News of the Day No 17

The ceremonial meeting at the Bolshoi Theater of the USSR, dedicated to the 86th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin. Speakers: K. E. Voroshilov, D. T. Shepilov. The first commandant of the Kremlin, P. D. Malkov, talks on the territory of the Kremlin with a group of collective farmers from the village of Kashino, Volokolamsk District, Moscow Region, giving them a tour of the Kremlin. Lenin's office in the Kremlin. Great Britain. In the port of Portsmouth there is the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze, on which the leaders of the Soviet Union arrived. Residents of the city visiting a warship, talking with sailors. Moscow city. Performance at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall of the English Musicians Orchestra conducted by A. Bliss. Meeting in the Odessa port of repatriates, natives of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus, who arrived from Argentina. Receipt by newcomers of money, tickets for travel to the place of residence. Georgia. Melting steel in the open-hearth shop of a metallurgical plant in the city of Rustavi. Flooding in the Rostov region. Evacuation of the population by ships, helicopters. Meeting in Moscow polar explorers who returned from the drifting stations "North Pole-4" and "North Pole-5". Among the arrivals - I. D. Papanin. View of the Dagestan aul Kubachi. Master engravers for engraving silver items. Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. Vacationers swim in the sea, sunbathe, ride on boats. France. Observatory view. Scientists at the instruments. Pictures of the sun's surface taken by French scientists. USA. American athlete D. Bragg vaults with a pole. Poland. Firefighters and residents of one of the Polish cities, according to the old tradition, pour water on each other on the 2nd day of Easter.

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