Russian News of The Day 1959 #14 April
“Soviet - Korean Friendship is Getting Stronger” Soviet & North Korean flags, VIPs meet Chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet of Korea, Soy Yan Gan(?) official visit to USSR, delegates exit plane, shake hands w/ Soviets; Soy Yan Gen presented w/ flowers, greets crowds w/ little USSR & Korean flags. Military reviewed, people applaud, VIPs into car, drive off.
16:01:39 “After Great Plan” Huge electric power station construction site, big cranes, concrete forms from various angles, men work high up, large cranes bring concrete. CU foreman, LS building site.
16:02:44 Electrification, newly invented huge generator (?), group of people look at new generator & listen to one of the inventors Paul Therenthev (SOF) explain how it works. Various angles of generator, CU Therethev. Inventor at control panel, switch on machine & big flashing lightning.
16:03:41 “Great Word Artist” CU portrait of Russian writer Nikolai Gogol; fragments of theater productions based on Gogol’s novels. Moscow, celebration of Gogol’s 150th birthday w/ writer’s portrait on stage. Shots of audience, academic Vinogradov at microphone. LS stage.
16:05:18 “England, Peace March” 80 km peace march from Aldermaston to London protesting against
danger of nuclear weapons. Demonstration crowds gather in field, hold up various posters: ‘’Oxford’’, “The bomb tests must stop”; march along road w/ posters, women w/ baby in baby buggy. Foreign marchers hold up country names: Australia, Norway, France, Cyprus & others. Marchers thru city. CU baby in pram w/ peace sign on side, huge meetings in various places in London at end of the march w/ speaker at microphone, crowd in Trafalgar Square. CND
16:06:19 “Friend’s Exhibition” Moscow, German plastic furniture exhibition. Various furniture sets, lamp shades, dishes, bathroom. 3 girls look at man in car w/ plastic interior. People view other exhibits.
16:07:03 “Sport”, Alatay region. Skiers on T-bar ski lift. Beautiful wintery scenes. Start of USSR ski championship. Downhill race w/ athletes at high speed, one falls; shots of skiers down the hill, spectators wearing sunglasses, photographer takes picture of the winners.
16:08:00 Young pilots on snowy airfield. CU pilot association leader Alexander Dolgih(?). Year 8 pupil Vova Muhin takes pilot seat in small glider, people pull wire, plane up in the air. CU young Vova during flight, shot to the snowy fields underneath, aircraft lands, other student run up to it.
16:08:54 “American Ice Ballet” Moscow performance of syncronized dancing on ice skates. CU audience, Elisa Casey’s solo performance w/ baton twirling; audience applauds, clown in sailor uniform, runs thru audience onto the ice. 5 time world champion & 2 time Olympic champion Dick Button shows complicated jumps & turns, applause. People come close to the ice ring, applaud the artist, kids give flowers, CU artists, hand-in-hand on the ice, skate past, high angle shots of performers. The End.
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Russian News of The Day 1959 #14 April “Soviet - Korean Friendship is Getting Stronger” Soviet & North Korean flags, VIPs meet Chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet of Korea, Soy Yan Gan(?) official visit to USSR, delegates exit plane, shake hands w/ Soviets; Soy Yan Gen presented w/ flowers, greets crowds w/ little USSR & Korean flags. Military reviewed, people applaud, VIPs into car, drive off. 16:01:39 “After Great Plan” Huge electric power station construction site, big cranes, concrete forms from various angles, men work high up, large cranes bring concrete. CU foreman, LS building site. 16:02:44 Electrification, newly invented huge generator (?), group of people look at new generator & listen to one of the inventors Paul Therenthev (SOF) explain how it works. Various angles of generator, CU Therethev. Inventor at control panel, switch on machine & big flashing lightning. 16:03:41 “Great Word Artist” CU portrait of Russian writer Nikolai Gogol; fragments of theater productions based on Gogol’s novels. Moscow, celebration of Gogol’s 150th birthday w/ writer’s portrait on stage. Shots of audience, academic Vinogradov at microphone. LS stage. 16:05:18 “England, Peace March” 80 km peace march from Aldermaston to London protesting against danger of nuclear weapons. Demonstration crowds gather in field, hold up various posters: ‘’Oxford’’, “The bomb tests must stop”; march along road w/ posters, women w/ baby in baby buggy. Foreign marchers hold up country names: Australia, Norway, France, Cyprus & others. Marchers thru city. CU baby in pram w/ peace sign on side, huge meetings in various places in London at end of the march w/ speaker at microphone, crowd in Trafalgar Square. CND 16:06:19 “Friend’s Exhibition” Moscow, German plastic furniture exhibition. Various furniture sets, lamp shades, dishes, bathroom. 3 girls look at man in car w/ plastic interior. People view other exhibits. 16:07:03 “Sport”, Alatay region. Skiers on T-bar ski lift. Beautiful wintery scenes. Start of USSR ski championship. Downhill race w/ athletes at high speed, one falls; shots of skiers down the hill, spectators wearing sunglasses, photographer takes picture of the winners. 16:08:00 Young pilots on snowy airfield. CU pilot association leader Alexander Dolgih(?). Year 8 pupil Vova Muhin takes pilot seat in small glider, people pull wire, plane up in the air. CU young Vova during flight, shot to the snowy fields underneath, aircraft lands, other student run up to it. 16:08:54 “American Ice Ballet” Moscow performance of syncronized dancing on ice skates. CU audience, Elisa Casey’s solo performance w/ baton twirling; audience applauds, clown in sailor uniform, runs thru audience onto the ice. 5 time world champion & 2 time Olympic champion Dick Button shows complicated jumps & turns, applause. People come close to the ice ring, applaud the artist, kids give flowers, CU artists, hand-in-hand on the ice, skate past, high angle shots of performers. The End. Communist; Communism; 1950s; Cold War; Russian Newsreel; Industry; Anti-Nuclear Demonstrators; Entertainment; Modern Design; Ice Capades;