Soviet Newsreel, Monetary Reform, 1960s

RU30, 1960s, Monetary reform (early 1960s, 1961) : women w/ money bags, counting notes, counting device for coins, employees in banks. Monetary reform announced (early 1960s, 1960) : Khrushchev's speech at congress (w/out sound), standing ovation. Monetary reform (early 1960s, 1961) : printing press, new pricing policy on various goods (clothes, shoes, washing machine, matchsticks), people shopping, bank employees, money bags escorted via many means of transportation : trucks (through Caucasus and Altai / Altay mountains), reindeer drawn sleighs, planes, people bringing back old money to get new notes. Change dollar / rouble. Workers receive their first pay in new rouble., http://www.myfootage.com/details.php?gid=58&sgid=&pid=18005

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• soviet
• union
• communism
• money
• 1960s
• 1960's