Soviet Union, Poland, Finland, Germany Trip " a Look Behind the Iron Curtain " (Silent) 61544 (1959)

Synopsis

This movie, entitled "A look behind the Iron Curtain: USSR 1959 " was produced either by the Maupin Tour Company, (known today as Maupintour) or by someone who went on a Maupin Tour. The film provides a glimpse of what a tourist could expect if booking a USSR trip in the late 1950s/early 1960s. 0:26 The journey begins in Helsinki, Finland 0:28 Arrival at the newly-opened Helsinki Vantaa Airport 0:40 Port of Helsinki 0:47 Finnish soldiers with their Stahlhelms 1:02 Pan to the busy street by the port. Helsinki City Hall. Port Authority and the Uspenski cathedral 1:22 Esplanadi park 1:28 Monument to Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the Finnish poet 1:40 Central Helsinki 1:56 The Three Smiths Statue 2:00 A drunk, being arrested by the police 2:10 Central Helsinki around Mannerheimmintie 2:25 Maupintour bus, going from Helsinki, through Leningrad and Moscow to Warsaw 2:29 Finnish countryside to the Soviet border 3:22 Market in the Finnish city of Hamina, near the Soviet border 3:56 Road signs in Russian 4:18 Card: Leningrad: window to the West 4:47 Nevsky in Saint Petersburg 4:52 Soviet Army soldiers looking at an open-top Moskvitch 402 5:05 Nevsky in Saint Petersburg. 5:47 The Arch of the Army Headquarters seen from the rear 6:03 Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Paul at Nevsky 6:20 Saint Isaac's Cathedral 6:29 Military academy cadets 6:40 The Hermitage Museum 7:00 Palaces and parks of the Suburban Imperial Saint Petersburg - Pushkin/Tsarskoye Selo/Peterhof etc. 7:46 A kindergarten group…

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Running time

54 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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• Stock Footage