News of the Day No 55

Solemn meeting of the City Council of Working People's Deputies on the occasion of awarding the Order of the Red Banner in Sevastopol. KE Voroshilov presents the award. Nikita Khrushchev is speaking. Among those present - A.I. Mikoyan. Construction of the Kairakkum hydroelectric power station near the banks of the Syrdarya river in Central Asia. Builders are working. Harvesting beets in the fields of the "Path to Communism" collective farm in Kyrgyzstan. Collective farmers at work. The building of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Scientists at telescopes. Doctors of the Moscow Institute of Medical Cosmetics examine patients, perform operations. The type of light "personal" cars that are idle during the working day or are used for other purposes. India. A village flooded with a flood. Evacuation of residents. USA. Training of athletes on water skiing. Performance of the Turkmen ensemble of folk instruments at the Central House of Culture of railway workers during the decade of Turkmen literature and art in Moscow. Performance of the Polish State Dance Company "Shlensk" in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall.

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text V. Gorokhov, editor V. Symonenko