET REPUBLICS DELEGATES MOSTLY DRESSED IN FUR HATS AND COATS WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA, FOR MEETING OF THE 26TH CONGRESS OF COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. (CPSU) FEB. 23, 1981 TO MARCH 3, 1981 BREZHNEV'S LAST.. 00:01:38 - CU HUGE BUST OF LENIN AND, SOVIET COMMUNIST PARTY SYMBOL. ON BACKDROP DWARFS THE LEADERS ON DAIS, ON STAGE OF AUDITORIUM. ALL MEMBERS AT DAIS, INCLUDING AGING LEADER LEONID BREZHNEV AND DELEGATES IN AUDIENCE STAND AND APPLAUD THEMSELVES. 00:02:35 - VARIOUS VIEWS MALE, FEMALE, PARTY LEADERS MAKING LONG SPEECHES. BREZHNEV MADE A 5 HOUR SPEECH (NOT SHOW AT THIS HIS LAST CONGRESS. HE DIED IN 1982.. VARIOUS SHOTS AUDITORIUM WITH ALL SEATS TAKEN. VARIOUS SHOTS DELEGATES IN AUDIENCE AND DAIS. STANDING APPLAUSE. 00:11:00 - MLS AGING FOREIGN MINISTER ANDRE GROMYKO IN SEAT BEHIND SPEAKER. 00:11:50 - AGING LEONID BREZHNEV ON DAIS WITH OTHERS. 00:16:55 - ALL STAND AND CLAP IN RHYTHM AS YOUNG PEOPLE MARCH DOWEN THE AISLES WITH FLAGS. FACED SHOT YOUNG B OY IN SCOUT UNIFORM. COSMONAUT ADDRESSES CONGRESS, MENTIONS YURI GAGARIN. 00:18:25 - ALL STAND APPLAUD AS YOUTH HANDS LEONID BREZHNEV AN AWARD. HE LAYS IT DOWN AND APPLAUDS WITH THE REST. MORE PATRIOTIC SPEECHES BY YOUNG ADULT MALE AND FEMALE. ALL GIVE THREE CHEERS, SALUTE. 00:19:54 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1981
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1980s
- File Name: VM-1388