1958 - Russian Newsreel: Nasser; World Fair; Factory; Sakhalin Oil; Lithuania; Latvia; Ukraine; Mao

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1958 - Russian Newsreel: Nasser; World Fair; Factory; Sakhalin Oil; Lithuania; Latvia; Ukraine; Mao 00:51:50 Title: Gamal Abdel Nasser in USSR. Baku, Azerbaijan city streets w/ cheering crowds for United Arab Republic’s President Nasser & VIPs thru streets in open car, various shots of motorcade, cheering crowds. Chairman of Azerbaijan Supreme Soviet Abdulayev meets Nasser, talk at meeting table. High oil drilling derrick w/ sign: Welcome, President Nasser. VIPs at refinery, workers applaud, Nasser waves, into open car & leaves. 00:53:15 Title: World Exposition in Brussels. Pans over city World’s Fair grounds w/ various pavilions. Ext. USSR pavilion, int. large exhibition hall w/ display of fur coats, new car models, big crowds around Soviet rocket & Sputnik hanging above; nuns gesturing in circles, woman picks up small souvenir model of soviet sputnik, listens to it. CU various people looking in wonderment. 00:54:59 Title: Machine Constructors. CU machinery on factory floor, CU Lenin Prize (?) winner talking. An engineer (?) tells (SOF) about their invention that produces important machinery parts, CU of variety of gears. Several automated gear cutting machines at work. Robotics. 00:56:37 Spring planting on collective farm. Men on tractors, CU sign on field, man fills planter; tractors in field from various angles. 00:57:30 Sakhalin Island, winter & woods; small wooden houses in snowy field, men in underpants run out from bathhouse & rub themselves w/ snow. Men in workers hostel, sit at table, play accordions, shave. Men work on oil drilling derrick, CU workers pulling pipe; petroleum derrick pulled to new site. 00:58:25 Lithuania, Spring flooding. Village yards covered w/ water, deer in deep water, men w/ rowboat catch & rescue, putting deer in boat. LS motorboat thru water. 00:59:16 Riga, Latvia street scene. Cars parked & school boy lottery winner checks out his prize new car; sits behind the wheel, presented w/ car key. Shot of car w/ family driving past on country road. 00:59:56 Kiev, Ukraine. Athletic teams march into swimming pool hall, USSR competition for the newspaper ‘Komsomol Pravda’ prize. CU trophy, shots of swimmers competing in various styles, spectators cheer. 01:00:47 Title: 1st of May Abroad, Peking, China. Mao Tse Tung & others watch Beijing May Day parade. VIPs on podium applaud, people w/ various placards, decorative posters, high angle demonstration. Also Warsaw, Moscow & unid. countries. The End. Diplomats; Diplomacy; USSR; Communism; Communists; 1950s; Synthetics; World Fair; Agriculture; Oil Exploration; Sports; Awards; Prizes; Dictators; Cold War; Space Race; 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