China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan (8).

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.

Guangzhou Silk and Ramie Textile Mill.

Sewing machines were rare in rural China in the old days. After liberation the Guangzhou Sewing Machine Factory was rebuilt and expanded to meet the rising demand. It now turns out more than 300,000 sewing machines every year. Above: Workers in an assembly shop.

The Foshan solk weaving industry has a very long history. Before liberation it was mostly carried on manually by workers toiling laboriously. Output was low and of few varieties. It was only after liberation that this trade began to develop rapidly. Above: A weaving shop in the Hongmian Silk-weaving Mill which produces more than 20,000 metres of silk fabrics daily.

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia) (10)

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia). Hardcover book published by Riga Avots 1985, 215 pages with colour photographs throughout.

135,000 children spend their summer holidays at the trade-union pioneer camps

War veteran and poet, Honoured Worker of Culture Julijs Vanags visiting the pioneers

This is Poland (28)

This is Poland. Softcover book published by Interpress Publishers Warsaw 1972, 216 pages with colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. All text is in English.

In this idyllic landscape only the chimney stacks are here to remind us we are in the very heart of Silesia

Young people receive free training in Polish glider centres

Nothing tastes better than a meal cooked over the camp fire

New China (20)

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

Students, workers and government personnel participate in morning physical exercises. These exercises broadcast and popularized in many other ways are done by millions everyday

Mockba Moscow Moscou Moskau Moscu (9)

Mockba Moscow Moscou Moskau Moscu. Hardcover book published 1963. Text is in Russian, English, French, German and Spanish.

Karl Marx Monument