News of the Day No 40

Leonid Brezhnev presents the Order of Lenin, the Hammer and Sickle medal and a certificate of awarding the title of Hero of Socialist Labor to OV Kuusinen. Delegates of the XXII Congress of the CPSU: twice Hero of Socialist Labor A. V. Gitalov, Moscow steelmaker, master of high-speed swimming trunks G. Akulov, Moscow doctor Z. Ya. Yakubovskaya, film director G. Chukhrai. Solemn meeting in the Column Hall of the House of Unions, dedicated to the 12th anniversary of the formation of the GDR. Speakers: R. F. Dementyeva, K. N. Rudnev, Ambassador of the GDR to the USSR R. Delling. Students of the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, pilot-cosmonauts of the USSR GS Titov and Yu. A. Gagarin in class at the Academy. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the FPRY Ts. Mijatovich presents his credentials to Leonid Brezhnev in the Kremlin. A team of turners from the Uralelectroapparat plant, which was awarded the title of communist. Harvesting cotton at the farm "Pakhta-Aral" in Kazakhstan. Combine operators N. Lytsenko, F. Urumbaeva are working. Transportation of cotton by machines. A group of American citizens, participants on a hike from San Francisco to Moscow, passes through the streets of Moscow, handing out leaflets to Muscovites calling for peace, disarmament, and the fight against the threat of nuclear war. Whaling base "Soviet Russia", built at the Nikolaev shipyard. Captain - director of the base N.F.Buyanov. Tour in Moscow of the ballet troupe of the Central Opera and Ballet Theater of the People's Republic of China. Scenes from the ballet "The Magic Lantern".

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