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Friendship of Great Nations
Title
Friendship of Great Nations 1955, 1955.
Publication
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical Description
online resource (video file 1:37:00) : Sound, Colour.
Local Notes
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Notes
Archive Reference: N-508084.
Contributors: Setkina, I.; Karmen, R.; Kasatkin, P.; Kaspiy, D.; Kiselev, V.; Sagatelyan, M.; Kotov, V.; Nesterov, V.; Uzdin, Z.; Geviksman, Vitaly.
Production Company: Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow.
Reproduction of: USSR, 1955. 16mm Comb col pos.
Description based on online resource (viewed on 19 December, 2018).
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Summary
A feature-length film showing highlights from a three week tour of India taken by Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev. Footage from Bulganin's and Khrushchev's extensive tour of India, visiting Delhi, Agra, the Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bombay, Pune, Bangalore, Madras, Calcutta, the Damodar Valley, Jaipur and Kashmir. On their arrival at Palam Airport in Delhi on 18th November they are greeted by Prime Minister Nehru and Vice-President Radhakrishnan, as well as huge crowds. The film follows them as they attend traditional welcoming ceremonies and receptions with local officials, visit historical sites, and industrial and agricultural enterprises, and view cultural performances throughout India. This includes a visit to the Taj Mahal, to the memorial for Mahatma Gandhi, a variety of performances of traditional Indian dances, a children's festival, and inspections of livestock, agricultural machinery and factories.
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Format
Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 17, 2019
Series
Diplomatic & Political Newsreels
Newsreels & Cinemagazines
Credits
Contributors: Setkina, I.; Karmen, R.; Kasatkin, P.; Kaspiy, D.; Kiselev, V.; Sagatelyan, M.; Kotov, V.; Nesterov, V.; Uzdin, Z.; Geviksman, Vitaly.
Production Company: Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
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Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.
Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow, production company.
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