- Title: VM-1320
- Summary: PHOENIX RISES FROM THE ASHES: RUSSIAN MEN AND WOMEN REBUILD THEIR COUNTRY AFTER WAR'S END. soviet leaders; cold war era,
- Description:00:31:07 - MCU GIANT OUTDOOR HORN SHAPED SPEAKERS. MS MAN, BACK TO CAMERA, CHECKING GAUGES ON CONTROL PANEL IN RADIO STATION. CU HAND TURNING KNOB ON CONTROL BOARD, CU WAll CLOCK CLOCK SHOWS 2:10 PM. (ON MAY 19,1945). ABOVE LS VIEW BUILDINGS IN MOSCOW., LS VIEW FEW AUTOS RIDING HIGHWAY ALONG RIVER ON ONE SIDE KREMLIN ON THE OTHER. MS HUGE CHEERING CROWD IN MOSCOW SQUARE, LANDMARK ST- BASIL'S CATHEDRAL IN B/G, AS RADIO MOSCOW BLARES OUT NEWS OF SOVIET NATION PROCLAIMING MAY 9TH AS VICTORY DAY. 00:31:42 - VARIOUS VIEWS JUBILANT WOMEN KISSING, SOLDIERS RIDING IN BACK OF TRUCK DANCING, SOLDIERS IN STREETS BEING MAN-HANDLED, HUGGED AND KISSED BY MEN, WOMEN. CIVILIAN MEN KISSING SOLDIERS ON LIPS, MAN WITH CRUTCHES DANCING IN THE STREET 00:32:00 - TWO MERCHANTS KISSING SOLDIER ON LIPS. WOMEN HUGGING TWO SOVIET SOLDIERS. MEN. WOMEN TANK SOLDIERS POSE BY LARGE GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING WAVING, CHEERING. 00:32:19 - SOVIET AND AMERICAN SOLDIERS MARCH ARM IN ARM DOWN STREET AS HUGE CRUSHING CROWD CHEER. WILD STREET CELEBRATIONS IN OTHER EUROPEAN CITIES. 00:32:25 - MS RUSSIAN SOLDIERS LOWER ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN, COVER NOZZLE WITH PROTECTIVE CLOTH. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS PLANT KISSES ON HUGE CANNONS AS THEY SAT FAREWELL TO THEM. PAN BLOSSOMS OM FRUIT TREES. 00:33:02 - CU SOVIET SOLDIER SEATED ON LOG PLAYS HIS ACCORDION, PAN TO SOLDIER POURING PAIL OF WATER ON COMRADES HEAD AS HE WASHES, ANOTHER GROOMING HIMSELF WITH SMALL HAND HELD MIRROR, AS ANOTHER SHINES SHOES. CU FLOWERS. MCU MAN GROOMING HIMSELF THROUGH SMALL MIRROR AS ANOTHER SHAVES HIS COMRADE WITH STRAIGHT RAZOR. CU BEE SUCKING NECTAR FROM FLOWER BLOSSOM. CU RUSSIAN SOLDIER TAKES PUFF FROM CIGARETTE, MORE OF FLOWERING TREES. MCU SOLDIER TAKES PUFF FROM CIGAR 00:34:02 - RUSSIAN SOLDIER CONDUCTS ARMY BAND PLAYING DRUMS, ACCORDIONS. PAN FEET OF SOLDIERS STANDING BY THEIR SUITCASES. SOLDIERS CELEBRATING IN STREETS. SOLDIER POSES WITH MEDALS AS SOLDIER / PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES SHOTS. SOLDIERS. ONE WITH ACCORDION, WAVE FROM BOX CAR, AS VICTORIOUS LIBERATORS HEAD FOR HOME. PEOPLE THROW FLOWERS AS RAILROAD CARS CRAMMED WITH SOLDIERS PULL OUT. PAN CROWDS, WOMEN WITH FLOWERS AT STATION POV TRAIN AS IT ROLLS BY. 00:34:36 - HUGE CROWD OF MOSTLY WOMEN WITH FLOWERS AWAIT TRAIN, ADORNED WITH BANNERS, FLOWERS, AS IT PULLS IN WITH SOLDIERS COMING HOME. CU SHOTS SOLDIERS KISSING THEIR LOVED ONES, MOTHERS WEARING BABUSHKAS, FATHERS AND OTHERS. 