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Description: SIDE 1: 00 00 00 SIDE 2: 00 40 27 SILENT FILM. ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS FILMS EVER MADE, SERGI EISENSTEIN'S POTEMKIN IS AN EPIC RETELLING OF THE MUTINY AY ODESSA IN 1905. SAILORS OF THE RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN BECOME ANGRY WHEN THEY ARE OFFERED MAGGOT RIDDEN MEAT AT MESS. THE CAPTAIN ORDERS THOSE WHO REFUSE TO EAT THE MEAT SHOT TO DEATH, AND THE SAILORS' RAGE ESCALATES INTO REBELLION. HEARING OF THE SHIPBOARD MUTINY, THE CITIZENS OF ODESSA GATHER ON THE HARBOR STEPS TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE SAILORS ONLY TO BE STORMED AND FIRED UPON BY CZARIST TROOPS IN ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST HEINOUS MASSACRES. WITH THE CITIZENS OF ODESSA SUPPRESSED, THE SAILORS OF THE POTEMKIN PREPARE TO FACE THE ATTACK OF THE ONCOMING IMPERIAL FLEET. BUT INSTEAD OF A HAIL OF GUNFIRE, THE SAILORS OF THE FLEET SHOWER THE POTEMKIN CREW WITH CHEERS OF SOLIDARITY. GREAT RUSHING CROWD SCENE

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