Parliamentarians of the Republic of Sri Lanka in the USSR (1980)

Evening landscape – general.

Ocean waves washing up on the shore – general.

Elephant being led – general.

People harvesting rice – general.

A girl making a cut in a tree – general.

Drops of rubber falling from a tree – general.

Men lifting a bunch of bananas – general.

People at the market – general.

A car at a road construction site – general.

A man behind the wheel – general.

Construction – general.

A car driving over a bridge – general.

People on the street of Colombo, the capital of the Republic of Sri Lanka – general.

Children in a classroom – general.

One of the squares of Colombo, buses standing – general.

Moscow, the Kremlin – general, the People's Republic of Poland.

The building of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The delegation of Sri Lanka is greeted by the Chairman of the Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR A.P. Shitikov – general.

The People's Republic of Poland from the chandelier to those sitting in the hall – general.

The delegation from Sri Lanka includes: Atulat Mudali, Minister of Commerce and Shipping (heading the delegation), Minister of School Welfare Jayath Illike, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Samaraweera, members of parliament Sivasit Hamparam and Ishak. A.P. Shitikov talking to members of the delegation – kr, wed, general.

The meeting hall of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the Grand Kremlin Palace – general.

The delegation from Sri Lanka walking through the hall – general.

The members of the delegation are accompanied by Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Yu.A. Izrael, talking to them – wed, general.

The clock in the hall of the Kremlin Palace – kr.

The guide takes the delegation through the Faceted Chamber – wed, general.

Guests from Sri Lanka in the St.

George Hall – wed, Poland.

Members of the delegation lay a wreath at the mausoleum of V.I. Lenin and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – Wed, general.

Eternal Flame – ed.

Helmet on the tomb – ed.

New buildings in Moscow – general.

New district of Moscow – general, Poland.

Guests from Sri Lanka in the electrification pavilion at VDNKh – general.

Poland over the electrification map, lights are blinking – Wed.

Model of a power plant – Poland, Wed.

In the Cosmos pavilion, guests examine the exhibits: a meteor model, a lunar rover model, and a spaceship model.

The Salyut spaceship – Wed.

Moscow State University building – general.

Members of the delegation from Sri Lanka are received by the rector of Moscow State University, vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR A.A. Logunov – Wed.

Building of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Trade – general.

Negotiations between Sri Lankan parliamentarians and Soviet representatives on issues of developing mutually beneficial cooperation and trade.

General plan of Moscow (from above).

Leningrad, the Rocket sailing down the Neva – general.

Car on a city street – medium, departure.

St.

Isaac's Cathedral – medium.

Panorama of the monument to the heroic defenders of Leningrad on Victory Square – medium.

Members of the Sri Lankan delegation walking along Victory Square – medium.

Detail of the monument with the inscription: "900 days and nights" – small.

Guests lay flowers at the foot of the monument – medium.

Sri Lankan parliamentarians lay a wreath at the Motherland monument at the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery – medium, general.

Panorama of the graves.

Motherland monument – medium.

Leningrad City Council building – general.

Members of the Sri Lankan delegation at a reception with the Deputy Chairman of the Leningrad City Council Executive Committee K.I. Labetskogo – Wed, kr.

Cruiser "Aurora" – general.

Sailor rings the bell – kr.

Guests from Sri Lanka on the cruiser "Aurora" – Wed.

The Smolny building – general.

The delegation from Sri Lanka in Smolny.

A panorama of the documents “Decree on Peace”, “Decree on Land” and others.

A panorama of the portrait of V.I. Lenin onto the documents – cf.

The guests in V.I. Lenin’s office – cf.

A panorama of the table.

A telephone on the table – kr.

The delegates in the assembly hall of Smolny – general, cf.

The parliamentarians of Sri Lanka in the Leningrad port, inspecting the port from a boat – general.

A street in Leningrad – general.

The envoys of the Republic of Sri Lanka at the Leningrad Fine and Technical Cloth Factory – cf., walking through the weaving shop, talking with a weaver – cf.

A weaver at her loom – kr.

The delegation from Sri Lanka in the Hermitage hall.

A panorama of the painting. kr. paintings (portrait of a boy, portrait of a woman).

Cr. – sculpture (shot from motion).

Palace and fountains of Peterhof – general.

Detail of a fountain – Cr.

Monument to Peter I – general, cars driving by.

Landscapes of Georgia – general, from above.

Building of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR – general.

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR P.G. Gilashvili receives a delegation from Sri Lanka, talks with them – general, Wed, Cr.

Members of the delegation inspect a tea harvester at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy of Georgia.

Cars driving down a street in Rustavi – general.

Sri Lankan parliamentarians on their way to a metallurgical plant, walk through the workshop – Wed.

Open-hearth furnaces – Wed.

Steelmakers at work – Wed.

Members of the delegation talking with metallurgists – Wed.

Blast furnace – Cr.

Guests from Sri Lanka in the Telavi area, at the vineyard – Wed; at the Tsinandali winery – kr, Wed.

Parliamentarians of Sri Lanka in the republican Palace of Pioneers watching a performance by young dancers – Wed, kr.

A girl and a boy dancing – kr.

Moscow, the Bolshoi Theatre – general.

Cars on the city streets – general.

Circus building – general (evening).

Guests from Sri Lanka at a performance at the Moscow Circus – Wed.

Girls dancing – general, a clown in the arena – Wed.

A trained bear performing on the rings – general.

Building of the House of Friendship – general.

Meeting of members of the delegation of the Republic of Sri Lanka with the active members of the USSR Friendship Society – Sri Lanka – Wed, general.

Parliamentarians of Sri Lanka at a reception hosted by the Chairman of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR V.P. Ruben. V.P. speaking.

Ruben – kr, wed, presents guests with commemorative badges of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR – general.

The head of the Sri Lankan delegation, Atulat Mudali, speaks (simultaneously in English) – kr.

Farewell to the delegation of the Republic of Sri Lanka at the airport – wed (evening).

The plane takes off – wed.