Foreign Newsreel Number 1

Belgium. Strikes and demonstrations in protest against the government's bill on increasing taxes, reducing wages and pensions in the cities of Brussels, Liege, Antwerp. The seaport of Antwerp. Liege railway station. Stopping the movement of public transport in Brussels. Mounted police detachments, gendarmerie detachments, parts of the Belgian armed forces on the streets of cities. Demonstrators clash with police. Poland. Gdansk Shipyard. Launching of a ship built for the French merchant fleet. China. Tibet. The peasants of one of the villages receive documents for the right to own land. Festivities. Algeria. War between France and Algeria. French military units, police in a clash with supporters of the National Liberation Front. Buildings are burning. Demonstrations of protest. India. Valley of the Chambal River. Inauguration of the hydroelectric power plant. D. Nehru is present. Great Britain, London. Soviet writer M. A. Sholokhov with his family visits the sights of the city, visits the parliament building, the library of the British Museum, Trafalgar Square. USA. Blizzard. New York City. A fire in one of the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, caused by the crash of a plane that collided with another plane as a result of poor visibility. Victims. Fire on the aircraft carrier Costellation. Rescue work. Japan. New indoor ice rink in Tokyo. Visitors visiting the skating rink. Skaters on ice tracks. Mexico. Bullfight. In the arena, young bullfighters are students of experienced bullfighters. Spectators in the stands. Romania. Demonstration of spring season clothing models.

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