Russian authorities see packs of balloons. Demonstration of machine during an exhibition for press people in Moscow. A Soviet authority shows balloon. A man notes down. Press people see weather equipment. A diagram of a balloon.
Russian Newspaper headings showing the news of Lenin's death. A vast crowd gathers to witness his funeral. His supporters paying homage. Lenin's preserved dead body. 27 January 1924.
The funeral ceremonies of Lenin. A procession of party officials and civilians along with Stalin and Kalinin passing by Lenin's dead body. Rifleman and artillery salutes him. Stalin delivers a speech to the crowd. 27 January 1924.
International Labour Day (May Day) parade at the Red Square of Moscow, USSR. march past of civilians who salute to their leaders. A small girl from a troop of marching school girls, the Pioneers, presents General Stalin a bouquet. Political as well as military leaders are on the stage watching the parade. Marching troops carry posters of Lenin, Stalin and other Soviet leaders. Citizens cheering.
Russian leaders meet at the 16th Communist Congress in Moscow, where they sponsor Agricultural revival programs. Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov and others walk in a courtyard. A Russian agricultural farm with tractors harvesting grains, men and women farmers stacking the harvest. Workers throwing sheaves into hulling machines. Hulled grain produced in the farms. In a Government office 'The People's Commisariat of Foreign Affairs'. Russian officials Litvinov, Krestinski, Karakhan and Stomoniakov sitting and discussing. Letvinov speaks during the meeting.
President of United States Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon arrive at the Vnukovo II airport, in Moscow, Soviet Union (USSR). View from the cockpit of the Presidential VC-137C (Boeing 707) aircraft, named "Spirit of 76", as it taxis on the active runway, and then on the ramp, after landing. View from Air Force One, as the cabin door is opened. A red-carpeted stairway is rolled toward the aircraft. The American flag flies next to the Soviet flag, atop the airport terminal building. A military brass band and honor guard, stand in formation. Several Soviet officials walk toward the Presidential aircraft. Mrs. Pat Nixon, exits the airplane a step ahead of President Nixon. They descend the stairway and are greeted by USSR President Nikolai V.Podgorny, Premier Alexei N. Kosygin, Foreign Minister, Andrei A. Gromyko, and other Soviet officials. The President and Mrs. Nixon shake hands with the officials and Mrs. Nixon accepts a bouquet of flowers. Next, the President is seen at attention, on the airport ramp, with three Soviet officials, and a U.S. Army attache, as the Soviet bandmaster conducts the band in what appears to be the U.S. National Anthem. View shifts, again, to the doorway of the President's airplane. The Soviet band and honor guard are seen from a stand of trees, as they parade past the airplane. Finally, a long line of automobiles is seen in a motorcade headed toward the city.