Trip to Soviet Union Home Movie Stalingrad (1937)

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Shot by an unknown American tourist in the summer 1937 or 1938, this silent home movie shows a trip through the Soviet Union. It's rare material for any number of reasons -- and has been thoroughly examined by a Soviet era historian who provided these notes... The cameraman arrives by boat to Volgograd (then named Stalingrad) and continues by train to Moscow. A part of the footage was apparently censored. Depicted are the Kropotkinskaya subway station entrance, the rarely-seen and no longer…

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2 minutes

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