00:35:03 - MS SOLDIER WALKS AMID RUBBLE AND RUINS OF HIS HOME CU BANDAGED SOVIET SOLDIER, HEAD SURVEYS THE RUINS AT HOME. AERIAL PAN DEVASTATED CITIES IN RUINS, NOT ONE BUILDING UNTOUCHED BY BOMBING. RETURNING SOLDIERS FOUND 2,000 CITIES, 70,000 VILLAGES, 30,000 FACTORIES, AND A THIRD OF ECONOMY IN RUINS. PAN DESTROYED SHIPYARD, FACTORIES. 00:35:42 - RUSSIAN WOMEN WEARING BABUSHKAS SIT IN FIELD AMID RUINS. MS ONE WOMAN PREPARES TO PLACE ROLL OF DOUGH INTO OUTDOOR OVEN, ANOTHER WOMAN SLIDES THE BREAD INTO THE OVEN WITH WOODEN PALLET. 00:36:00 - VARIOUS VIEWS MINE SHAFT WHERE NAZIS HURLED SEVERAL THOUSAND SOVIET PEOPLE. GRAPHIC VIEW BODIES BEING REMOVED FROM SHAFT AS FAMILIES WATCH WITH DESPAIR. CU THREE SAD FACED YOUNG GIRLS WATCH DEAD BODIES. CU OLD WHITE BEARDED MAN REMOVES HIS HAT IN RESPECT. OTHERS WATCH IN DESPAIR. CU VARIOUS PATRIOTIC NOTES WRITTEN BY THE DEAD BEFORE THEY WERE EXECUTED 00:36:58 - VARIOUS BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS DROPPING INTO THE MINE SHAFT. 00:37:17 - VARIOUS SCENES CONSTRUCTION SITES MEN, WOMEN WORKING HARD. AS THEY BEGIN RE-BUILDING FACTORIES, HOMES, PRACTICALLY WITHOUT TOOLS, MACHINERY. WORKERS SHOVELING COAL FROM REMAINS OF COAL MINES. WOMEN PUSHING HOPPERS. DUE TO SHORTAGE OF MEN, WOMEN WERE USED TO DO HEAVY WORK. THREE WOMEN TOPPLE OVER A HEAVY HOPPER FULL WITH COAL. VARIOUS CU VIEWS WOMEN DOING HEAVY FACTORY WORK USUALLY DONE BY MEN. 00:38:20 - VARIOUS SHOTS MEN WORKING ON HUGE TURBO GENERATOR USING GIANT WRENCHES. VARIOUS SCENES MEN ASSEMBLING SCRAP PARTS FROM DEVASTATED FACTORIES TO REBUILD NEW MACHINERY. MS MAN POUNDS STEEL STRUCTURE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. CU MAN MARKS OLD PIECE OF METAL FROM DEMOLISHED FACTORY FOR RE-USE. MS WORKER USING PILE DRIVER TO RE-SHAPE METAL PART. MAN AND WOMAN WORKING TOGETHER AT MACHINE. 00:38:58 - RAG-TAG SOVIET CITIZENS MARCH IN MAY 1ST, 1943 PARADE IN MOSCOW. PAN GUTTED BUILDINGS ALONG THE WAY. TWO YOUNG GIRLS CARRY LARGE PHOTO OF LENIN TOWARDS CAMERA. PARADE MOVES ALONG STREETS WITH NO HOUSE LEFT STANDING. PAN SKELETAL REMAINS OF BUILDINGS IN STALINGRAD. 00:39:30 - BI-PLANE BEARING SOVIET STAR ON FUSELAGE FLIES OVER STALINGRAD WITH PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING AERIAL SHOTS OF THE CITY. GOOD AERIAL SHOTS OF COMPLETED DEVASTATED CITY OF STALINGRAD, WHERE NAZIS DROPPED MORE BOMBS THAN ON BRITAIN DURING THE ENTIRE WAR. MS SOVIET PHOTOGRAPHER PEERS OVER COCKPIT WITH HIS MOVIE CAMERA AS HE TAKES SHOTS. AERIAL VIEW SHADOW OF BI- PLANE MOVES ACROSS DESTROYED STRUCTURES. AERIAL SHOTS SHOW CLOSE-UP VIEWS LOOKING INTO HEART OF THE GUTTED BUILDINGS. 00:40:12 - LONG CARAVAN REFUGEES WITH OXEN PULLING CARTS OF GOODS. CU LITTLE CHILDREN SEATED AMONG HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN CARTS. MCU LITTLE GIRL WEARING HEAD SCARF AND COAT, MUCH TO BIG FOR HER, FOLLOWS MOM WALKING WITH BELONGINGS. MS TWO LITTLE BOYS IN SAILOR SUITS HELP PUSH CART FROM BEHIND. 