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Russian News of the Day 1959 #03 January

Reel Number: 221192-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1959

Country: Bulgaria,East Germany,Russia,USSR

Location: CZECHOSLOVAKIA,GDR,Siberia,Sophia

TC Begins: 02:08:42

TC Ends: 02:19:24

Duration: 00:10:42

Russian News of the Day 1959 #03 January “All world is amazed” Soviets launch rocket at moon, CU various national newspaper headlines in montage. News Chronicle - “Russia Shoots At Moon”, Daily Worker - “First Man Made Planet”. 02:09:30 GDR man in control room receives signals from Soviet rocket, data tape records, CU coded signal printed out, large telescope. Man at control panel, reads signals from Soviet space ship or satellite on oscilloscope. Sophia, crowds outside Soviet Embassy, CU smiling, cheering people, USSR Embassy staff on balcony applaud & cheer. CU articles, worker reads out news to others. Chinese People’s Republic, audience, LS stage, China’s Academy of Science representative, reads news of USSR space achievement, applause. Men at coffee table, CU President of China’s Academy of Science says (SOF Chinese w/ Russian narration over) that USSR rocket launch is great scientific success. CU man at telescope, shot of moon. 02:11:15 “Mikoyan’s visit to USA” NYC skyscrapers; Mikoyan exits car, photographers, pose w/ John Foster Dulles in Washington. Mikoyan & others at large supermarket, w/ employees, customers. Photographers take pictures, visitors place things in trolley cart, cashier at checkout bends over counter to reach Mikoyan’s cart, Mikoyan pays for groceries & they exit w/ shopping bags. Car on road, Soviet delegation w/ Mikoyan enter government building; meet Vice President Nixon; CU Mikoyan & Nixon pose, smile, CUs. 02:13:13 Map w/ Omsk, Novosibirsk & other regions. “After Great Plan”, Siberian workers look at plans, measure & survey over snow. Raise large steel towers. CU workers high up on construction of new refinery or factory. North Siberia oil & gas workers near tent, man on phone, pushes plunger, dynamite explosions, people in heavy coats work on drilling rigs. Oil derrick, construction cranes & building apartments; large model of future city. 02:15:17 “All Union Count of Population” Moscow, census takers on street, tall apartment houses. Interview family members (SOF) around table. Outskirts of Moscow road, new culture house w/ woman & man at table, write down information. Wintery town, counter walks on snowy road, in apartment sits at table w/ family. Hospital maternity unit, women w/ new born babies, give names, CU baby. Woman w/ 111 yrs. old man, CU old man, shot of poster: “on the 15Jan59 is start of counting population”. 02:17:09 “Biggest in USSR”, ext astrophysics observatory, construction of largest USSR radio-telescope; workers & shots of huge construction, LS radio telescope. 02:17:51 “Soviet Gymnasts in Hungary” Soviet Ukrainian gymnast Raisa Borisova(?) performance to applause; performance on horizontal bar by Raisa Gabliyevsaya(?). Performances by Soviet champion in gymnastics Boris Tkachov; on the horse champion Urij Titov; on the high bar Soviet & world champion Boris Shohlin. Applauding audience. The End Space Race;

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