1905-1958COMMUNISM & RUSSIA
RUSSIA-SOVIET HISTORY. COMMUNISM. PRESENTS THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIA SINCE 1905 WHEN VIOLENCE & INSURRECTION BEGAN TAKING PLACE IN IMPERIAL RUSSIA UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT WAS OVERTHROWN. SHOWS ACTUAL SCENES OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION WHICH WAS LED BY LENIN. FOLLOWS THE RISE OF LENIN AND THEN STALIN TO POWER, UP TO 1955. DEPICTS SCENES SHOWING THE INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MECHANIZATION OF AGRICULTURE IN RUSSIA AFTER THE OVERTHROW OF THE CZARS. USSR. U.S.S.R. COLD WAR.
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SCENES OF SAILORS MUTINY. FROM "BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN". GRABBING RIFLES.
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CITIZENS THROWING STONES. RIOTS. CHAOS. PEOPLE BEAT BY GOVERNMENT.
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THE FAMOUS "ODESSA STEPS" SCENE. PEOPLE SLAUGHTERED. SURRENDER.
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MEN IN LEG CHAINS. WALK IN CIRCLE IN PRISON YARD.
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PEASANTS PLOWING FIELD. THRASHING HAY. SLUMS, MUDDY STREETS. HARVEST. LIVING IN STABLES WITH FARM ANIMALS. SLEEPING. CU NEWBORN.
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SLUMS, MUDDY STREETS OF ABANDONED RUSSIAN VILLAGE. HARVEST. LIVING IN STABLES WITH FARM ANIMALS. SLEEPING. CU NEWBORN.
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LEO TOLSTOY SITTING IN GARDEN. WALKING WITH WIFE
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PARIS COTTAGES. LENIN. LENIN'S WIFE WRITING.
LENIN & WIFE PLAYING WITH CAT. |
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SECRET PRINTING PRESSES. PRINTING NEWSPAPERS AND PAMPHLETS. PROPAGANDA. PERSECUTION.
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MARXISTS MEETING
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SECRET POLICE ARRESTING CITIZENS. MARXISTS
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RICH ROYALTY IN HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES. WEALTH, LEISURE. STATUES.
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ORTHODOX CHURCH. ORNATE, HOLY MEN. CZAR AND WIFE AND ROYALTY OF COURT. CZAR NICHOLAS II.
ROMANOV. ROMANOFF. POMP. CEREMONY. MINISTERS. |
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COUNTRYSIDE. COAT OF ARMS. THE IMPERIAL YACHT.
ROLLER SKATING ON BOAT. SHUFFLEBOARD. PEOPLE OF LEISURE. |
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CASTLE. SUMMER PALACE IN RUSSIAN RIVIERA.
CLOISTERED WALKWAYS. LITTLE GIRLS GREET ROYALTY. RECEIVE GIFTS. MEN KISSING ON CHEEKS. CZAR TAKES PICTURES OF WIFE AND CHILDREN PLAYING TAG, CAREFREE. |
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GRAND-DAUGHTER OF QUEEN VICTORIA RECEIVING PEOPLE PRIVILEGED FEW.
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WALTZING. HUGE DANCE HALL CELEBRATION. ORCHESTRA IN BALCONY. PEOPLE HOLD HANDS. DANCE IN A CIRCLE.
PARTY. BALL. |
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LAMPLIGHTER TURNS DOWN STREET LAMP.
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JUNE 1914. ARCHDUKE FERDINAND'S FUNERAL.
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GERMAN TROOPS. IMPERIAL PROCLAMATION PAPER.
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RUSSIAN TROOPS POSE
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TROOPS MARCH IN PARADE. CELEBRATION.
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WORLD WAR ONE WWI SOLDIERS IN WATER FILLED TRENCHES. FOXHOLES. DEFEATED BATTLEFIELD. DEAD SOLDIERS IN TRENCH.
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CZAR AS COMMANDER OF MILITARY.
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TROOPS BLESSED BY PRIEST. SIBERIAN PSEUDO-MONK.
NOBLEMEN. |
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ST. PETERSBURG. 1917 MARCH. PROTESTERS. MAN TURNS CAMERA. REVOLUTIONARIES ON CARS. MOB GATHERS FOR SPEECH DEMONSTRATIONS. CIVIL UNREST.
