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Title USSR Today 1959 No. 8
Production Date 1959
Country of Production USSR
Duration 00:10:40
Production Company Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow; Sovexportfilm
Film Subject Era 1954-1975
Genre Newsreel/Cinemagazine
Summary USSR National Achievements Exhibition in New York -- American Exhibition in Moscow -- Moscow International Film Festival -- Prize cattle from the Ukrainian State farm -- Foreign students on a pleasure trip along the Volga -- Second National Sports Tournament in the USSR.
Original Title USSR Today No. 8/59
Subjects Exhibition; International relations; Press conferences; Kremlin; Peace; Cold War; Festivals; Film history; Actor; Awards; Agriculture and farming; Livestock; Collective farms; Crops; Housing; Lifestyle; Nursery schools; Leisure; Holidays; Tourism; Students; Hydroelectric power stations; Sports and games; Competition; Athletics; Swimming; Cycling; Parades and marches
People Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890-1969); Khrushchev, Nikita (1894-1971); Nixon, Richard (1913-1994); Chukhray, Grigoriy (1921-2001); Bondarchuk, Sergei (1920-1994)
Places New York; USA (United States of America); Moscow; USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); Ukraine
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Black and White
Film Format 16mm Comb BW pos
Language English (Narrator)
Module Newsreels & Cinemagazines
BFI Identifier N-507498
Copyright The British Film Institute