News of the Day No 48

Stay in Moscow, President of Finland Urho Kalev Kekkonen, visits to the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR NS Khrushchev. A unique power plant in Baku: a block of a high-pressure steam boiler and a turbine generator, mounted in the open air. Remote Control. Engine room. High voltage power line. The ceremonial meeting at the Bolshoi Theater of the USSR, dedicated to the memory of Leo Tolstoy. Leo Tolstoy's grandchildren are on the presidium; in the box - members of the Soviet government. Writer L. Leonov is speaking. Newsreel: L. N. Tolstoy passes with S. A. Tolstoy; saws a tree with the peasants; runs along the path of the park. Kh. Umarov, a cotton grower-machine operator of the Frunze cooperative in Tajikistan, harvesting cotton. Presentation of H. Umarova diploma of the Hero of Socialist Labor. American artist, writer and fighter for peace R. Kent cuts the ribbon opening his exhibition in the halls of the USSR Academy of Arts. Pictures by R. Kent. Interview with Peruvian singer Ima Sumac, sung by Ima Sumac. The guitar is played by Moises Vivanco. Boxing competition between the teams of the Polish Army and the Soviet Army. Moments of fights. Judge. Boxer knocked out. Italy, Palermo. The quarter of the city where the poor live. City of Turin. General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party Palmiro Togliatti speaks at a rally of city residents. The final concert of the decade of literature and art of Ukraine at the Bolshoi Theater of the USSR. Professional and amateur groups perform the Druzhba dance. The concert is attended by: N. Khrushchev, N. V. Podgorny.

B&W

1

1960