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News of the Day No 23

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Abstract
Workers in the shops of the Moscow carburetor plant, finished carburetors, quality control. Melting steel at the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant. Extraction of potash salt at the Solikamsk Combine. Salt on the conveyor. Fishing from the Kirov trawler in the Barents Sea. Fishermen gut fish. TSUM, consumers at the store counters. Pre-May fair in Leningrad, children ride a carousel in a fair town. The meeting of the first All-Union Congress of Composers in the Column Hall of the House of Unions with the participation of R. Glier, Solovyov-Sedov and others, P. Khrennikov's speech. Composer A. Novikov performs his composition "Hymn to Democratic Youth". "Anthem" is being sung by the participants of the International Festival of Youth and Students in Prague.
Director
D. Vertov
Color
B&W
Film ID
5755
Keywords
machine tool construction
, mining
, specialized trade
, leisure
, fishing
, state trade
, metallurgical industry
, foreign countries (czechoslovakia)
, international public relations
, music
Meterage
286,2
Number of Parts
1
Release Date
1948
Sound