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Soviet Writers Congress convened in the Ukraine in 1948

Opening slate shows the top of the Kremlin Spasskaya Tower inside a star with caption underneath in Cyrillic, reading,"Central Documentary Studio." Camera zooms in on the Spasskaya Tower clock, and then pans across several scenes including the city of Moscow; an airliner in flight; industrial plants in operation; mining operations; farmers harvesting grain with machinery; Soldiers parading on Red Square; a sailor standing in front of a Soviet flag with star and hammer and sicle in the center; a steam locomotive displaying a red star moving on a railroad. A car pulls up to a large government building. Passengers enter the building and mingle with many others inside a large hall. Camera shows some famous Soviet writers, including Viktor Nekrasov and others with copies of their books. Later, all are gathered in an auditorium, where literary figures are seated at a table, along with some notables, including Nikita Khrushchev. One gives a speech from a podium.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675032361
Post-World War 2 Soviet propaganda film (1948) depicting the rule of law at work in the USSR and ostensible mistreatment of people in America.

Opening slate in Korean, accompanied by narration. Scene transitions to open pages of books written in cyrillic text, entitled "Constitution Basic Law Soviet Union." Camera pans to various sections of the Law Book. A man, seeming to be the senior judge, sits at a table flanked by a bemedaled woman and another man. Another woman sits at the end of the table. The senior judge is speaking as the camera backs away to reveal a room filled with people seated at the proceedings. Camera pans to cyrillic sign on a door, reading "People's Court, or People's Judgment." Next, a woman approaches the Judge (in his office, or chambers) and presents some documents that she discusses with him. Scene changes showing a poster of a woman holding a petition. Writing on the poster reads,"People's Court." Scene shifts to another courtroom where a man stands at a podium on a stage shared with a panel of people. A mural in the background depicts Joseph Stalin. Closeup of the speaker reveals he is the same judge seen in earlier scenes. As he speaks, the camera pans the serious looking audience that applauds when he finishes speaking. Next, a city street scene shows a tram moving. Then a woman is seen working at a desk inside a modern apartment. She is seen, next, speaking before a group comprising a cross-section of people, including a Soviet military officer. The woman lecturer holds a magazine depicting drawings of people being mistreated in America.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675032362
Activities in a public library in the Soviet Union, 1948

Film opens showing a public library in the Soviet Union. Patrons peruse books and other publications and take some to tables, where they read them. One man looks at a cinema schedule. Many persons gather to hear a lecture from a speaker who appears to be discussing live stock.

Date: 1948
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675032363
Views of Israel during the Arab-Israeli War and near the 1948 founding time of Israel.

State of Israel formed amid violence. Men and a woman with pilot of small plane. Aerial views of landscape. Aircraft in flight. Bomb damage at a port and a ship seen in harbor. Dead body in rubble, a victim of the Arab-Israeli war.

Date: 1948
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038961
Mosque of Omar and various views of the old city of Jerusalem during 1948 Arab-Israeli War

Distant view of a British flag over a building in the old city of Jerusalem. Arab with a gun looks over wall. View of Mosque of Omar (Ha Notsrim Street, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel) through a window grill. Arab with a gun aims through window. Rooftops of Jerusalem. Military jeeps moves in streets of the city. Various views of old city including Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock, Tower of David, or David's Citadel.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038977
A deserted hospital; Arab combatants, and view of old city in Jerusalem during 1948 Arab-Israeli war

Various views of Old city of Jerusalem and damaged buildings. Interiors of a deserted hospital in Jerusalem with Arab combatants. Two Arabs with rifles at window of the building look outside. Bullet holes can be seen on walls inside the deserted hospital building. Arab soldier with a gun aims through window. A cleric inside the hospital with Arabs. Arabs and religious cleric duck while they pass through the room.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038978