from the Soviet Union
(to 10.00)

Direct from the Soviet Union

The May Day Parades and Demonstrations in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev
7.25 a.m. to 10.0 a.m.

(At the time of going to press the exact ending time of this programme is not known, but it is likely to continue for several hours and may affect advertised Schools programmes. An announcement has been made in the 'Notes for Teachers' explaining the alternative arrangements.)

From Red Square
Inspection of the Army, Navy, and Air Force units by the Minister of Defence, Marshal of the Soviet Union Malinovsky
Gun Salute and National Anthem
The Military Parade including the Massed Bands of the Soviet Army
The Parade and Massed Display by the Sports Organisations of the U.S.S.R.
The Civilian Demonstration

From Leningrad
A review of some of the Soviet naval units in the Baltic and glimpses of the May Day demonstrations in the heart of the city

From Kiev
A report on the Parade and demonstrations from one of the oldest cities in the Soviet Union

Commentator in Moscow, Richard Dimbleby

The relay presented by the Outside Broadcast teams of the Soviet Television Service

How can a chick only one day after hatching recognise grain from grit? Why is it a dog cannot live on a diet of grass? Gerd Sommerhoff helps discover the answers.
for Schools
Repeated on Friday at 11.35 a.m.
(to 10.25)

A programme about the discovery of new riches in an ancient desert.
Introduced by Edward Ward.
for Schools
(to 11.25)

How French film directors-and in particular Rene Clair and Marcel Carne-have interpreted the atmosphere of city life in France.
Introduced by Jacques Brunius.
for Schools
(to 11.55)

News in Welsh.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)

Edrych ar y byd a't bethau Cwrdd A phobl
Ymweld & lleoedd
Tmdrin A phynciau yng nghwmni Aled Rhys William Rhaglen ddyddiol dan ofal Nan Davies, Ifor Rees, Jack Williams
Today: a topical magazine.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)

From the County Ground, Worcester.
Second day's play
(to 13.35)

A group of young people discuss with Anne Allen the problems raised by last week's programme.
BBC programme for Schools

Pages turned by Patricia Driscoll.
BBC film

with Tom Salmon.
A programme of films first broadcast in 'View' the television magazine of the South and West.
In this edition:

The Bishop Rock
A visit to the lonely Atlantic lighthouse off the Isles of Scilly.

Johnny Morris panning for gold in a Cornish river.

Vivian Ogilvie on the famous Russell-Cotes collection of Victorian art at Bournemouth.

A Dorset walk with Ralph Wightman

The birth of a tortoise filmed in Southampton.

from the Midlands

A further visit to Worcester.

For younger viewers
Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.

Young Modellers' League
First of a new series on trains, aeroplanes, and ships.

The Girl Who Liked Animals
by Pamela Young (aged 7)
A prize-winning entry from our competition.

Dressing Up: 1: The Nurse

A film series telling the story of people whose work involves physical danger.

Harold Krier earns a precarious living flying rickety biplanes for travelling air circuses. The wind whistles as Krier loops the loop, hedge-hops, dog-fights, or narrowly misses a mid-air collision, but his best trick is picking up a piece of gauze with his wing tip while flying upside down ten feet above the ground.

looks at what goes on in the world around us.

6.7 Town and Around
A news magazine for South-East England.

News from the South
(Rowridge)

6.17 The Weather

introduced by Sir Alan Cobham, K.B.E., A.F.C.
The story of flight, this century's most phenomenal development, seen through the eyes of one of Britain's foremost pioneers in aviation.

A series of four programmes produced by Nicholas Crocker.
Last shown in October 1960

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Macdonald Hastings, Cy Grant.

says Eamonn Andrews to ?

by Ada F. Kay and Alistair Bell.
From Scotland

Panorama cameras report from the Soviet capital on May Day.
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with reports by Robin Day, Ludovic Kennedy.
The programme includes the recorded highlights of the May Day Parade in Red Square.

at the Star Ball
Arranged by the Evening News and organised by Mecca Dancing with Joe Loss and his Orchestra.
Including
The Finals of The Professional Latin American, The Amateur Standard and The United Kingdom Formation Trophy
From the Hammersmith Palais, London.
See page 20

Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party, by Jennie Lee, M.P., and James McInnes, M.B.E, J.P. M.P.
Recording of the broadcast in the Home Service at 10.10 p.m.
(Sound only)