Soviet Supreme Council Meets (1949)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unclear or unknown. Russian newsreel titles - Soviet Supreme Council Meets. (Soundtrack music throughout but no commentary.) Moscow, Russia. General view of buildings in Moscow. M/S of The Kremlin. M/Ss of delegates arriving for the meeting. L/S of people gathered outside the building. L/Ss of people walking across foyer of building. Several shots of people at the meeting, chatting to one another and listening. General view of assembly standing. L/S of personalities filing onto platform. Vyacheslav Molotov, Beria and Georgi Malenkov (Russian Commissar for Power Stations) seen leading; Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (Chairman of Council of Ministers of the USSR) following on behind. M/S of girls in audience applauding. M/S of Stalin and uniformed men standing on platform. M/S of people in audience applauding. General view of audience sitting down. Unidentified man walks to rostrum and makes speech. Shots of people in the audience. Stalin sitting on platform listening. M/S of Molotov, Beria, Malenkov and two others, sitting on platform. M/S of man speaking from rostrum. Two Mongolians in audience. People listening with headphones. General view of assembly. M/S of man addressing assembly. General view of audience applauding. FILM ID:2495.02 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/