1959 - Russian Newsreel: Lenin; Brezhnev; Cotton Mill; East Africa; Uzbekistan; Leningrad; Etc.

1959 - Russian Newsreel: Lenin; Brezhnev; Cotton Mill; East Africa; Uzbekistan; Leningrad; Etc. 00:30:16 Title: Around Lenin’s places. Portrait of Lenin, Lenin’s 89th birthday, ext. & int. Lenin Museum Gorki, people look at historical documents; park bench where Lenin loved to sit, park path where he took walks. Moscow, Ext. Kremlin, int. people walk thru Lenin’s office. Archival footage of Lenin in Kremlin’s Yard. 00:31:28 Title. Ext. Kremlin. Int. First session of leading USSR Soviet, rear shot of tall narrow meeting hall, government leaders on stage w/ Brezhnev, LS stage, shots of audience, speakers on podium, applause. Party member Aristov nominates Ignatov for Chairman of Ministers Cabinet. VIPs applaud w/ Brezhnev & Ignatov.Polanskoy on the podium, audience votes, applause. 00:32:49 Cotton textile factory w/ cotton bobbins on looms(?), women workers; workers are trying out new plan where leading workers help out bottom brigades; leading team’s member Valentina tells (SOF) how she decided to leave her team & come to help bottom team, knowing that she will get paid less. Valentina works w/ team mate, shots of young women working. 00:33:52 Title: Africa fights for freedom. Accra, East Africa nationalist demonstrations. People march w/ placards, speakers at microphone surrounded by huge crowd, various placards w/ - ‘Freedom for East Africa’, various shots of demonstration thru city. GOOD. 00:34:47 Kremlin, Deputy Chairman Poleckis(?) w/ Ethiopian ambassador, speeches, exchange documents. 00:35:34 Uzbekistan, spring, CU apple orchard in bloom w/ flowers. Cotton planting, men in big field, look at soil, CU tractor driver, man measures planting distance in soil, high angle tractor thru field, CU planter. 00:36:18 Workers in back of lorrys / trucks driving up mountain road. Trucks on snowy road. Workers into tramway & up mountain. Shots thru tram window to mountains. CU Dramatic shots of men working on tram lines high above valley. Cable room & men in control panel room talking by telephone to the tram. LS tram sliding through the air mountains behind. 00:37:13 Leningrad harbor w/ ice & arriving ships. Ship from Ceylon unloading bulk rubber cargo; workers move rubber blocks, woman on fork lift. 00:37:52 People on street gather around, take pictures, CU police man blows whistle, smiles. Dog & tiny bear cub out of car; walked down street on leashes. Couple at dinner table, dog on floor nurses adopted baby bear, CU bear feeding from dog, woman feeds eager bear from baby bottle, CU bear w/ bottle. 00:38:51 Title: Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater auditorium, shot of audience, folk dancers on stage, dancers from various angles, applause. Rumanian dance “Beryl” performed by 2 male artists, shots of funny (clown like) dancing. Oddities; Gags; Pets; Animals; African Diplomats; Diplomacy; USSR; Communism; Communists; 1950s; Revolution; 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