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Foreign Newsreel Number 8

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Abstract
The plot is dedicated to Yuri Gagarin's space flight. Residents of Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland read newspapers with a message about the flight of the first cosmonaut. Newsstands, newspaper sale. Astrophysicist K. Popovich (Romania) gives interviews (synchronously). Demonstrations, rallies in Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, China in solidarity with the people of Cuba and in protest against the aggressive policy of the United States. At the rally in Beijing are: Guo-Mo-Jo, Li-Te-Quan. The rally in Budapest is attended by artists from the Cuban ballet. Egypt (UAR). Construction of the Assuan Dam. Soviet and Arab construction specialists, including I. V. Komzin, Hassan Zakki. Romania. Production processes at the Respublika pipe-rolling plant. Israel, Jerusalem. The trial of the war criminal, Nazi A. Eichmann, former SS Obersturmbannführer. Building, courtroom, judges. A. Eichmann in the courtroom. Eichmann's lawyer Servatius (Germany). Chronicle footage: 1941-1945. The territory of one of the concentration camps. Crematorium ovens. Corpses of prisoners. German soldiers escort civilians. China. Harp making at the Shanghai Musical Instrument Factory. Argentina. Dancer York Saka hunts for snakes, catches snakes for training. York Saka performs a dance with snakes. Great Britain. Suburb of Liverpool. Aintree Racecourse. International equestrian sports. Competitors at a distance, including G. Beasley (Great Britain).
Director
V. Sharapova
Color
B&W
Film ID
19647
Keywords
economic communications
, international workers solidarity
, the second world war
, metallurgy
, court
, horseback riding
, periodic printing
, water industry
, animal world
, production of cultural goods
, hunting
, cosmonautics
Meterage
292
Number of Parts
1
Release Date
1961
Sound