HANDING OUT NEWSPAPERS. |
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NICHOLAS II SALUTES PEOPLE. HOUSE OF ROMANOFF.
TAKING DOWN SIGNS AND COAT OF ARMS. MONARCHY DISINTEGRATES. |
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CITIZENS GREETING ALEXANDER KARENSKY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.
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TRAIN LEAVES STATION. STEAM TRAIN. CU GAUGES.
FIRE STOKER THROWS COAL IN . |
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CU LENIN ON TRAIN
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LENIN MAKES SPEECHES. RALLIES. PEASANT.
TROTSKY. AUDIENCE OF YOUNG MEN. |
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BOLSHEVIKS MARCHING, RALLY
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NOVEMBER 1917. COMMUNIST REVOLUTION AT THE FORMER WINTER PALACE. SHIPS SHOOT CANNONS.
STREETS FILLED WITH MEN TAKING OVER. CU MACHINE GUNS FIRING. PEOPLE SHOT, TRAMPLED. FIGHTING IN THE STREETS. CLIMBING ORNATE IRON GATE. |
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REVOLUTIONARIES BREAK OPEN GATE AND OVERRUN PALACE. THE FALL OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.
THE COMMUNIST ERA HAS BEGUN. LENIN SPEAKING TO CROWDS |
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VLADIVOSTOK PORT, TERMINUS OF SIBERIAN RAILROAD BATTLESHIP.
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SUMMER OF 1918. CIVIL WAR IN RUSSIA.
ANTI-BOLSHEVIK. LEON TROTSKY, COMMISSAR OF WAR. REVIEWING TROOPS. MILITARY TROOPS ON HORSEBACK. CAVALRY. |
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LOADING BOX CARS OF TRAIN. TROOPS GETTING ON BOX CARS
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BATTLEFIELDS. CIVIL WAR. COMMUNIST REVOLUTION
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PHOTO OF CZAR AND FAMILY AS PRISONERS.
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EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUAD. MEN FALL INTO PITS.
TERROR. PILE OF BODIES IN PIT. |
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REFUGEES. FAMINE. PEASANTS. HUNGRY. STARVATION. CU MAN EATING BUGS OUT OF WOOD. DOWNTRODDEN PEOPLES
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MOSCOW. FLAG FLIES HIGH.
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WORKING CLASSES. NEW ECONOMIC POLICY. N.E.E.
LENIN SPEAKING. TROTSKY AMONG GROUP |
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GOVERNMENT SHOPS. BAKERY SHOP, SHOE-SHINER.
SELLING HATS, TOYS AT OUTDOOR MARKET. |
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CITIZENS STAGING PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION, MAKING MOCKERY OF THE SYSTEM. RIDICULING RELIGION, ETC.
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JANUARY, 1924. STALIN AT LENIN'S FUNERAL.
PEASANTS, CHILDREN, RUSSIANS WALK PAST HIS CASKET. FUNERAL PROCESSION. |
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RUSSIANS. WORKERS. INDUSTRIALIZATION. PRISON LABOR. CONSTRUCTION. HEAVY INDUSTRY. MEN DIGGING ROADS, ETC. TRACTORS COME OUT OF FACTORY.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. HARVESTING CROPS. PITCHING HAY. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. COLLECTIVE FARMS. |
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PARTY AGENTS WITH OFFICIAL BOOKS.
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REFUGEES PILE THEIR BELONGINGS ON TRUCKS.
LEAVING THE COUNTRY. MASS EXODUS. BANISHED TO SIBERIA. FAMINE. SICK BABIES AND CHILDREN. |
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STALIN SALUTES. PEOPLE MARCH IN RED SQUARE.
FLAGS, BANNERS, ETC. PEOPLE CHEERING & WAVING. HUGE PORTRAITS OF STALIN. MARX. PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF STALIN & LENIN, ETC. STONE STATUE. MASSIVE FLAG LIFTED BY PLANE. |
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LIGHTED HAMMER & SICKLE. FESTIVE. 1936-1938 TRIALS OF CONSPIRACY. PROSECUTION. MEN WEAR HEADPHONES. BOLSHEVIKS. PEOPLE HIDING THEIR FACES.
