New China (17)

New China. Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press 1953, unpaginated with black and white photographs. All text is in English.

China has a surplus of coal available for export

Coke production in Dairen. The iron and steel industry if new China is rapidly growing

An iron works. China’s total output of pig-iron in 1952 was 31.45 per cent and that of steel 41.05 per cent greater than in 1951

A view of the state-owned Anshan Iron and Steel Works in Northeast China, which has switched to large-scale construction since the winter of 1952. Brilliant successes have been achieved in its rehabilitation and democratic reform work in the past three years

An oil refinery. China has rich oil deposits. In 1952, petroleum production was 24.94 per cent above the highest pre-liberation record

The factory produces ammonium sulphate. Land reform has opened up new demands for chemical fertilizer

Soviet Siberia (19)

Soviet Siberia by E. Klenov and G. Paderin. Hardcover book with pictorial boards (no dust jacket) published by Progress Publishers Moscow 1970, unpaginated with colour and black and white photographs.

Lovely new towns will be built in the depths of the taiga, new power stations will rise on the mighty rivers, and all the fabulous wealth of Siberia will be developed for the benefit of man, in this land that has been transformed by socialism.

The Blue Adriatic (7)

The Blue Adriatic. Hardcover book published by Spektar, Zagreb (no date). Text is in Croato-Serbian, English, German, Italian and French.

Rabac, Croatia

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (36).

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.

The Iron Works “West” at Calbe – one of the newest and largest nationally owned enterprises

Maklas Foto (6)

Maklas Foto. Hardcover book published by Izdevnieciba “Liesma” Riga 1971, with black and white photographs throughout. Text is in Latvian, Russian, English and German.

Gunars Binde. Salute of a Labour

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan (3).

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan, compiled by China International Travel Service, Guangzhou Branch and Editorial Department of the Guangdong People's Publishing House. Paperback book published by Guangdong People's Publishing House 1977, 112 pages. All text is in English.

“Times have changed, and today men and women are equal. Whatever men comrades can accomplish women comrades can too.” Women electricians of the “March 8” Team of the Guangzhou Power Supply Company working on live ultra-high-tension power lines.

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin (15).

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin.  Hardcover book published by Planeta Publishers Moscow 1975, 207 pages with colour and black and white photographs. All text is in English.

Computers now relieve man of a tremendous amount of work that formerly took up much time and energy that might have been devoted to creative effort. Machines now control automatic installations, sticking strictly to the set regime, they take the place of thousands of book keeping and accountancy staff, they programme the production flow.

The Soviet people are building atomic power stations, making revolutionary discoveries in experimental and theoretical physics.