Movie Fidel Castro is a guest of Volgograd. (1963)
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0:07:05Fidel Castro is a guest of Volgograd (1963)
Annotation:
Visit of the First Secretary and Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba Fidel Castro Ruz to the hero city of Volgograd.
Historical reference:
In May 1963, F. Castro and his entourage arrived in Volgograd.
Annotation:
Visit of the First Secretary of the National Leadership of the United Party of Socialist Revolution and Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba Fidel Castro Ruz to the Hero City of Volgograd. Workers greet F. Castro as he drives through the streets of the city. Fidel Castro and his entourage inspect the XXII Congress of the CPSU hydroelectric power station. Guests sail on a motor ship along the Volga River. Members of the delegation on Mamayev Kurgan. Fidel Castro visiting workers at a tractor plant. F. Castro and members of the delegation inspect tractors. A rally at the city's Central Stadium, with F. Castro among the speakers.
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"IL-18" taxiing at Volgograd airfield - kr., Poland.
Volgograd airport terminal building; welcoming slogan in honor of Cuban guests.
Volgograd residents warmly greet Fidel Castro on his way from the airfield, on the streets of the city.
Builders greet the guest from the floors and windows of the building under construction.
Those greeting him on the streets carry the slogan "Long live the Cuban revolution". F. Castro greets the people from his car.
Volgograd hydroelectric power station dam - general.
Water release in the dam compartment - kr. F. Castro and his entourage inspect the XXII Congress of the CPSU Hydroelectric Power Station.
Machine room of the XXII Congress of the CPSU Hydroelectric Power Station - general.
The guests inspect the machine room and automatic control of the units.
Fidel Castro and his entourage take a boat trip.
Soviet people shake the guest's hand.
Soviet and Cuban flags flutter on board a ship - cf.
Outskirts of Volgograd on the bank of the Volga (shot from the movement along the river).
New streets in Volgograd - general, cf.
In the park there are mothers with baby carriages, children are playing - cf. (summer).
Newsreel of 1945. Destroyed buildings in Volgograd.
Monument to the defenders of Volgograd on Mamayev Kurgan - general.
Fidel Castro and his companions on Mamayev Kurgan.
Sculptor E.V. Vuchetich, the author of the monument under construction, greets guests.
Sculptures of the monument - cf., kr.
Fidel Castro and other Cuban guests in Volgograd on the square of fallen fighters lay a wreath on the mass grave of the city's defenders.
A minute of silence at the grave.
Volgograd residents greet the Cuban guests passing through the city.
Guests are greeted by Volgograd tractor builders.
Fidel Castro and others get acquainted with the workers and the production process.
The tractor builders present F. Castro with a model tractor as a gift.
Fidel Castro leaves the workshop for the plant yard on a tractor to the applause of all those present.
Volgograd residents meet Fidel Castro at the city's central stadium - general information, filmed from different angles.
All those present at the stadium stand and greet Fidel Castro.
Representatives of Volgograd workers, intellectuals, collective farmers, and youth make welcoming speeches.
Fidel Castro makes a response speech.
The people at the stadium applaud.