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Delegation of American Negroes in USSR, A (1971) R2 of 2

Reel Number: 221202-02

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1971

Country: Russia,Tajikistan,USSR

Location: Dushanbe,Leningrad,Moscow,Tajikistan,Volgograd

TC Begins: 12:10:18

TC Ends: 12:20:08

Duration: 00:09:50

A Delegation of American Negroes in USSR R2 of 2 (1971?) Continued Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, streets, buildings. Int. delegates meet with Vice President Nina Zaritova (?); VS architecture, streets etc. as delegates walk around Dushanbe. Delegates enter Firdowsi library, looking at ancient manuscript. 12:11:45 High angle of road winding up mountainside. Delegates visit Nurek Dam, hydroelectric power project under construction. 12:12:32 Volgograd, street scenes, memorial visited which is a bomb damaged building left standing after Battle for Stalingrad. Eternal flame at war memorial, delegates lay wreath. Huge statue Mamayev Kurgan, memorial complex, statues and carvings. Wedding party at memorial complex, they come traditionally on their wedding day. Huge hand holding burning torch in center of war memorial. 12:15:00 Volga hydroelectric power station dam built after WWII. Delegates tour turbine hall. 12:15:47 Leningrad buildings; street scenes of pedestrians & traffic. Statue of Lenin outside Smolny Institute. Delegates tour Lenin’s rooms. 12:16:40 22nd CPSU Congress Plant, men constructing large turbines, delegates tour. 12:17:05 Street scenes, buildings of Leningrad. 12:17:30 Moscow, delegates visit the Democratic Republic of Vietnam embassy. Ambassador w/ delegation. Economic Achievements Exhibition toured w/ exhibits in the Cosmos museum, sputnik, rockets Soyuz spaceships etc. Space race. 12:18:54 Delegates visit Union of Soviet Friendship Societies. George Murphy, leader of delegation makes leaving speech (out of synch SOF or dubbed). Top shot Moscow. The End. Travelogue; Blacks; Ethnics; Propaganda; 1970s; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.

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