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PRISON BUILDING. BARS ON THE WINDOWS. JAIL CELLS.
INSTITUTION. |
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KREMLIN. STALIN. TEAM OF WHITE HORSES. CALVARY MILITARY PARADE. GOOSE STEPPING RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
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1 HITLER MAKING SPEECHES AT NAZI RALLIES.
GOOSE-STEPPING NAZI SOLDIERS. |
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CU STALIN, HS TANKS ROLL BY. ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH. BUILDING UP OF ARMS.
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AUGUST 23, 1939. NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
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MOLOTOV AND VON RIBBENTROP SIGNING PACT. THE BEGINNING OF WWII. FASCISM & COMMUNISM
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GERMAN OFFICIALS MAKING WAR PLANS.
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SOLDIERS FORCING BORDER GATE OPEN, JUNE 1941.
GERMAN INVASION. BUILDINGS CRUMBLING UNDER ATTACK. BATTLE SCENES. PLANES IN FLIGHT. CITIES BEING BOMBED. |
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CROWDS OF RED ARMY PRISONERS.
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PEASANTS THROW FLOWERS TO GERMANS, THEIR LIBERATORS. PEOPLE HAPPY AND WAVING.
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STALIN STATUES AND PICTURES DESTROYED. PUTTING UP PICTURES OF HITLER. HANDING OUT NAZI FLAGS.
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THE RUSSIAN ARMY OF LIBERATION. MASS DEFECTION.
HANDSHAKE SEALS THE DEALS. |
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NAZI GERMANS PLUNDERING. TAKING CROPS, CABBAGE.
HERDING AWAY GOATS. MAKING CITIZENS LOAD STOLEN GOODS. RAILROAD WORKERS. PEOPLE BEING DRAGGED AWAY. PILES OF DEAD BODIES. WOMEN CRYING OVER THE DEAD. NAZI'S SLAUGHTER RUSSIANS. |
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RUSSIANS GETTING ARMS. RIFLES. GUERRILLA WARFARE.
PEASANTS IN WOODS, ARMED TO FIGHT. PLACING DYNAMITE ON RAILROAD BRIDGE. LOADING HOWITZER GUNS. FIGHTING ON SNOW-COVERED FIELDS. BUILDINGS IN RUINS. DEAD FROZEN SOLDIERS. |
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NAZI GERMANS HOLDING UP WHITE SURRENDER FLAG.
1945, WWII IS OVER. GERMAN PRISONERS MARCHED THROUGH STREETS. PEOPLE APPLAUD FOR STALIN. |
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SECULAR SCHOOLING. MEN AT DESKS READING BOOKS.
LOUD SPEAKERS. PEOPLE LISTEN TO SPEECHES. PROPAGANDA. |
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SEQUENCE OF GROUP MEETINGS. TRAIN CAR MEETING.
PROPAGANDA. CITIZENS MEETING IN WOODS |
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MOSCOW. KREMLIN SEEN FROM ACROSS WATER.
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ELITE COMMUNIST PARTY. HAVE CELEBRATION. LIVE IN LUXURY. RANKING & TITLED.
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RUSSIAN PEASANT SLUMS.
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ORNATE CRUCIFIX AND OTHER HOLY OBJECTS. RELIGIOUS ICON. WOMAN BOWS DOWN IN PRAYER, WORSHIP.
OPPRESSION. |
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BORDER GATES. CAPTIVE COUNTRY. RADIO TOWER.
PEOPLE TRY TO CROSS BORDER. ESCAPING. HIDING IN WOODS. BORDER PATROL ON THE LOOK-OUT. |
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DARK DUNGEON PRISONS PACKED WITH PEOPLE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. INHUMANE CONDITIONS. LOST SOULS. POWER.
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PEOPLE LED AWAY. NET TIED DOWN OVER PEOPLE SHUTTING BOX CAR DOORS ON TRAINS FILLED WITH PRISONERS. GOING TO SIBERIA. POV TRAIN TRACKS IN THE SNOW.
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MEN LED OFF TRAIN. LINES OF PRISONERS LED TO WORK IN MINES. PRISON CAMPS. BARBED WIRE CAMPS.
CU FEET STUMBLE ALONG IN SNOW. PRISON GUARD ON PATROL. GULAG. BARBED WIRE FENCE. |
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