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Factories and industrial complexes. Estonia, 1971
Clip 4 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Scenes of workers operating machinery in various factories and industrial complexes.
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Sight-seeing and leisure on the beaches in Crimea, Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 7 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. POV from the deck of river boat for sightseeing on Dnieper river. Italian tourists, panorama of Kiev. Tourist on...
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USSR 1970s - dead birds in oil spill, Ilmen Nature Reserve, bird conservation
VS Russian newspapers ; articles about environmental dangers, pollution, ... Pictures of industrial chimneys w/ smoke. Seashore after oil slick : dead birds taken into the oil. VS Covers of magazines and Lenin's texts about environment....
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Industry and transport in Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 3 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Modern buildings and piles. Miners walking out from work in working suits and dirty faces. Wide shot inside the...
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Estonian farms and coastal landscapes. Men working on the mills and on sailing ships. Estonia, 1971
Clip 7 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Scenes of farms, coastal landscapes, beaches, and houses. Men work on the mills and on the sails of a large ship.
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Folk performances, traditional dress, and sight-seeing in Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 6 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Group of people walking the street in medieval armour / armor followed by people in suits. People sitting on chairs...
Curated Video
TAIWAN: BUSINESS CONTINUES AS NORMAL DESPITE DENG XIAOPING'S FUNERAL
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
As funeral rites for Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping were held in China on Tuesday, in Taiwan it was business as usual.
There were few indications of mourning on the island as the late strongman was being laid...
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SYND 10/02/1971 INTERVIEW WITH WEST GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER HERR HELMUT SCHMIDT
Interview with West german Defence Minister Herr Helmut Schmidt on the development of West GermanY and relations with East Germany
1) INTERVIEW: Helmut Schmidt, the West German Defence Minister, SOUND UP:
Film: Pos - Sound:OPT SOF -...
Curated Video
Ukraine Signs Non-Proliferation Treaty
Ukraine on Monday (5/12) signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty and opened the way for further reduction of the world's
nuclear arsenals. (BUDAPEST, HUNGARY 5/12) WS ceremony enacting the START
treaty. Clinton signing. Yeltsin...
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SYND 22 1 75 PRESIDENT FORD ON US/SOVET DETENTE AND AID FOR MILITARY AID TO SOUTH VIETMAN
American President Gerald Ford press conference on continuing Soviet American detente following the Soviet rejection of mutual trade agreement and an increase in military aid to South Vietnam
1. ws Ford at lectern speaking, SOUNDBITE, ...
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SYND 20 09 74 KISSINGER ON USSR DETENTE
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the current detente with the USSR
1. mcu Kissinger - SOUNDBITE - 'there can be no peaceful order without a constructive relationship between the US and the Soviet Union. There will be no...
Curated Video
RUSSIA: MOSCOW: AFRICAN STUDENTS FACE DIFFICULTIES
Eng/Russian/ Nat
For years, students from developing countries were welcomed to the Soviet Union as heroes in the battle against imperialism.
They were given a free education at the University of Peoples' Friendship in the hope that they...
Curated Video
RUSSIA: DEMANDS FOR ELIAN GONZALEZ'S RETURN (2)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Philippa Meagher
Several hundred protesters have gathered outside the U-S embassy in Moscow on Wednesday to demand the return of six-year-old Elian Gonzalez to his native Cuba.
The peaceful protest was...
Curated Video
RUSSIA: MOSCOW: REVOLUTION DAY RALLY
TYPE: Eng/Russian/Nat
Around ten thousand Communists gathered in Moscow's Red Square Tuesday to celebrate Revolution Day.
Eng/Russian/Nat
Around ten thousand Communists gathered in Moscow's Red Square Tuesday to celebrate Revolution...
Curated Video
HUNGARY: HOPES FOR YELTSIN VICTORY IN RUSSIAN 2ND ROUND ELECTIONS
Hung/English/Nat
With the possibility of Communists regaining power in Russia, former countries of the Soviet bloc are watching closely the second round of presidential elections.
None more so than Hungary, where an anti-Communist...
Curated Video
UKRAINE: UKRAINIAN AMERICANS
English/Nat
US President Bill Clinton's visit to Ukraine is not just about economic reform and nuclear issues - it is an acknowledgement of the political power of the new Ukrainian state and of the one (m) million American voters of...
Curated Video
BELARUS :TOY MANUFACTURER PAYS STAFF PARTLY WITH CUDDLY TOYS
Russian/Nat
As many companies in the former Soviet Union continue to struggle with the new economic order, some employees are having to be flexible about their wages.
This payment in kind can take bizarre forms : A cash starved toy...
Curated Video
RUSSIA: MOSCOW: NEGOTIATIONS UNDERWAY TO END MINERS' STRIKE
Russian/Eng/Nat
Russian and Ukrainian government officials have met trade union leaders in the two countries to try to end a strike by more than a (m) million coal miners.
The strike is the largest walkout in the former Soviet Union...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: GORBACHEV ATTENDS NEW SDP CONGRESS
Russian/Eng/Nat
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday attended the Founding Congress of his new Social Democratic Party of Russia.
By coincidence, exactly fifteen years ago Mikhail Gorbachev was elected to the post of...
Curated Video
SYND 19-6-74 PANOV PRESS CONFERENCE
Panov press conference
1 Valery Panov and wife at a press conference with interpreter
Film: Rev - Sound: SOF- Colour- NYFilm: c0047278 - LN Number: LN54094 - Available in HD
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SYND 25-10-73 PRESIDENT NIXON HOLDS A PRESS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON ON MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
US President Richard Nixon holds a press conference in Washington on Yom Kippur War and Middle East situation.
1. mcu Nixon speaking SOUNDBITE (English) about situation in Middle East ; USA demanded that no major force be included to UN...
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NATO chief, Kouchner on Georgia, Rice bilat with Georgians
1. NATO Secretary-General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, walking up to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary-General:
"There can be no business as usual with Russia under the present circumstances and the future of...
Curated Video
TAJIKISTAN: POLICE HAVE LITTLE EFFECT IN STOPPING DRUGS TRADE
Russian/Nat
Police in one of Russia's poorest republics, Tajikistan, think the country may well rival Colombia when it comes to the supply of drugs.
Since the break up of the Soviet Union, some of Tajikistan's poorest inhabitants have...