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U.S. Army Intelligence School Analysis of Soviet Union & Its Peoples Ussr Russia 87704 (1951)

1951 · Short film · 25 min

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This educational film is about the Soviet Union present day. It was made in 1951 by the United States Army Strategic Intelligence School as part of its curriculum. (Area Film Studies), Number 1: USSR (:06-:33). Mother Russia, Kremlin in Moscow. Birds, flowers in Russia. A farmer amongst grazing cattle. A revolution, people run, the Communist Party. Flags fly, the hammer and sickle, the USSR. It is several times larger than the USA. Soldiers march holding guns. The USSR has four types of terrain: tundra, forest, steppe, desert. Frigid tundra. Forest trees. Steppe lands of plains. Deserts of Soviet central Asia. Marshes. Southern border - mountains with snow. Euro-mountains. Long cold Russian winters, snow blows. Spring is short, cool, cloudy and wet. Mud of rainy spring hinders ground operations. Seaport. Crane moves products (:34-4:31). Volga River. Ports on the Baltic & Black Seas. Boats. Soviet railway. Rail radio operators. Cars on railroad tracks. Tracks are being laid out and worked on by men. Modern train on the tracks. Few roads are paved. Dirt roads are more prevalent (4:32-6:49). Area where most of the people in Russia live. Half of the labor power is in agriculture. Aerial farm shots. Tractor on a field. Bulldozers at work. Women work at a farm. Russian wheat production. People work in tobacco, apple, berries, and other fruit/vegetables. Sunflowers. Both primitive and modern machines are used. Cattle on the move, a cow is milled, milk is poured (6:50-10:06).…

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25 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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