SOJOURN OF FARMERS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN USSR Reel 1 · Part 3

Description

SUMMARY: Czechoslovakian farmers are taken on a tour of USSR, 1949. At the Byelorussian station in Moscow charted buses await them. A representative of the Russian government welcomes the Czechs. The 3000 visitors are divided into 8 groups. First, they see the sights of Moscow (several good LSs). Reel 1: A Czech couple are seen on a train on the way to the Ukraine. At a small town the visitors are greeted with signs: "Welcome Brother", are presented with bread and salt, and flowers. They are driven to a collective farm where they inspect cattle, pigs, sheep, samples of corn, wheat and tobacco. In a farmhouse they are entertained by a Russian couple. They are shown a copy of the decree giving the land to the collective farmers. The Czechs also visit a tractor factory, the Orlov horse breeding farm, see prize cattle in Poltava, Ukraine, and a reforestation project. Reel 2: A Czech farmer is allowed to run a cotton picking machine. By train they go on to Batum on the Black Sea in Georgia. They visit botanical gardens, are lectured by women on soviet achievements, enjoy meals al fresco. Then they are taken to Gori where Stalin was born; there are interior views of the house where he was born. In Tiflis (Tbilisi) there is a parade of floats. On the way back to Moscow the Czechs (thanks to the sound track) sing a Russian patriotic song. At a meeting in Moscow the farmers are addressed by I. Benediktov, Secretary of Agriculture. Marshall Budienny is present. At the station the Czech Vice-Minister speaks of the friendship between the two countries. The visitors leave enriched with knowledge of new inventions.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division