Russian News of the Day 1962 #41 October
Khrushchev’s visit to Uzbekistan. Large delegation w/ Khrushchev walk thru field, look at demonstration of various new cotton combines & tractors at work. Farmers greet Khrushchev w/ flowers. Shot of cotton field, K. w/ others on bridge, looks down at new concrete lined canal. K. talks w/ Uzbek people. Shots of new combines, cotton onto conveyor & into huge piles.
07:53:18 “Proof of the Party’s Decision” Ext. pan of steel mill; int. w/ dramatic lighting as workers pour steel. Worker gestures to woman in control room, men work next to machinery & large glowing bucket.
07:53:59 Trucks / Lorry’s w/ very long pipes on trailer across desert, CU of driver, aerial of trucks. Construction of country's biggest gas pipeline w/ aerials over pipes w/ closed ends in rafts pulled by tugs. Shots alongside. Welding & wrapping pipe on shore, man cuts off pipe ends, equipment alongside pipeline.
07:54:56 Azerbaijan, aluminum factory construction, man works on crane high up, shots of workers, man climbs up stairs, various enormous construction.
07:55:50 Convoy of lorries on highway, truck POV shots of road & roadside w/ birch trees. High angle bulldozers & equipment building new road, CU young driver. Men weld & construct new bridge, boat under, cars & trucks seen on newly built motor ways.
07:56:46 Moscow, busy city street, traffic policeman & many cars, CU policeman, officer on motorcycle w/ side car, indicates car to stop. Officer makes notes of car involved in accident; police in station look at map. Police officer surrounded by kids w/ toy cars teaches traffic rules, signs of traffic controller, boy repeats them. High angle of children driving pedal cars. Police station sign, smiling officer talks w/ volunteers. CU smiling & walking together along the sidewalk.
07:57:49 Moscow’s Museum of National Art, people looking at exhibition of decorative laquer varnish: small jewel chests, paintings, photo frames. CU of details. Futuristic space rockets.
07:58:32 Kazakhstan, farmer w/ big sugar beet; KS-3 beet combines in the field harvesting beets, lorries truck beets on highway; dump into piles w/ sugar factory in background.
07:59:18 Children's paintings, kindergarten children in polka-dot uniforms at arts class, CU of medal, best young artist presented w/ medals, other kids applaud.
08:00:28 Autumn nature, river, trees, ducks on water & flying; squirrel on tree, deer graze in woods, women & little girl look through fallen leaves on the ground, people rest on park bench, country road.
08:01:20 US New York City Ballet in Moscow. Dancers dancing Swan Lake. Fragments from Stravinsky’s ballet Agon (?), Symphony of Far East, audience applauding.
1960s; Soviet Culture; Cold War;
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Russian News of the Day 1962 #41 October Khrushchev’s visit to Uzbekistan. Large delegation w/ Khrushchev walk thru field, look at demonstration of various new cotton combines & tractors at work. Farmers greet Khrushchev w/ flowers. Shot of cotton field, K. w/ others on bridge, looks down at new concrete lined canal. K. talks w/ Uzbek people. Shots of new combines, cotton onto conveyor & into huge piles. 07:53:18 “Proof of the Party’s Decision” Ext. pan of steel mill; int. w/ dramatic lighting as workers pour steel. Worker gestures to woman in control room, men work next to machinery & large glowing bucket. 07:53:59 Trucks / Lorry’s w/ very long pipes on trailer across desert, CU of driver, aerial of trucks. Construction of country's biggest gas pipeline w/ aerials over pipes w/ closed ends in rafts pulled by tugs. Shots alongside. Welding & wrapping pipe on shore, man cuts off pipe ends, equipment alongside pipeline. 07:54:56 Azerbaijan, aluminum factory construction, man works on crane high up, shots of workers, man climbs up stairs, various enormous construction. 07:55:50 Convoy of lorries on highway, truck POV shots of road & roadside w/ birch trees. High angle bulldozers & equipment building new road, CU young driver. Men weld & construct new bridge, boat under, cars & trucks seen on newly built motor ways. 07:56:46 Moscow, busy city street, traffic policeman & many cars, CU policeman, officer on motorcycle w/ side car, indicates car to stop. Officer makes notes of car involved in accident; police in station look at map. Police officer surrounded by kids w/ toy cars teaches traffic rules, signs of traffic controller, boy repeats them. High angle of children driving pedal cars. Police station sign, smiling officer talks w/ volunteers. CU smiling & walking together along the sidewalk. 07:57:49 Moscow’s Museum of National Art, people looking at exhibition of decorative laquer varnish: small jewel chests, paintings, photo frames. CU of details. Futuristic space rockets. 07:58:32 Kazakhstan, farmer w/ big sugar beet; KS-3 beet combines in the field harvesting beets, lorries truck beets on highway; dump into piles w/ sugar factory in background. 07:59:18 Children's paintings, kindergarten children in polka-dot uniforms at arts class, CU of medal, best young artist presented w/ medals, other kids applaud. 08:00:28 Autumn nature, river, trees, ducks on water & flying; squirrel on tree, deer graze in woods, women & little girl look through fallen leaves on the ground, people rest on park bench, country road. 08:01:20 US New York City Ballet in Moscow. Dancers dancing Swan Lake. Fragments from Stravinsky’s ballet Agon (?), Symphony of Far East, audience applauding. 1960s; Soviet Culture; Cold War;