News of the Day 2

Launch of the first Soviet space rocket: rocket flight (animation), employees of the flight control center, Pulkovo Observatory at the instruments, Leninskie Gory metro station, builder A. Gaur gives interviews (synchronously), friendly cartoon for the launch of the rocket, artist M. Abramov, poet S. Mikhalkov reads a poem (synchronously). Belarus, Minsk. Celebrations dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the formation of the republic and the communist party of Belarus. Present and speaking: NS Khrushchev, FR Kozlov, ST Mazurov. A. Mikoyan's visit to the USA, New York. Meeting at the airport, press conference of A. Mikoyan. Orsk-Khalilovskiy metallurgical plant. Blast furnace worker F.I.Tolkachev at work, at home with children. All-Union population census on the motor ship "Asia", making a voyage from Vladivostok to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Latvia, Riga. Collection of paintings by the collector M. Pormanis. Pictures of Russian, Latvian and foreign artists. Tour of the French circus. Speech by circus performers, including gymnast A. Jean, clowns, acrobats and others.

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