At the 16th Congress of Trade Unions of the USSR. Issue No. 1. "Reliable Support of the Leninist Party" (1977)

Moscow - general.

Kalininsky Prospekt - general.

Banners on the streets of Moscow: "Greetings to the delegates and guests of the 16th Congress of Trade Unions of the USSR", "Trade unions are a school of communism", "We will achieve victory of communist labor!" - medium, small.

Delegates of the 16th Congress of Trade Unions walk through the Kremlin - medium, small.

Panorama from the cathedral to the Kremlin Palace of Congresses - small, large.

Delegates in the foyer - various.

Opening of the 16th Congress of Trade Unions: delegates stand to greet members of the Soviet government.

In the presidium of the congress are L.I. Brezhnev, A.N. Kosygin, A.A. Gromyko and others.

In the hall following the delegates are People's Artist of the USSR E.N. Gogoleva, theater and film actor M. Ulyanov.

The congress is opened by the Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions A.I. Shibaev.

Television cameras in the congress hall - kr.

Delegates vote to elect the congress's governing bodies - various. L.I. Brezhnev walks to the podium, speaks (synchronously) - various.

Various shots of the listening delegates.

The delegates applaud.

Continuation of L.I. Brezhnev's speech (synchronously).

Various shots of the listening delegates.

TV camera - general. L.I. Brezhnev announces the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on awarding the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions with the Order of the October Revolution and attaches the order to the banner of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions.

The delegates of the congress applaud.