Contemporary № 41-42

The newsreel tells of the 7 November celebration. The newsreel includes the following filming: 1 part. Kuibyshev. Preparation of the square for November 7: a snowblower removes snow from the square, workers of municipal services of the city decorate the buildings with flags and banners, renovation of the facade of the building of the Opera and Ballet Theater. The commander of the Volga-Ural Military District, Colonel-General A.M. Makashov, is touring the troops lined up for the November 7 parade on the city square. Troops and equipment participating in the parade are passing through the square, columns of demonstrators are moving. Demonstrators carry the slogan “We don’t need bread, let’s work”. Residents of Kuibyshev - demonstrators give interviews (sinhr.) General view of the festive fair on the square: trade in vegetables, meat and industrial goods. Women choose children's tights on the counter. People are queuing up to the auto shops from which there is trade. A butcher chops meat, a woman stands at the counter and watches. Penza. General views of the monuments to V. Lenin, V. Belinsky and F. Dzerzhinsky. Participants of the rally - an alternative demonstration on November 7 on the square, talking, holding candles in their hands. General view of the festive demonstration in honor of November 7 on the central square of the city, young drummers are walking along the square, city leaders at the festive tribune. Nizhny Novgorod. Policemen guarding order during the festive demonstration stand on the square, columns of demonstrators are passing by. Ulyanovsk. Celebration on November 7 in Ulyanovsk: a brass band is playing, balloons are flying into the sky, columns of demonstrators are passing by, incl. column of the automobile plant them. Lenin. Women walking in the column of demonstrators are dancing. General view of the monument to V.I. Lenin, baskets of flowers at the monument. Kuibyshev. General view of the rally in defense of V. I. Lenin near the Lenin memorial near the monument to V. I. Lenin on the eve of November 7. The rally participants are holding slogans: "We will protect Lenin, October, socialism", "Get away dirty hands from Lenin. A group of activists on the podium trying to push back a woman who wants to hang out her slogan. Participants of the meeting express their own opinion in defense of Lenin and the achievements of socialism (sinhr.) Military parade and demonstration of workers on November 7 in Kuibyshev.

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V. Fedotov, A. Zinoviev, B. Volkov, A. Budnikov, A. Nazarov, V. Aboimov, Yu. Pivsaev

1990