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LIB 23-12-72 WORLD COMMUNIST CONFERENCE CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF USSR
The Communist Party Conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of the formation of the USSR. Speakers include Fidel Castro and Madame Nguyen Thi Binh.
1. ms of Lenin bust with pull out to show conference
2. ws of President Nikolai...
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Putin marks 60th anniversary of start of Great Patriotic War
1. Eternal flame
2. Wide of soldiers marching
3. Soldiers standing to attention
4. Procession including Russian President Vladimir Putin
5. Press
6. Procession going up steps to tomb
7. Soldiers lay wreath at tomb
8. Putin as he...
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SYND 24 5 77 FILE FILM ON EX-PRESIDENT PODGORNY'S RETURN FROM AFRICA
File film of the arrival back in Moscow in April of President Nikolai Podgorny (Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet) of The Soviet Union from an African visit. Podgorny was removed on Tuesday (May24) from the Soviet Communist...
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SYND 16-3-70 BIGGEST SOVIET MILITARY MANOEUVRES CLOSE TO WESTERN FRONTIER
Biggest Soviet military manoeuvres for more than two years close to western frontier
1) various paratroopers dropped, landing on snow covered ground
2) ms paratrooper unbuckles chute
3) ms planes drop more paratroopers
4) various troops...
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SYND 4 8 76 INTERCOSMOS 16 SATELLITE TAKES OFF FROM KAPUSTIN YAR LAUNCH SITE
A joint venture involving scientists and experts from the USSR, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Sweden has led to the assembly of a new internationl satellite - the Intercosmos-16. The satellite is launched from the Russian Kapustin Yar...
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SYND 14/6/70 BREZHNEV ADDRESSES VOTERS AT AN ELECTION MEETING IN THE KREMLIN
Soviet President, Leonid Brezhnev addresses voters at an election meeting in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses
1) image of Lenin on wall of hall
2) Leonid Brezhnev and officials enter hall and take their place on dias
3) audience...
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SYND 17 7 76 BREZHNEV SIGNS NEW STOCKHOLM APPEAL
A New Stockholm Appeal has been launched in the Soviet Union, in the hopes of paving the way towards ending the arms race. It has been signed by the Soviet cabinet, including Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
1. ws Russian cabinet enter...
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CHINA: CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO VISIT
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Cuban President Fidel Castro has arrived in China for a state visit intended to boost trade with China while highlighting solidarity among the few remaining Communist countries.
The visit to Beijing is Castro's first, but...
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UPITN 23 5 79 SCENES ABOARD USSR AIRCRAFT CARRIER MINSK
The Soviet guided missile V/STOL aircraft carrier minsk entered the Mediterranean Sea on February 25, 1979. The Soviets have classified the Minsk as an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) ship. The Minsk differs from most aircraft carriers in...
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SYND 19 1 79 SPANISH FM AGUIRRE ON OFFICIAL VISIT AND MEETS SOVIET PM KOSYGIN
Spanish Foreign Minister Marcelino Oreja Aguirre met with the Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin on while on an official visit to the Soviet Union. During their talks, both men were said to have expressed a desire to deepen the...
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UPITN 21 12 76 RECEPTION IN KREMLIN FOR BREZHNEV'S 70th BIRTHDAY
Guests and heads of Communist countries attend a 70th birthday banquet for Soviet Party leader, Leonid Brezhnev
1. Soviet Party officials walk up stairs to reception
2. various shots, party officials talking together
3. Women up...
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BREZHNEV MAKES STATEMENT
Leoinid Brezhnev, President of the USSR, reading statement out to officials
* date is approximate
1) Leonid Breznev reads statement to room of officials (no audio)
Film: Pos - Sound: Mute - B&W - NYFilm: No - LN Number: No -...
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KEKKONEN IN MOSCOW
1. ws train in Moscow
2. ms Soviet officials, including Kosygin and Podgorny, waiting at train station
3. ms Kekkonen exits the train, greeted by Russian officials
Film: Neg - Sound: Mute - B&W - NYFilm: a0027451 - LN Number:...
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SYND 29 1 77 SOVIET LEADER BREZHNEV VISITS HOME OF LEO TOLSTOY AT YASNAYA POLYANA NEAR TOWN OF TULA
Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev visits Yasnaya Polyana Estate, home of famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, near town of Tula in Russia.
1. gv exterior, Tolstoy's home
2. gv Brezhnev and party walking towards house
3. ms Brezhnev welcomed...
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SYND 28 6 73 BREZHNEV RETURNS FROM FOREIGN TALKS
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev returns from a series of foreign talks, with leaders including President Richard Nixon.
1. ws Aeroflot jet taxiing
2. ms Russian officials forward
3. ms Brezhnev down plane steps
4. ws Brezhnev greeted
5....
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Christmas morning in Red Square and around Moscow
1. Various, Christ Our Saviour Cathedral
2. Rain falling on ground
3. People walking in rain
4. Deserted main street, tilt up to Christmas tree
5. Various of people coming out of Red Square
6. Red square cathedral
8. Russian Father...
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SYND 11 9 77 RUSSIA V AMERICA SWIMMING
Soviet swimming team competition against America in Leningrad.
1. ws interior swimming pool2. ms Russian flag3. ms American flag4. ws Russian team holding up banner on edge of pool5. ms Russian team and crowd6. ws sign 1500m7. various ms...
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SYND 30 3 77 US SECRETARY OF STATE VANCE MEETS BREZHNEV AT KREMLIN
US Secretary Of State Cyrus Vance met Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev st the Kremlin for talks about US President Jimmy Cater's disarmament proposal, which were turned down.
1. vs Brezhnev shakes hands with Vance
2. mcu Brezhnev
3. ms...
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SYND 23 4 78 KREMLIN CELEBRATIONS ON
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, Alexei Kosygin and other politburo members attended a celebration meeting to mark the 108th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin, in the Kremlin's palace of...
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SYND 6 11 77 BOLSHEVIK ANNIVERSARY PREPARATIONS
Moscow celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Bolshevik uprising of 1917. Banners in the street announce the anniversary and posters proclaim that USSR is against all wars.
1. ls Moscow skyline from across the Moskva river with the...
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SYND 10 2 75 MILITARY PARADE
Moscow parade
1Soviet leaders on Lenin's tomb
2 military vehicles past
3 applause from crowd
4 APCs past
5 Soviet leaders including Leonid Brezhnev wave
6 tanks past
7 military watch
8 rockets past
9 missiles past
10 rocket launchers...
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SYND 17/06/1969 COMMUNIST CONGRESS ENDS
World Communist party congress ends with signing of a 40 page document calling for unity
1 gv Congress
2 mcu document handed to Leonid Brezhnev who signs
3 ms delegates
4 mcu Walter Ulbricht, East Germany signs
5 ms other delegates...
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SYND 30 10 74 SCHMIDT MEETS BREZHNEV
Helmut Schmidt meets Leonid Brezhnev
1 Leonid Brezhnev up stairs and greeted by Helmut Schmidt and other officials
2 ms Brezhnev with drink
3 Schmidt talks to officials
4 cu Brezhnev
5 Schmidt talks to officials
Film: Pos - Sound: mute...