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1958 - Russian Newsreel: Finland Diplomacy; Dam Construction; Ukraine Agriculture; World’s Fair

Reel Number: 221594-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1958,1950s

Country: Belgium,Finland,Russia,Ukraine,USSR

Location: Brussels,Moscow,Ukraine

TC Begins: 00:00:10

TC Ends: 00:08:39

Duration: 00:08:29

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1958 - Russian Newsreel: Finland Diplomacy; Dam Construction; Ukraine Agriculture; World’s Fair ‘President of Finland’s arrival in Moscow’ 22May58, Finnair plane on runway, President Kekkonen off aircraft greeted by Soviet VIPs w/ Voroshilov, Khruschev, Mikoyan & others, shake hands. Voroshilov & Kekkonen pass by military, shot of airport w/ Soviet & Finland's flags. Kekkonen shakes hands w/ general public. VIPs on podium, Voroshilov’s speech (SOF) welcomes Kekkonen & expresses hopes that this visit will strengthen Soviet-Finland friendship, other VIPs listen, Mikoyan & Khrushchev, photographers. Kekkonen’s speech (SOF), at the end Kekkonen speaks in Russian, applause, shake hands, delegates drive thru city in open top car surrounded by police motorcycles, people wave at passing car. 00:03:11 Title: New Dam on Dnepra. Large construction site w/ shots of workers forming reinforcing steel; large section lowered by crane. Construction high up; Trucks / lorries w/ stones, rocks on conveyor belts. Illustration of completed dam. 00:04:06 Agriculture Professor Konstantin Gorshenyn on podium at agriculture science meeting, w/ wife in office, look at soil examples, CU professor’s book: ‘South Siberian Soil’, CU pages from book. Gorshenyn speaks on camera (SOF), about his work. 00:05:10 Ukraine, collective farm workers house, woman lays tables in canteen, shot of bedroom. Farm’s leader speaks w/ workers; men in front of equipment, sign for them; tractor w/ man on planter drives across field. 00:06:06 Int. Poultry farm, chickens in cages, women feed & collect eggs; CU hens laying eggs, women stamp eggs, eggs in incubator. Woman opens incubator door pulls out shelf w/ new chicks. Mature flock outside farm. 00:06:56 CU aquarium on wall in picture frame, men sit at table, one looks inside the aquarium, CU int. aquarium w/ various tropical fish & grasses. 00:07:38 ‘In Brussels exhibition’, Brussels World’s Fair. Huge 103 m high exhibit ‘Atomium Pavilion’ in the form of atom, people look up at atomic exhibit, people on escalator leading inside the pavilion exhibition hall; various atomic science exhibits. Geiger counters & other displays. Aerial tram. The End. Diplomats; Diplomacy; USSR; Communism; Communists; Exposition; Worlds Fair; Poultry Farming; 1950s; NOTE: Any continuous one minute sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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