Around the USSR №224-1987 Soviet House on Friedrichstrasse (1987)

Cathedral and TV tower on the street in Berlin - general. from the top point Squares in Berlin - general. from the top point Girls in national costumes and an artist in a bearskin are walking along the street - Wed.

Passers-by on the streets - various.

A horse-drawn carriage is passing - general., Poland.

An organ grinder is playing - Wed.

A military brass band is passing - short., Poland.

Start of the International Bicycle Peace Race: cyclists are riding, cars with spare bicycles - Wed, general., Poland.

People in an outdoor cafe - Wed.

Monument to the leader of the German communists Ernst Thälmann - general.

The building of the House of Soviet Science and Culture on Friedrichstrasse, the image of a hammer and sickle above the entrance - Wed, short.

Vestibule - general., Poland.

Member of the Politburo of the SED, President of the Society of German-Soviet Friendship E. Müchenberger gives an interview (simultaneously in German) - Wed, kr.

People at a table in an office - general.

Visitors climbing the stairs, at a bookstall - Wed, kr, Poland.

An exhibition from the Krasnogorsk Memorial Museum of German Anti-Fascists: newspapers, photographs, leaflets, posters - kr, Poland.

Photo of Karl Liebknecht - kr.

People at the stands - general, Poland, kr.

Students of the Humboldt Slavic Studies Faculty are studying in the language lab of the House - kr.

A teacher and students speak Russian (simultaneously) - kr, Poland.

Reading room: shelves with books, people studying - general, Poland, kr; reading books, newspapers - Wed, kr.

The librarian gives out books - kr.

A stand with Russian books - kr, Poland.

The Soviet writer Vasil Bykov gives autographs to visitors to the House of Soviet Science - kr, wed, Poland. V. Bykov is given flowers - kr.

A meeting of the participants of the readers' conference with the Soviet writer Michalas Slutskis - wed, kr. of people listening. M. Slutskis is speaking (synchronously) - kr.

A scene from Shostakovich's opera "The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda" performed by artists of the German State Opera (synchronously in German) - kr, general, Poland.

The director conducts a rehearsal - wed, general.

An exhibition of Soviet painting and applied art - general, a panorama of the hall.

Painting - kr, zoom in.

Jugs, copper utensils, carpets, etc. - kr., Poland, general.

German women talk with the Soviet artist N. Goldina, a participant in the exhibition (simultaneously in Russian) – wed., kr., Poland. N. Goldina's work dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Berlin - kr.

Youth discussion "Contradictions in the history of the Komsomol" (synchronously in German and Russian) - Wed, kr, Poland.

Listeners in the hall, a speaker is speaking - Wed, general, Poland.

Days of Soviet Music: the Chamber Orchestra of the Lithuanian SSR is performing (artistic director and conductor S. Sondeckis) (synchronously, music by Shostakovich) - general, zoom in, Wed.

Listeners are applauding, S. Sondeckis is presented with flowers - Wed.

Conference "Books in the Service of Scientific and Technological Progress" - people are talking at the table - various.

Deputy Director of the University Library Dr. P. Paul is speaking (synchronously in German) - kr.

Emblem of the exhibition "Scientific and Technical Creativity of Students" - kr.

Visitors at the exhibition - general.

The stand of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys and the Academy - Wed, Poland, kr.

The exhibits of the exhibition - models of aircraft - kr, Poland.

The cars - exhibits of the exhibition of Soviet export goods - general, Poland.

A child playing on the stairs - Wed.

Children watching a cartoon on a VCR - various.

An orchestra is playing in the foyer of the House of Science, a singer is singing (synchronously in German), people are dancing - Wed, Poland.

Bar - general, Wed.

A meeting of Soviet and German filmmakers, director Karen Shakhnazarov is speaking - various.

Spectators in the concert hall of the House of Soviet Science - general, Wed.

Ballet dancers of the German State Opera perform an excerpt from the ballet Domino by L. Altendorf (pantomime) - kr, Wed.

The Soviet trio Meridian performs the song Beautiful Far Away (synchronously) - Wed.

The Hermann Duncker Children's Ensemble performs the composition "Berlin Musical Clock" (they sing synchronizedly in German and dance) - cf.

The audience applauds, the children wave - cf.

A Soviet cosmonaut and other Russians and Germans are talking in the lobby of the House of Science - kr., kr., Poland.

The building of the House of Soviet Science and Culture, a dove of peace on the building - general, kr.

Monument to the Soviet soldier in Treptower Park - general; wreaths and flowers at the monument - kr.

Blooming lilacs - kr., Poland.

A square in Berlin - general, Poland from the top point Blooming apple trees, departure to the TV tower - cf.