News of the Day No 47

Moscow city. Solemn meeting dedicated to the opening of the Peoples' Friendship University named after Patrice Lumumba. Speakers: Rector of the University, Professor S. V. Rumyantsev, N. S. Khrushchev, student from Nigeria L. A. Osunde. Rally on the occasion of the launch of the Kremenchug hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River. Remote Control. The turbine is rotating. High voltage power line. Aggregates. Harvesting cotton in the fields of the Pyatiletka state farm in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan. Harvester picks cotton. Conveyor with cotton. A mountain of picked cotton. Exhibition of works by Ukrainian artists, opened in the days of the decade of literature and art of Ukraine in Moscow. Demonstration of new clothing models developed by Polish fashion designers and shown in Moscow in the autumn-winter season. Newsreel: the destroyed city of Paris during the 2nd World War; a German tank is passing through the streets, German officers are passing by. Refugees are running. Anti-war demonstrations of protest by French citizens against the deployment of Bundeswehr troops in France. Demonstrators clash with police. Hockey match between the teams "Torpedo" (Gorky) and "Spartak" (Moscow). Moments of the game. Presentation of the Cup to the captain of the Torpedo team. Performance at the Palace of Sports of the Ukrainian dance ensemble during the decade of Ukrainian literature and art in Moscow. The leaders of the Communist Party and the Soviet government are present.

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