A squadron formation of three Sukhoi Su-17 (NATO reporting name: Fitter) fighter-bombers in flight to left and performing aerial drills during the 1962 Soviet Aviation Day Display at Tushino Airfield (present day Otkrytie Bank Arena, Volokolamskoye Shosse, 69, Moscow, Russia, 125424) near Moscow, Soviet Union. A Russian military official wearing sunglasses watches the airshow. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name: Fishbed) supersonic fighter in flight to right and performing snap rolls. Soviet MiG aircraft pilot in cockpit of aircraft. Soviet Union leader Nikita S. Khrushchev looking skyward from balcony.
Red Premier Nikita Khrushchev addresses the delegates of Soviet Communist Congress in U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). He speaks about the mass production of ICBM (Inter Continental Ballistic Missile) in Russia. Delegates applaud him.
Women from Moscow University working at drafting tables. Close up of blueprint drawing woman is completing using ruler and pencil on drafting table. Men and women engineering students in classroom at Moscow University in Russia, Soviet Union. A female judge in district court in the Soviet Union. First woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova waving to a huge crowd gathered in an amphitheater in the Soviet Union. Valentina Tereshkova walking out of a building in space suit to board a waiting bus at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Excited women applauding Valentina Tereshkova. Valentina Tereshkova waves from launchpad to crowd below before ascending in elevator. Close up view of female astronaut Valentina Tereshkova adjusting her space helmet. Engineer at control panel. Valentina Tereshkova looking into mirror mounted on the arm of her space suit. Valentina Tereshkova in space suit surrounded by reporters. Photo journalists jostle for space as they take photos of Valentina Tereshkova. Valentina Tereshkova in rocket capsule just before launch. Rocket Vostok 6 carrying Valentina Tereshkova launches. Views of faces of women of various races. Close views of women from all over the world as they watch launch. Distant view of rocket Vostok 6 in sky. Engineers applauding in control room. Women clapping in audience.
The German campaign in Russia, Soviet Union, during World War II. Mortars, artillery and machine guns being fired by the Germans. Under heavy fire cover armored German troops carry counter attack. Tiger tanks of SS.Pz.Reg.2 'Das Reich' and s.Pz.Abt.503 firing. Heavy firing takes place as smoke rises.
Stalin Kolkhoz ( Russian collective farm ) farmers preparing for spring planting in the Soviet Union. Farmers examining snow pack and taking depth measurements before spring. Farmers in a class view small seedlings with instructor. Scientists examine materials using a microscope. Soviet farmers attend meeting in Rostov, Russia. Brief views of grain pouring into a silo, Soviet cattle in a barn, and a Soviet farmer tending to a horse tied up. Famers at meeting listening to speech by a Soviet leader. A man prepares a motion picture film projector to show a film to the audience.
Soviet newsreel with Korean dubbed narration. 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, Russia, in the Soviet Union; 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.
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