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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to the USSR A. G. Ansari presents his credentials to K. E. Voroshilov in the Kremlin. Solemn meeting of representatives of public organizations, cultural workers, art in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, dedicated to the 8th anniversary of the liberation of Burma from colonial dependence. Speakers: N. S. Tikhonov, Ambassador of Burma to the USSR Mong On. A meeting of the builders of the Kuibyshev hydroelectric power station on the occasion of the launch of the first hydroelectric unit; the chief of construction IV Komzin is speaking. Farmers in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan are loading fertilizers into the plane. Spraying fertilizers on collective farm fields from an airplane. Transportation of logs in the Sakhalin taiga from the slopes of the mountains downwards using a cable-block installation proposed by the engineer Uliganets. Shop of the Minsk Machine-Tool Plant. Workers Voroshen and Lysagora machine parts using new methods and devices. New Year's was for young people in the St. George Hall of the Kremlin. The young man is presented with a prize for the best dance performance. China. Construction of a cement plant near Datong. Japan. Extraction of salt from sea water on the island of Shinoku. Tour of the American theater troupe "Euryman Opera" in Leningrad; artists perform an excerpt from D. Gershwin's musical drama "Porgy and Bess".

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