French Tourists Visit Moscow (1955)

Leningrad & Moscow. Documentation on file regarding the trip of 800 French tourists to the USSR for the 1st time in decades. Documentation is written in the first person and states the pictures were all shot by amateur cameramen without restriction and the most moving scene was the brief reunion of mother and daughter after 38 years. Various shots, dancing on board the ship “Batory“ LS. Tourists on deck. LS. Leningrad, from sea. MS. Tourists on deck. LS. Leningrad, from ship. Pan along crowd of Russians waving. Various shots, crowded street scenes in Moscow. LS. Skyscraper buildings. Various shots, tourists in Russian restaurant. LS. Lenin’s tomb, Moscow, showing crowded places MS. Group of army personnel marching past. MS. Road repairing in street, woman drives steam-roller. GV’s traffic scenes LS. Ship alongside. LS. Crowds waving goodbye. MS. Mother and daughter re-united. LS. Crowds waving. (F.G.) FILM ID:2696.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S F