Yugoslavia: Past and Present (4)

Yugoslavia: Past and Present, edited by Radmila Matic.  Hardcover book published by Yugoslav Review, Belgrade and David Harvey, London (no date, probably late 1960s or early 1970s). Text is in English.

Dusan Dzamonja’s sculpture “Expo 67”, which received very favourable notice at the World Fair in Montreal, illustrates some of the new tendencies in Yugoslav sculpture.

Czechoslovak Spartakiades (4)

Czechoslovak Spartakiades by Julius Chvalny.  Hardcover book published by Orbis Press Agency, Prague.  Text is in Russian, English, German, French and Spanish.

In the composition for parents and children 4,000 pairs took part in the Strahov stadium in Prague, while 23,821 pairs performed in county Spartikiades

 

The composition for the youngest boys and girls (5-7 years) brought a total of 66,753 participants to the county Spartikiades, and 4,000 to the one in Prague

Younger pupils showed off in an untraditional exercise with flying saucers and skipping ropes.  In the county Spartikiades 55,798 pupils took part, while 6,912 performed in Prague

Younger girl pupils (from 8-11 years) numbered 67,125 in the county Spartikiades and 13,824 performed in the Prague finale

The charm of the composition performed by younger girls was shown especially in the colourful dancing figures

In the exercises the girls were divided into groups of gymnasts and dancers; there were 42,859 participants in the county Spartikiades and 6,912 in Prague

Deutsche Demokratische Republik.

Deutsche Demokratische Republik.  Hardcover book published by Sachsenverlag Dresden 1959.  All text is in German.  There is a booklet with Russian, English, French and Spanish translations.

Auf dem Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld

“Schwarze Pumpe”, das größte Braunkohlenkombinat Europas im Bau

Striesen, ein neuer Stadtteil ensteht in Großblockbauweise

Ob als Stenotypisten oder Ingenieurin – in allen Berufen stehen die Frauen ihren Mann

Der VEB Steinkohlemwerk “Karl Marx”

 

Zur Messe trift sich die ganze Welt in Leipzig

In ihren modern eingerichteten Wohnungen fühlen sich die neuen Mieter wohl

In ihren modern eingerichteten Wohnungen fühlen sich die neuen Mieter wohl

Der 10 000-Toner “Frieden”

Down with the New Tsars!: Soviet Revisionists’ Anti-China Atrocities on the Heilung and Wusuli Rivers (2).

Down with the New Tsars!: Soviet Revisionists’ Anti-China Atrocities on the Heilung and Wusuli Rivers.  Paperback booklet published by Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1969.

The Soviet revisionists run amuck on our territory. They ram our lorry with their armoured vehicle.

The Soviet revisionists brazenly run into our tractor with their armoured car.

The Soviet revisionists indulge in provocation. They block our passenger bus with their lorry.

This Soviet revisionist hoodlum is beating up a Chinese teen-age lad.

 

Soldiers of the Soviet revisionist clique throw themselves on the Chinese fishermen and beat them up.

The new tsars of the Kremlin are a horde of out-and-out social-fascists. This Chinese fisherman has been injured by the beating he has received from the Soviet hoodlums.

Cruel and barbarous, they turn a military dog on Chinese fishermen.

 Chinese fishermen killed by the Soviet revisionist reneqade clique’s armoured cars.

Chinese fishermen killed by the Soviet revisionist reneqade clique’s armoured cars.

The flames of indignation and hatred are raging. You gang of Soviet revisionist renegades you have bullied us long enough. Defying the assaults of Soviet armour, Chinese fishermen rise in self-defence.

Mountains and Rivers Make Way: The Chengtu-Kunming Railroad in Photographs (4).

Mountains and Rivers Make Way: The Chengtu-Kunming Railroad in Photographs.  Paperback booklet published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1976.  All text is in English.

A thousand-year dream come true!  Members of the various nationalities that have lived for generations on the Szechuan-Yunnan Plateau have their first train ride. (Detail)

Slovensko (6)

Slovensko (The Beauties of Slovakia: The Past and the Present).  Hardcover book published by Osveta 1975.  Text is in Czech with Russian, German, English etc translations in the back of the book.

BRATISLAVA, ACADMICIAN I. DERER HOSPITAL AT KRAMARE

BRATISLAVA, THE NEW TELEVISION GROUNDS AT MLYNSKA DOLINA

NITRA, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE CAMPUS, DETAIL

PIESTANY, SPA PAVILLIONS BALNEA GRAND AND BALNEA SPLENDID

PIESTANY, INTERIOR OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK AIRLINES

DUDINCE SPA, SANATORIUM

BANSKA BYSTRICA, HOTEL LUX ON THE EMBANKMENT OF THE HRON RIVER

THE HIGH TATRAS, THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE AT STRBSKE PLESO

THE HIGH TATRAS, PANORAMA HOTEL AT NEW SMOKOVEC

THE HIGH TATRAS, PARK HOTEL AT NEW SMOKOVEC

MODERN INTERIOR OF THE COLONNADE AT BARDEJOVSKE KUPELE

NEW COLONNADE AT BARDEJOV SPA (BARDEJOVSKE KUPELE)

AT ZEMPLINSKA SIRAVA

Yugoslavia: Past and Present (3)

Yugoslavia: Past and Present, edited by Radmila Matic.  Hardcover book published by Yugoslav Review, Belgrade and David Harvey, London (no date, probably late 1960s or early 1970s). Text is in English.

In Kosutnjak, part of the green belt that encloses Belgrade’s southern suburbs, a large sports centre has been built to cater for the needs of young and old alike.  In addition to its sports faciltities, Kosutmjak offers a temporary escape from polluted city air amidst woods and meadows.

Dinghy sailing is gaining popularity along the Adriatic coast.  In the picture: sailing in Boka Kotorska Bay near Tivat, a picturesque little town, where the medieval Kotor nobility used to spend the summer months. etc.

The Adriatic is famous for it pellucid blue water.  The average temperature of the water in summer ranges from 22 degrees to 24 degrees.