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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: WW2 VICTORY DAY MILITARY PARADE
Russian/Nat
A traditional military parade to mark Victory Day was held on Red Square in Moscow on Sunday.
Five thousand servicemen took part.
The elite units of the Russian Armed Forces marched in front of the country's top officials...
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SYND 17 2 78 SOVIET AND LIBYAN TALKS WITH KOSYGIN AND JALLOUD IN THE SOVIET UNION
Major Abdel Salem Jalloud, the second most powerful Libyan leader meets with Soviet leaders Chairman Leonid Brezhnev and Premier Alexei Kosygin at the Kremlin.
1. ws interior Libyan delegation greeted
2. ms Kosygin seated at conference...
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SYND 17 6 77 PRESIDENT BREZHNEV SPEAKS AT OPENING SESSION OF THE SUPREME SOVIET
Elected Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev addresses delegates & other Russian officials at the opening session of meeting of Soviet Supreme
1. gv wide interior Kremlin, assembly hall, Soviet officials seated 2. various shots, people...
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Meet the Unofficial Czar Of Russia
Crowned by monarchists, Grand Duke Cyril sends a message while with his family in France. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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GROMYKO ARRIVES
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko flies into London on his first official visit since 1965. He'll be discussing international problems and Anglo-Soviet trade and cultural relations with the Prime Minister and other Government...
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RUSSIAN NAVY DAY
Soviet Navy Day - and impressive displays of Russia's seapower at Leningrad and Sebastopol. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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SOYUZ 9
Russia sets up a new space endurance record with the Soyuz 9 flight. Film of the blast-off on June 1 and cosmonauts Nikolayev and Sevastianov during the flight. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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SYND 29/06/74 NIXON SIGNS AGREEMENTS WITH USSR
US President Richard Nixon and Soviet General Secretary, Leonid Brezhnev, Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, Premier, Alexey Kosygin, and President Nikolai Podgorny and US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, at signing of agreements...
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UPITN 5/1/80 FIRST KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN THE SOVIET UNION, AT TALLINN
First karate championships held in the Soviet Union, at Tallinn
1. wide pan across Karate teams in sports arena
2. top shot judges table
3. various top shots Karate match in progress
4. match ends, competitors bow to each other
5. top...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD VISIT
English/Nat
Syrian president Hafez Assad began top level talks in Moscow on Tuesday expected to focus on the Middle East peace process and Syrian arms deals with Russia.
Assad has been to Russian fourteen times, but his arrival in...
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RUSSIA: YELTSIN COMMEMMORATES NAZI INVASION OF 1941
Natural Sound
Wreaths were being laid at war monuments throughout Russia on Tuesday as the country commemorates the Nazi invasion of 1941 which brought the Soviet Union into World War II.
In Moscow, President Boris Yeltsin and senior...
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SYND 29 5 72 NIXON AND BREZHNEV SIGN TREATY
US President Richard Nixon and Soviet Party Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign coexistence treaty
1. ls US President Richard Nixon and Soviet Party Secretary Leonid Brezhnev at table signing document, witnesses behind
2. ms Leonid Brezhnev...
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UPITN 6 4 78 SOVIET LEADER LEONID BREZHNEV IN IRKUTSK DURING HIS TOUR OF SIBERIA
Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev visiting Irkutsk during his tour of Siberia.
1. ms sign reading Irkutsk2. gv train arriving to station, crowd and dignitaries on platform3. gv crowd waving4. ms Brezhnev greeted 5. ms pan along line of...
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CAN979 CATAFALQUE OF SOVIET COSMONAUT KOMAROV
Thousands of mourners queue to visit the catafalque of Soviet Cosmonaut, Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov, who died on re-entering the Earth's atmosphere in Soyuz 1 Space Mission. Komarov was the first Soviet cosmonaut to travel into space...
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SYND09/12/69 VOROSHILOV STATE FUNERAL
State funeral for Marshal Klimenti Yefrimovitch Voroshilov former Soviet President and First Red Army Marshall
1 ms wreaths slowly carried past crowds by soldiers in Red Square
2 ms soldiers slowly march past pan
3 ms armored carrier...
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RUSSIAN WEIGHT LIFTER
Known as the ""strongest man in the world"" Russia's Vasily Alexeyev sets 3 world records at a contest in Paris. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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LUNOKHOD
An impression of the first self-propelled vehicle to be successfully landed on the Moon. The Russians take a big step forward with the eight-wheeled ""Lunakhod One"" landed by their unmanned Luna 17 spacecraft. Disclaimer: British...
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MOSCOW PARADE
A massive parade of men and military equipment through Red Square to mark the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. Senior American Diplomats boycott the event in protest against the detention of three high-ranking US officers in...
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DE GAULLE OBITUARY
Charles de Gaulle - soldier, statesman and above all a Frenchman - is dead. He died, aged 79, at his home in the country just over two years after being defeated in a referendum. We look at the career of this indomitable figure - his...
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MOSCOW STATE CIRCUS
The Moscow State Circus presents some fantastic new acts in its latest programme. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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THEY MEET AND AGREE IN MOSCOW -
Mr Cordell Hull of America and Mr Eden travel to Moscow for a conference to be greeted by Mr Molotov. After ten days of talks the signing of the Agreement takes place. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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THE RED ARMY SWEEPS FORWARD: - NO SOUND
Nalchik Area - The Red Army has made great advances in the Caucasus stopping Hitler's bid to reach the oilfields of Grozny and Baku. ® Rzhev Front - Great advances have also been made in the Central following the cutting of the...
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THE LINK UP -
The Americans and Russians linked-up on the River Elbe near Torgau, General Reinhardt crossing the river to meet General Rosakov. Later the GIs and men of the Red Army greeted each other. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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ALLIED CONTROL COUNCIL IN BERLIN
Field Marshal Montgomery arrived at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin to attend a meeting of the Allied Control Council. The main purpose of the meeting was to agree the constitution of the Allied Control Commission, with the fixing of zones...