Friendship of Great Nations
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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.
Credits
Roman Karmen (director); I Setkina (photography); R Karmen (camera); P Kasatkin (camera); D Kaspiy (camera); V Kiselev (camera); M Sagatelyan (text); V Kotov (sound); V Nesterov (sound); Z Uzdin (sound); Vitaly Geviksman (music)
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: B & K in India
Original source: Reproduction of: USSR, 1955. 16mm Comb col pos. | The British Film Institute | 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.
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 1:37:00) : sound, colour | polychrome
Subjects: Visits of state -- India | Visits of state | Travel | Diplomatic relations | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- India | India -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Revolutions | Diplomacy | International relations | Government | Politics | Celebrations | Army | Parades and marches | Traditional music | Performing arts | Traditional dance | Commemorations | Architecture | Friendship | History | Memorials | Peace | Speeches | Agriculture and farming | Agricultural machinery | Irrigation | Dams | Hydroelectric power stations | Railways | Construction | Livestock | Towns and cities | Industry | Children | Festivals | Textiles | Factories | Dairy farming | Journalism | Cultivation | Crops | Research | Rice | Military | Five Year Plan | Ships and shipping | Crafts | Rural communities | Food | Cultural identity | New Delhi | Agra | Punjab | Uttar Pradesh | Bombay (Mumbai) | Pune | Bangalore (Bengaluru) | Madras (Chennai) | Calcutta (Kolkata) | Bengal | Jaipur | Rajasthan | Kashmir | India | Bulganin, Nikolai (1895-1975) | Khrushchev, Nikita (1894-1971) | Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889-1964) | Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (1888-1975) | Singh, Karan (1931- ) | Documentary | Government sponsored film | 1954-1975 | Bulganin, Nikolay Aleksandrovich, 1895-1975 -- Travel -- India | Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 -- Travel -- India | Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 | Bulganin, Nikolay Aleksandrovich, 1895-1975
Original source: Reproduction of: USSR, 1955. 16mm Comb col pos. | The British Film Institute | 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.
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 1:37:00) : sound, colour | polychrome
Subjects: Visits of state -- India | Visits of state | Travel | Diplomatic relations | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- India | India -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Revolutions | Diplomacy | International relations | Government | Politics | Celebrations | Army | Parades and marches | Traditional music | Performing arts | Traditional dance | Commemorations | Architecture | Friendship | History | Memorials | Peace | Speeches | Agriculture and farming | Agricultural machinery | Irrigation | Dams | Hydroelectric power stations | Railways | Construction | Livestock | Towns and cities | Industry | Children | Festivals | Textiles | Factories | Dairy farming | Journalism | Cultivation | Crops | Research | Rice | Military | Five Year Plan | Ships and shipping | Crafts | Rural communities | Food | Cultural identity | New Delhi | Agra | Punjab | Uttar Pradesh | Bombay (Mumbai) | Pune | Bangalore (Bengaluru) | Madras (Chennai) | Calcutta (Kolkata) | Bengal | Jaipur | Rajasthan | Kashmir | India | Bulganin, Nikolai (1895-1975) | Khrushchev, Nikita (1894-1971) | Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889-1964) | Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (1888-1975) | Singh, Karan (1931- ) | Documentary | Government sponsored film | 1954-1975 | Bulganin, Nikolay Aleksandrovich, 1895-1975 -- Travel -- India | Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 -- Travel -- India | Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 | Bulganin, Nikolay Aleksandrovich, 1895-1975
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