International Women's Movement (1948-1987)

Meeting of participants of the 1963 World Congress of Women in Moscow.

Presentation of birch branches, flowers and balloons to participants of the congress who arrived from abroad.

Procession of participants of the congress through Moscow, participants of the congress respond to greetings of Moscow residents during the passage through the territory of VDNKh.

Faces of men greeting participants of the congress.

Meeting of participants of the congress with pilot Grizodubova V.S., Grizodubova's face.

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War greet participants of the congress on the territory of VDNKh.

Chairperson of the International Democratic Federation of Women Eugenie Cotton speaks from the rostrum at the meeting of the World Congress of Women in Budapest in 1948. Speech of Eugenie Cotton from the rostrum of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses at one of the meetings of the World Congress of Women in 1963 in Moscow (simultaneously, in French, voice-over translation).

Faces of participants of the congress.

Eugenie Cotton speaking from the podium at the World Congress of Women in Budapest in 1948. The face of the Secretary General of the Women's International Democratic Federation Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier.

Congress participants working with documents.

The face of Eugenie Cotton.

Panorama of the hall of the exhibition dedicated to the history of the international women's movement.

Portraits of the leaders of the Women's International Democratic Federation.

Faces of visitors to the exhibition.

Eugenie Cotton visiting an art gallery.

Monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

Participants of the World Congress of Women carry wreaths to lay on the graves of Soviet soldiers.

Faces of women carrying burning torches and chanting slogans.

Panorama and views of the women's rally (from above), faces of the rally participants.

Panorama of the presidium of the World Congress of Women in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses in June 1987, the participants of the meeting applaud.

Sitting in the presidium are M.S. Gorbachev and the President of the Women's International Democratic Federation Frieda Brown.

Frieda Brown opens the congress, delivers a welcoming speech (synchronously and off-screen).

Panorama of the congress meeting hall, faces of the congress participants.

View of the congress meeting hall (from above).

View of part of the presidium of the meeting, Gorbachev sitting in the presidium.

Faces of the meeting participants listening to the simultaneous translation of Frieda Brown's speech.

Frieda Brown at the podium gives the floor to Gorbachev.

Panorama of the meeting hall.

Gorbachev addresses the congress participants from the podium with a welcoming speech, speaks about the role of women in the modern world (synchronously).

Gorbachev on the podium.

The congress participants applaud Gorbachev.

Gorbachev continues his speech about the role of women in the modern world (synchronously), the congress participants listen to Gorbachev.

Gorbachev finishes his speech (synchronously).

Faces of applauding congress participants.

Congress participants in the foyer of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses during a break in the session, talking to each other, exchanging souvenirs and addresses.

Congress participants in Indian national costumes that were presented to them.

Faces of congress participants.

Congress participants talking to each other in the foyer of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.

Danish representatives Helen Nora Hansen and Lili Fran give interviews (synchronously).

Faces of congress participants giving their names, countries and briefly talking about the women's organizations for which they are delegates.