News of the Day No 18

The ceremonial meeting in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, dedicated to the 99th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin. Speakers: V. Grishin, I. Kapitonov. Moscow city. Meeting room of the session of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; there are delegations from Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, USSR, Czechoslovakia, headed by T. Zhivkov, J. Kadar, V. Ulbricht, J. Tsedenbal, V. Gomulka, N. Ceausescu, L. I. Brezhnev, G Gander. Construction of the Messoyakha - Norilsk gas pipeline in the Arctic. Workers are laying gas pipeline pipes. Transportation of pipes for construction by helicopter. Damansky Island. Border guards of the Strelnikov outpost on a combat watch. NV Podgorny presents government awards to heroes-border guards: Babansky, Bubenin, Konstantinov, Zakharov. The dairy farm of the Pervomaisky state farm in the Vladimir region. Young milkmaids take care of the animals. Khibiny mountains. The city of Kirovsk. The avalanche service unit monitors the depth of the snow cover; cause a small artificial avalanche to avoid a large accumulation of snow. Moscow city. Demonstration performances of the best figure skaters in the world at the Sports Palace. Speakers: D. Humphrey (Canada), G. Seifert (GDR), I. Rodnina and A. Ulanov.

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