Festival on the Elbe

Inauguration of the festival of friendship between the youth of the USSR and the GDR in Dresden; the first secretary of the Socialist Unified Party of Germany V. Ulbricht, the first secretary of the Central Council of the Union of Free Youth G. Jan, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol E. Tyazhelnikov are speaking. A solemn procession of the festival participants, Soviet and German soldiers. Types of streets in Dresden. The artist paints on the street. People in the square near the fountain. Halls of the Dresden Gallery. Participants of the festival are in the hall at the conference, Soviet and German representatives are speaking. Festival participants visit industrial enterprises, plant trees, exchange autographs. Performances of circus performers and youth ensembles on the streets of the city. Walk of youth on a steamer. The choir sings the anthem of democratic youth and students (synchronously). Monuments to Soviet soldiers in Dresden and Berlin. Newsreel footage of the destroyed city of Dresden (1945). Torchlight procession of the festival participants.

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1970