On the first international exhibition of building materials and equipment for their production in the Moscow park Sokolniki. Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR I. T. Novikov, Minister of the Industry of Building Materials of the USSR I. A. Grishmanov open the exhibition; Soviet pavilion, visitors visiting the exhibits. Samples of mineral raw materials and decorative stone in the Soviet pavilion, facing tiles; pavilions: Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Germany, USA, Canada, Japan and other countries. Members of the Soviet government at the exhibition; press conference; presentation of diplomas to the participants of the exhibition.