Indian Chronicle No 304

Celebrating Republic Day: raising the national flag on a flagpole near the wall of the Red Fort; volley from cannons; people in the square, among them children; formation of soldiers of the National Guard; Jawaharlal Nehru speaks. Representatives of India at a meeting of the International Commission on Repatriation. Conference in Colombia on the settlement of the post-war system in Vietnam, Cambodia: the Indian delegation is headed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru; are representatives of European countries (synchronously). Demonstration of supporters of peace with the national flag on the streets of one of the cities of India. The opening of a dam on one of the rivers: on the bank, people greet the builders; water flows into irrigation canals on the fields, peasants rejoice at the water. Rural cooperatives: peasants cultivate the land with wooden plows. Peasants in a rural clinic. A doctor examines a man's sore arm. Entrance to the International Building Exhibition in Delhi. View of buildings of pavilions of different countries. View of a multi-storey building under construction in one of the cities. The passenger train arrives at the "CHUNAR" station. The train moves along the railway track among the mountains. Security along the route of the train. General view of the port. The ship is at the pier. Seeing off at the pier. The ship is sailing away. Indian Airlines plane on the runway. The new locomotive arrives at the train station depot. View of the main entrance to the "Textile industry exhibition". Exhibition interiors. Solemn meeting of the Afghan delegation led by Prime Minister Mohamed Daoud at the Indian airport. Solemn meeting of the Soviet delegation of cultural representatives (musicians, dancers) at the airport. Fragments of the performance on the stage of the concert hall of the Russian folk dance ensemble. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru meets Canadian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies at the airport. Canadian guests in one of the agricultural cooperatives. Solemn meeting at the airport of the delegations of Australia, China. Opening of international sports games at the stadium: sports delegations from different countries are taking place; fragments of competitions among men in steeplechase, discus throwing; Winner's reward ceremony; spectators in the stands. Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Speaker on the podium. In the sculptor's workshop: visitors look at the sculptures. Fragment of the International Children's Drawing Competition. Fragments of the performance of the Indian folklore ensemble. International Science Congress in India: Congress Participants. Type of weather station. Employees are watching a solar eclipse.

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