News of the Day No 42

The city of Moscow, the Kremlin. Opening of the XXII Congress of the CPSU; delegates to the congress in the meeting room. Speech by NS Khrushchev with a summary report and a report on the draft Program of the CPSU; among those present - A.I. Mikoyan. Overlapping of the Karyn river at the construction of the Uch-Kurgan power plant in Kyrgyzstan. The hydrofoil passenger motor ship Sputnik, built at the Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard in Gorky, is making a test voyage. A new earth-moving machine, created under the guidance of engineer M.I.Krivsky, is in operation, replacing 5-6 powerful excavators. A rally at one of the railway stations on the occasion of the completion of the construction of the Baikal-Moscow railway. Railway train on the way. The train arrives in Moscow. All-Union Art Exhibition at the Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow. Pictures of artists S. Gerasimov, V. Serov, V. Efanov and others. Moscow city. Premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's 12th symphony "1917". Orchestra performing a symphony. Conductor K. Ivanov.

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