A Visitor From The Soviet Union 1959

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Washington DC, USA. Cut story with American commentary.

Various shots of pickets carrying placards: "How much more blood do you want Mikoyan" "Mikoyan remember Korea and Hungary" "We don't need guests whose hands drip with blood" etc. CU arrival of Anastas Mikoyan, First Vice Chairman of the...

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Cataloguer:
Jane
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84450
Sort Number:
UN 3175 D
Time in/Out:
01:37:49:00 / 01:38:42:00
Canister:
UN 3175 D
Film ID:
2930.13
Issue Date:
1959

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