About the sixth Moscow International Book Fair, which took place on the territory of the USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements.
The city of Moscow; a monument to the first printer I. Fedorov. Readers in the central hall of the Lenin Library. A modern printing press. The machine moves finished books. The grand opening of the 6th International Book Exhibition and Fair on the territory of the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR. The RSFSR pavilion, pavilions of foreign countries. Conversations between representatives of publishing houses. President of the American publishing house "Plymouth" M. Tash speaking. Conclusion of trade deals by representatives of Japan, India; signing of contracts. Books from the publishing houses: "Hudson", "Junti", "Raduga", "Progress", "Aurora", "Plymouth". A meeting of the participants of the International meeting "Book and Man in the Modern World". Academician I. V. Petryanovsky-Sokolov speaking.




Monument to the first printer Ivan Fedorov in Moscow – cf.
Drawing: old printing press – kr., Poland; old printing house – kr., cf.
Work in a modern printing house – kr.
Foreign books in Russian – kr., Poland.
Photos of various writers – cf., departure.
Reading room (central) of the Lenin Library – general.
Librarian – kr.; reader – kr.
Moscow, the Kremlin, the Moskva River – general, Poland (summer).
Fountains at VDNKh – general (from the top).
Flags at the fair – kr.
International book exhibition and fair on the territory of VDNKh: queue to the pavilions – cf., departure.
Grand opening of the exhibition: people in the pavilion applaud – general.
Presidium – cf.
Photojournalists taking pictures – cf.
Theatrical greeting of the fair participants; "Ofenya the Peddler" is speaking (synchronously) – Wed, kr.
The main pavilion of the fair – general, Poland.
Representatives of Japan, India, Arab and other countries are negotiating, concluding deals, etc. – Wed, kr.
The head of the English company "Longman", managing manager L. Owen is speaking (synchronously in English) – Wed, kr.
Books from the publishing house "Junti" - Wed, kr.
Books from joint printing companies – kr, Poland.
Stands with Japanese literature – Wed.
Departments of books from Austria, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, China, Nicaragua and other countries – various.
Representatives of an Indian company are talking – Wed.
Members of the Arab delegation are leafing through an album – kr.
A representative of Africa is watching – kr.
The international meeting "Book and Man in the Modern World" is opened by the Chairman of the All-Union Society of Book Lovers, Academician I. V. Petryakov-Sokolov (synchronously) - Wed.
Various shots of those listening.
Emblem - kr.
Representatives of Sweden, England, etc. are speaking - kr., Wed.
Emblem of the exhibition - general, departure.
Queue at the pavilions - general, Wed. (from the top point).
Visitors to the exhibition are looking at books from different countries - various.
Departments of the RSFSR, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Estonia, Lithuania at the book fair - various.
Departments of the publishing houses "Raduga", "Progress", "Aurora" - Wed.
Soviet books in foreign languages - kr.
A book with a portrait of M. S. Gorbachev - kr.
President of the American publishing house "Plymouth" M. Tesh is speaking (synchronously in English).
Books of the publishing house "Plymouth" - Wed, Poland.
Department of the All-Union Copyright Agency – Wed.
Representatives of various publishing houses are talking – Wed, kr, Poland.
Book information processing center: girls are working with a computer; computer screen – kr.
Representatives of Africa are signing contracts – kr.
General Director of the International Book Fair V. Shevchenko is speaking (synchronously).
Representatives of Chinese, Soviet and other publishing houses are signing contracts, exchanging documents – various.
Emblem of the fair – kr.
Performance by "Ofeni-book peddler" – kr, photo.
VDNKh – general (from the top point).
Address plan of Moscow.