Movie The Powers Trial. (1960)
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0:07:26The Powers Trial (1960)
Annotation:
Special issue of the Central Documentary Film Studio about the criminal trial of American pilot Francis Gary Powers, which took place in Moscow on August 17-20, 1960. City of Moscow. Column Hall of the House of Unions. Court sessions of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR. Members of the Military Collegium: V. V. Borisoglebsky, D. Z. Vorobyov, A. I. Zakharov. Prosecutor General R. A. Rudenko, defense attorney M. I. Grinev. Interrogation of the accused, witness testimony. Speeches by prosecutors, defense attorney, and accused (synchronously). Speaking: V. V. Borisoglebsky, R. A. Rudenko, F. G. Powers, M. I. Grinev. Audience in the courtroom, in the corridors. Members of F. G. Powers' family. Announcement of the verdict (synchronously).
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Sverdlov Square – general (top).
Muscovites at the House of Unions – general.
House of Unions, Hall of Columns – general, wed.
Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR: Chairman of the Military Collegium, Lieutenant-General of Justice V. V. Borisoglebsky, people's assessors - Major-General of Artillery D. Z. Vorobyov and Major-General of Aviation A. I. Zakharov – short.
State Prosecutor - Prosecutor General of the Soviet Union, Actual State Counselor of Justice Rudenko – short.
Defense attorney - member of the Moscow City Bar Association, lawyer M. I. Grinev – short.
Chairman V. V. Borisoglebsky opens the court session (synchronously) – general.
Powers is brought in, the legs of those walking – wed.
Powers – wed, short.
Witnesses and experts are invited to the table – wed, general.
Those present in the courtroom – general, wed, short.
Among those present are Isabella Bluth – kr.
Boris Polevoy – cf.
Powers' family: mother, father, wife; foreign guests, correspondents.
The court secretary reads out the indictment in the Powers case.
The presiding judge Borisoglebsky asks the accused questions.
Powers answers (simultaneously in Russian and English).
Foreign correspondents transmit messages by telephone about the progress of the trial, take notes, type – kr.
Prosecutor General Rudenko interrogates Powers (simultaneously).
Borisoglebsky, people's assessors Vorobyov and Zakharov ask the accused questions.
A witness testifies.
Expert professor V. I. Prozorovsky speaks, shows a pin with poison.
Prosecutor General Rudenko delivers the indictment.
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The speech is given by lawyer Grinev (synchronously).
Panorama of the hall – general.
Listeners.
Powers' family – cf.
Powers makes the final statement (synchronously with the translation) – cf.
Muscovites at the House of Unions.
Those present at the trial are in the foyer of the Hall of Columns.
Among them is the Indian Ambassador to the USSR Menon and his wife.
Former US presidential candidate in the 1952 elections, Holinen, speaks at the microphone with his opinion on the trial (synchronously in English) – cf.
The Powers family gets acquainted with the material evidence at the disposal of the court.
The wreckage of the plane.
Spy equipment and apparatus.
Members of the Military Collegium of the court are walking.
Those present in the hall stand.
Borisoglebsky reads out the verdict (synchronously).
Powers is listening – cf.
Applause in the hall.