News of the Day No 59

Melting, pouring steel into molds in the open-hearth shop of the Stalingrad plant "Red October". The team of steel workers A. Serkov is working. Latvia. Assembly, testing of radio receivers in the assembly shop of the Riga plant "VEF". Young radio amateurs of the Riga Palace of Pioneers on an excursion to the VEF plant, inspecting the new Mir radio receiver. The city of Kiev. Inauguration of the new Kiev cinema. Minister of Cinematography of the Ukrainian Republic Mazepa cuts the ribbon; the audience enters the cinema, into the auditorium. Baku city. Sports festival on the opening day of the winter pool. Athletes jump into the water from a tower; playing water polo. Hungary, the city of Budapest. Sale of books in bookstores. Solemn meeting of the public of the city of Budapest. USSR Ambassador to Hungary E. D. Kiselev presents diplomas and medals of the Stalin Prize laureates to Hungarian writers: T. Acelu, S. Nagy. Minister of Education of Hungary I. Darvas is speaking. East Germany, city of Berlin. Meeting of the German Congress for Understanding and Peace; discussion of issues of unification of Germany. Speakers: V. Friedrich, O. Grotewohl, I. Becher, E. G. Menge, R. Freeman (England), I. Blum (Belgium).

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Sound by Z. Karliuchenko