Funeral of Yu.V.Andropov (fragment of the film "News of the Day" No. 8) (1984)

People pass by the coffin with the body of Yu. V. Andropov – different shots.

Funeral meeting at the automatic lines plant, close-ups of the faces of workers and employees.

Worker Olovyannikov speaks at the funeral meeting (synchronously) – cf.

Kremlin – general.

Members of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee headed by the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee K. U. Chernenko enter the hall to say farewell to Yu. V. Andropov – general, cf.

Members of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee stand in the guard of honor at the coffin – general. K. U. Chernenko expresses condolences to the relatives of Yu. V. Andropov – general, cf.

The following are approaching to say farewell to Yu. V. Andropov: the delegation of Bulgaria headed by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the BCP T. Zhivkov; the Hungarian delegation headed by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Russian Socialist Labor Party J. Kadar; the delegation of Vietnam led by member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the KVP Ch.

Tin;

the delegation of the GDR headed by the General Secretary of the SED Central Committee E. Honecker;

the DPRK delegation led by Pak Sen-Cher, a member of the Politburo of the WPK Central Committee;

the delegation of the Republic of Cuba headed by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba F. Castro Rus;

the Laotian delegation led by Souphanuvong, a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the NRPL; the delegation of Mongolia headed by the General Secretary of the MPRP Central Committee Yu.

Tsedenbal;

the Polish delegation headed by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the PUWP W. Jaruzelski;

the delegation of Romania led by the Secretary General of the RCP N. Ceausescu;

The delegation of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic headed by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia G. Husak;

the delegation of Yugoslavia headed by the Chairman of the Presidium of the SFR M. Špiljak, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the LCY D. Marković;

the delegation of China headed by the Vice Premier of the State Council of the PRC Wan Li;

the delegation of the French Communist Party headed by the General Secretary of the Party J. Marchais;

the delegation of the Communist Party of the USA headed by the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USA G. Hall;

the German Communist Party headed by the Chairman of the Party G. Mies;

the delegation of the Italian Communist Party headed by the General Secretary of the Party E. Berlinguer;

the delegation of Afghanistan headed by the Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the DRA B. Karmal;

the delegation of Kampuchea headed by the Chairman of the State Council of the PRK Heng Samrin;

The delegation of Mozambique, headed by the President of the People's Republic of China Samora M. Machel;

The delegation of Great Britain, headed by the Prime Minister M. Thatcher;

The delegation of Germany, headed by the Chancellor General G. Kohl;

The delegation of India, headed by the Prime Minister I. Gandhi;

The delegation of the USA, headed by the Vice-President G. Bush;

The delegation of France, headed by the Prime Minister P. Maurois – kr.

The gun carriage with the coffin moves towards the Red Square – cf.

The relatives and friends of Yu. V. Andropov walk behind the coffin – cf.

They carry wreaths – cf.

The gun carriage with the coffin on the Red Square – general.

The funeral meeting is opened by K. U. Chernenko (synchronously) – kr.

The following deliver speeches at the rally: USSR Minister of Foreign Affairs A.A. Gromyko, Hero of Socialist Labor and blacksmith K.N. Mamin, USSR Minister of Defense D.F. Ustinov, First Secretary of the Writers' Union G. Markov, First Secretary of the Karelian Regional Committee of the CPSU I.I. Senkin – cf.

A portrait of Yu.V. Andropov and his awards are carried to the grave – general.

Members of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, relatives and friends say goodbye to Yu.V. Andropov – general, cf.

Transport stands in the streets of the city; drivers salute with sound signals – general, kr.

A minute of silence at the watch factory – general.

A loom stops – cf.

Weaving girls stand in silence – cf.

The military lower their banners at the moment of burial – kr.

Troop parade on Red Square – Wed, gen, cr.