Bucharest (1961)

Bucharest, Rumania. Several shots of the market place in Bucharest; people buying flowers, vegetables and fruit. Various shots of women tending to public gardens. Various shots of a church of the Rumanian Orthodox faith. An old building is seen next to modern apartment blocks. Several shots of the open-air swimming pool of the Lido Hotel in the city; young people play with a beach ball (the girls have hairy armpits). M/S of a statue of Stalin; L/Ss of the Printing Hall, home of five newspapers; M/S of a statue of Lenin before the Printing Hall. Note: negs used for telecine transfer are cut in several places in this story; track overlaps with the previous story and commentary runs over end title. Combined print is currently missing. Cuts exist - see separate record. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT