A huge gathering at Green Park, Moscow. Paul Robeson an American African American singer entertains and sings national songs in Russian and English. 1949.
United States Senator Brien McMahon, chairman of the Joint Commission on Atomic Energy, addressing the nation in the United States. Senator McMahon standing at the microphones speaks about the first atomic bomb test conducted by Soviet Russia (called RDS-1, First Lightning, or Joe 1) on August 29, 1949. The Senator talks about the President's announcement that the Soviet Union has exploded its first atomic bomb. He speaks about the atomic energy project and the necessity for U.S. President Truman to talk to the Russians. He says that the whole world has to be alerted about the atomic bomb explosion and interference of the United Nations is necessary in the matter.
Elevated views of crowd gathered at main square of the Siberian Metallurgical Institute in Stalinsk Russia (now Novokuznetsk Russia). Official from the Soviet or the Institute addresses crowd and a giant cover is removed revealing a large statue of Sergo Ordzhonikidze, also known as Grigol Ordzhonikidze, who was a Georgian Bolshevik and associate of Stalin.
An announcement by President Harry Truman in the United States. Men read newspapers at news stands announcing nuclear tests conducted by the Soviet Union, proving that Russia has nuclear weapons. President Truman announces that Russia possesses an atomic bomb. A meeting of the United Nations delegates in New York after the announcement. Soviet official Andrei Y. Vishinsky exits a car at the UN and refuses comment to reporters regarding the nuclear testing. Other men greet him. United Nations officials seated inside UN building. President of the UN General Assembly Carlos Peña Romulo addresses the officials and states that the United Nations and the world now must strive harder for atomic controls.
Citizens of Podolsk village in Russia participate in up keeping the village. People can be seen paving streets, spraying trees, gardening. 1948.
Berlin blockade to be lifted. Public and press gathered outside United States Mission building to the United Nations in Lake Success New York, USA. Inside the building, Russian and American dignitaries and UN representatives negotiate an end to the blockade. Closeups of the negotiators, including American diplomat Philip Jessup, Soviet diplomat Yakov Malik, and Sir Alexander Cadogan and Jean Chauvel, the United Nations permanent representatives from England and France, respectively. During the talks, Russia agrees to lift blockade from Berlin, Germany, via the Jessup-Malik Agreement. Dignitaries leave after the conference concludes. A railroad yard in Germany with rail cars filled with coal and other supplies, but idle due to the blockade. View of a busy city street in Berlin and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the distance. German pedestrian and vehicular traffic in Berlin.