Movie At the 26th Congress. "In the name of peace and socialism.". (1981)
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0:09:28At the 26th Congress. "In the name of peace and socialism." (1981)
Annotation:
About the day of work of the 26th Congress of the CPSU, March 2, 1981.
Annotation:
The delegates applaud. Presidium: L. I. Brezhnev, V. V. Grishin, A. A. Gromyko, V. V. Shcherbitsky, D. A. Kunayev, V. V. Kuznetsov, M. S. Gorbachev, V. I. Dolgikh, M. A. Suslov and others. Speaking: T. Pavlovsky, Filatov, D. F. Ustinov, G. V. Romanov, J. Vieira, M. Vilner, A. Fava, P. Nze, Cunhal, B. Karmal, Cason.
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Delegates to the 26th Congress of the CPSU enter the building of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses – medium, zoom in.
Opening of the session, government exit, delegates applaud. L.I. Brezhnev applauds – short.
USSR Defense Minister D.F. Ustinov chairs the morning session.
Speakers: USSR Minister of Railways I.G. Pavlovsky, First Secretary of the Novosibirsk Regional Committee of the CPSU A.P. Filatov.
Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the Party G.V. Romanov reads out a draft resolution on approving the main directions of economic and social development of the USSR (synchronously).
Delegates vote and applaud. D.F. Ustinov reads out a draft resolution of the congress on letters and statements from workers, appeals from communists addressed to the congress.
Speakers: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Colombian Communist Party Gilberto Vieira (simultaneously in Spanish), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Israel Meir Vilner (simultaneously in Russian), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Argentina Athos Fava (simultaneously in Spanish), member of the Politburo, head of the Department of External Relations of the Central Committee, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of the Congo Pierre Nzé (simultaneously in French).
Press center building - cf.
Journalists typing on typewriters - general.
Press conference of congress delegates; journalists listening, taking notes, taking photos and cameramen.
Speakers at the press conference: comrade Alvar Cunhal, Babrak Karmal.
The delegation of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party headed by K. Phomvinan visits the sewing association "Smena": they greet each other in the courtyard of the association; girls in Russian national costumes offer bread and salt to the guests - kr.
Members of the delegation at the factory, getting acquainted with the work.
Girls at work – kr.
Machine embroidering – kr.
The delegation of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia headed by Gustav Husak examines exhibits at the fine art exhibition "We are building communism" – paintings, glassware – kr., cf. and c of the movement.
Bust of V.I. Lenin at the exhibition – kr., PPR. Kremlin – general, departure.