Visit of President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana to the USSR | Leningrad | July 1961

July 1961. Footage of President Kwame Nkrumah visiting the city of Leningrad (now St. Petersberg). Text: State flags of the USSR and the Republic of Ghana in front of the Leningrad airport building. Portraits of Khrushchev, Brezhnev and President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah on the facade of the airport building. The plane with the President of Ghana on board after landing. Kwame Nkrumah and his entourage descend the Leningrad City Council (leader) Isaev V. Ya. welcome guests at the plane ramp. The greeters applaud the guests from Ghana. Pioneers present bouquets of flowers to Kwame Nkrumah. Guests from Ghana are standing with flowers in their hands. The honor guard company is in formation. Isaev makes a welcoming speech ... Leningrad Cruiser “Aurora“ on the (River) Neva. The President of Ghana and his entourage on the deck of the cruiser. Kwame Nkrumah listens to the guide. Arrival of guests from Ghana in Smolny. Monument to Lenin in front of the Smolny entrance. Guests from Ghana are walking on the territory of Smolny. The motorcade goes past the building of the Winter Palace along the embankment. Guests from Ghana visit the sights of Leningrad. Kwame Nkrumah listens to Isaev’s story. Guests from Ghana in the halls of the Hermitage. Kwame Nkrumah and his entourage inspect the workshops of the Electrosila plant. Kwame Nkrumah talks with factory workers. View of a part of the factory rally in honor of guests from Ghana. Kwame Nkrumah and his entourage in the presidium of the rally. The foreman of turners Kurchavin speaks, types of the rally. Svetlana Yakovleva welcomes the guests on behalf of the youth of the plant. Personalities . Francis Nwia Kofi Kwame Nkrumah - Statesman and political figure of the Republic of Ghana . Spiridonov Ivan Vasiljevich - Statesman and politician . Isaev Vasilij Yakovlevich - Statesman . Mozalevskij Anatolij Vasiljevich - State, economic and political figure . Golovanov Oleg Sergeevich - Rower Source: Film dot Ru. NB. AP | “Nkrumah Visits Russia“