Admission to the Union of Writers of the USSR (1934-1935)

A meeting of the Commission for Admission to Membership of the USSR Writers' Union is discussing candidates.

Among the commission members are writers P.A. Pavlenko, F.V. Gladkov, A.N. Tolstoy, Vs.

Ivanov, and N.N. Aseyev.

The Chairman of the Commission, A.N. Afinogenov, announces the names of the candidates (simultaneously). F.V. Gladkov discusses the next candidate.

Afinogenov gives a character reference for the next candidate (simultaneously), with Gladkov sitting nearby.

Vs.

Ivanov announces the name of the next candidate and gives a brief character reference (simultaneously).

Gladkov and Pavlenko during the discussion of the candidates.

Gladkov, Afinogenov, and the commission members discuss the candidates.