Synopsis
This historical documentary news film seeks to capture the changes in the Soviet Union’s leadership from 1917 through 1964, when Nikita Khrushchev was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet premier. It begins with images of the 1917 Russian Revolution with large masses of people, fires on the street, and violent clashes (0:11). People climbing a gate with a fire in the background (0:15). Large group of people running upstairs with guns (0:20). Drawing of Vladimir Lenin with contemporaries (0:24). Vladimir Lenin (0:30). Russian newspaper (0:33). 1924 footage of Vladimir Lenin dead (0:35). Parade with the faces of Russian figures on banners such as Stalin (0:39). Joseph Stalin (0:43). Nikita Khrushchev waves with along with other men (0:46). Large audience (0:57). Stalin and comrade Nikita Khrushchev (0:58). Explosion seen through binoculars (1:08). Officers in a general’s Soviet uniform look at the explosion (1:10). Soldiers fighting at the Battle of Stalingrad (1:18). Bombs going off (1:21). Opera theater (1:24) Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev with a crowd of people (1:28). Spasskaya Bashnya (1:31). 1953 photo of Stalin dead (1:33). Flag with Stalin’s face (1:39). Men clapping in the background and Yogi Malenkov in the foreground (1:43). Massive crowd cheers for the Premier of the Soviet Union, Nikolai Bulganin (1:57). Nikolai Bulganin waves hat at the crowd (1:59). Soviet Party Secretary Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev (2:05). Men waving their hats outside of train windows (2:10).…
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- Running time
- 9 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Kitchen Debate
- Soviet Union
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Russian Revolution
- Vladimir Lenin
- Yogi Malenkov
- Nikolai Bulganin
- Party Secretary Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev
- Sergeevich Khrushchev
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