Oust Bulganin: Shake-Up Follows Elections In USSR
Oust Bulganin: Shake-Up Follows Elections In USSR
Clip: 355478_1_1
Year Shot: 1958
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1646
Original Film: 031-025-01
HD: N/A
Location: Moscow, Russia
Timecode: 00:00:35 - 00:01:23
Following elections for the soviet parliament in which members of the communist hierarchy receive uncontested majorities of 99%, Premier Bulganin 'resigns', to be succeeded by party boss Nikita Khrushchev. Downtown Moscow, busses, traffic, people. MS - Soviet people walking into a government building, a picture of Lennon hangs over the door-way. MCUS - Nikita Khrushchev voting for himself in an election. CUS - A little Russian boy taking Nikita Khrushchev's picture. CUS - Marshall Josef Bulganin voting himself out. MS - Russian women walking down the streets of Moscow.