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Foreign Newsreel Number 24

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Abstract
China. Stay in Beijing, the government economic mission of the Republic of Cuba, headed by E. Guevara. Meeting of the Cuban-Chinese friendship. Receiving members of the delegation Mao Tse-tung. Congo. Military coup by Colonel Mobutu. Passing tanks with soldiers, barbed wire in the streets. Arrest of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and other ministers. Poland. A protest rally against the arrest of Patrice Lumumba. Inauguration of the first natural sulfur processing plant in Poland. V. Gomulka and others visiting the building of the plant. Mexico, Mexico City. Traditional sports parade in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. Participants of the parade are passing by. Poland, Warsaw. Congress of the International Democratic Federation of Women, dedicated to the 15th anniversary of its founding. Meeting room. Federation Chairman Eugenie Cotton (France) speaking. Austria. A chinchilla farm in the foothills of the Alps near Salzburg. Cages with animals. A farm worker weighs the animal's cage. Furrier's workshop; the craftsmen pick up the fur. Germany, Munich. The consequences of the plane crash: a crashed tram, cars, burning wreckage of a US Air Force plane that crashed into the city. The men carry the coffin. India. Locusts fly over the fields. Men treat crops with chemicals. Locusts are buried in a ditch. France. Athletes-swimmers swim in the turbulent stream of the river, swim among the stones, swim to the shore, come out of the water. City of Paris. Performance at the Sports Palace of Soviet circus performers. On the arena: Ossetian horsemen, aerial acrobats, trainer V. Durov with an elephant. Holland. Performance by the Folk Dance Ensemble led by Igor Moiseev. The audience is applauding.
Director
V. Sharapova
Color
B&W
Film ID
18563
Keywords
animal husbandry
, economic communications
, international workers solidarity
, industry
, cultural connections
, water sports
, natural disasters
, political connections
, international organizations
, westgermany
, wars and conflicts of the 2nd half of the 20th century
Meterage
291
Number of Parts
1
Release Date
1960
Sound