A Soviet woman addressing a pre-election gathering in Molotov District, Moscow, Russia. She speaks to a crowded meeting hall, composed primarily of women, but also some men. Views of audience and Soviet officials gathered.
Wide views of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Cars and traffic on busy streets of city of Moscow. Molotov, Foreign Minister, welcomes a number of dignitaries at airport and at a railroad station in Moscow, Soviet Union, as they arrive for the "European Conference on Peace and Security in Europe" held from November 20 - December 2, 1954 (a Soviet-organized event serving as a propaganda counter to NATO and western alliances). Scenes at airport as locomotive train and railroad cars arriving at railway station and dignitaries of various soviet regions greet Molotov and other officials. Dignitaries including representatives of Estonia, Latvia and Czechoslovakia review honor guards and parades.
The motorcade of President Nixon on the roads of Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union during his visit there. Posters of Vladimir Lenin along the roads and streets of Moscow. Soviet Premiere Leonid Brezhnev and other leaders welcome Nixon and other delegates. Dignitaries, including Nixon, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev, during a state dinner. Various agreements signed during the visit, including one to sell grain to the USSR. Shots of a combine harvesting wheat in the United States. Nixon and Dr. Henry Kissinger confer at the White House. Nixon and Brezhnev sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty to limit nuclear arms on May 26. The President addresses directly the people of the Soviet Union on May 28. Footage shows Nixon laying a wreath at the cemetery for the dead from the siege of Leningrad during World War 2. Various shots of young Soviets as Nixon explains the story of Tanya Savicheva, a 12 year old girl who kept a diary describing the siege of Leningrad. A photo of Tanya is seen. The U.S. Congress welcomes and cheers for President Nixon. From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "The Nixon Years: Change Without Chaos" covering President Richard Nixon's first four years in office. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign.
Wide view of Russian industrial city with housing and factories. Views of various Russian newspapers announcing early completion of five-year plans, with headlines (translated) such as, "Glorious victory for the people of Moscow." Government officials addressing gatherings of citizens and workers, and congratulating citizens.
German invasion of Russia, Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa). Early morning in Berlin with quiet street scenes during World War II. Hands of a clock in view. A man unloads milk cans from a truck. German radio broadcasting studios. A man operates controls. View of radio tower and buildings. Men enter an office. A sign announces broadcast in progress and requests quiet and no entry. Propaganda Minister Dr Joseph Goebbels enters the room and sits on a sofa. He announces Germany has launched an offensive on the Eastern Front as Germany's actions represent declaration of war against the Soviet Union. Officers stand in the background. Several men seated in cars, listen to radio broadcast. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop makes the announcement to journalists at a crowded news conference. Newspapers carry the story. Cameramen take photographs. Animated map depicts the Eastern front extending more than 5 thousand kilometers from Finland in the North to Romania in the South. This is Operation Barbarossa. German troops invade Russia. A ship underway and a bridge in view. Heavy German guns bombard targets. Smoke rises up. Street signs such as "Eydtkau" are shown as evidence of advances. German troops dismantle border barriers. German tanks and artillery advancing Eastward, encountering resistance. They blow up a building.
Soviet-United States cultural exchange program in Moscow, Russia. Eric Johnston, President of the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA) and Turner Shelton of the United States Information Agency (USIA), are seen together with Russian Deputy Minister of Culture Vladimir Surin (also director of Mosfilm Studios), as they sign an agreement in the Soviet Union (the Lacy-Zarubin Agreement). Documents on the table. Flags of the United States of America and Soviet Union on the table. The agreement will make available ten top Hollywood films for distribution to Soviet movie theaters. The officials stand and shake hands after signing the agreement.
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