1942 DEFENCE: Russian Ambassador unveils plaque of Lenin and predicts victory in war

Date: 27th April 1942

Location: HOLFORD SQUARE, FINSBURY, ENGLAND

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: Maisky Unveils Bust of Lenin

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GTV mass crowd in the Square.

CU pan bombed house where Lenin lived.

CU plaque - "LENIN - 1870-1924 - FOUNDER OF THE U.S.S.R. etc."

STV Union Jack and russian flag covering memorial.

SV Ivan Maisky (Soviet ambassador to Britain) and applause.

CU Maisky speaks. (Nat.sd.)

LTV Maisky unveiling Union Jack and Russian flag from the memorial.

SCUBV Maisky unveiling memorial. (Nat. sd.)

CU memorial pan to flowers and working "LENIN LIVED IN THE HOUSE OPPOSITE THIS SITE."

CU bust of Lenin. (Nat.sd.)

SOUND EFFECTS: Nat.sd. of applause and Maisky waiting to speak.

CU Maisky speaks:

"I trust, that as a result of our common effort, already in this year of 1942, will come a decisive turn in the course of the war and the first light of the day will appear before the struggling humanity." Nat.sd. of music on two scenes.

Personalities - Politicians; Ceremonies - Memorial; Soviet Union; Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky (1884-1975)

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