00:40:32 - MS WOMAN DIGS LARGE TRENCH, UNCOVERS TRUNK WITH DURING WAR. CU POTS, PANS, DISHES. WOMAN LOOKS THROUGH PILE OF BOOKS SHE Salvaged FROM RUINS. ELDERLY WITH HANDS FULL OF BOOKS. 00:40:58 - WOMAN DISTRIBUTES LETTERS TO MEN AND WOMEN WAITING TO HEAR FROM LOVED ONES AT THE FRONT. CU GIRL LOOKS OVER PILE OF LETTERS. MS PEOPLE FILL BUCKETS OF WATER FROM SMALL TANK ON WAGON SUPERVISED BY YOUNG WOMAN. MAN DRINKS FROM PAIL.. MS CHILDREN WEARING HEAVY CLOTHING TAKE CLASSES IN COLD OUTDOOR SCHOOL. CU LITTLE GIRL WITH HEAD WRAPPED IN SCARF, WRITES ON PAPER. 00:41:55 - YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARRIVE IN STALINGRAD BY TRAIN YOUNG GIRLS TAKE FLOWERS TO FAMILY LIVING IN REMAINS OF NAZI BOMBER.. TWO YOUNG GIRLS GROOM THEMSELVES, BRUSH THEIR TEETH IN SKELETAL REMAINS OF BOMBED OUT BUILDING. WOMAN WALKS OUT OF DOWNED NAZI BOMBER USED AS HER HOME, WALKS DOWN WING WITH NAZI SWASTIKA. TWO YOUNG WOMEN CLIMBS OUT OF HER UNDERGROUND BUNKER BY A RIVER, STRETCH IN THE SUN.. 00:42:31 - CROWD OF MEN, WOMEN IN HEAVY WINTER WRAPS, BABUSHKAS, SHOP AT OUTDOOR MARKET. CU CAMEL PULLS MAN AND CART FULL OF BELONGINGS, TOWARDS CAMERA. MS WOMAN SITS ON PAIL AS SHE COOKS ON OUTDOOR FIRE AMID RUBBLE. ABOVE VIEW WOMAN COOKING ON OUTDOOR FIRE OUTSIDE ENTRANCE TO CAVE CUT OUT OF HILL. WOMAN SITS WITH CHICKEN IN LAP AS SHE FEEDS OTHERS IN FRONT OF HER. HUGE BAG OF GRAIN ON BACK, CARRIES IT DOWN CELLAR. 00:43:09 - WOMAN WORKING IN BAKERY MIXES DOUGH IN BATH TUBS. WOMAN BAKERS PILE LOAVES ON SHELVES. MAN AND BOY DELIVERING BREAD ON HORSE DRAWN WAGON. STREET SCENE AMID THE RUINS. TWO MEN PUSH COAL HOPPER ON TRACKS. OTHER MEN CARRY BUILDING BLOCK ON STRETCHERS. MS TWO MEN WALKING ALONG WITH BACK PACKS. WOMEN WEARING BABUSHKAS HEAVY COATS LINE UP FOR PAY. 00:43:49 - PEOPLE WORKING IN TRACTOR PLANT WITHOUT A ROOF, IN THE BITTER COLD. WORKERS WEARING HEAVY CLOTHING AT THE MACHINES WHERE FINGERS STICK TO THE METAL, BUT NO ONE LEFT THEIR POST. MS WOMAN WITH HEAD SCARF, HEAVY CLOTHING, WARMS HER HANDS BY CRUDE HEATER MADE OUT OF METAL DRUMS, WHICH SHE FEEDS WITH WOOD 00:44:05 - CU SIGN ON FRONT OF FIRST TRACTOR AS IT ROLLS OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE OF THE RE- BUILT PLANT. 00:44:10 - MS LITTLE BOY AND MOM WALK THROUGH THE BARREN FIELDS. LITTLE BOY WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA. ELDERLY WOMAN. WITH HEAD SCARF, RAGGEDY CLOTHING WALKS WITH WALKING STICK. ALONG FARM FENCE AS UNPRECEDENTED DROUGHT AND CROP FAILURE GRIPS NATION AFTER WAR.. 00:44:36 - MLS THREE WOMEN STAND ON MAKE-SHIFT SCAFFOLD AND PAINT THE SIDE OF FARM HOUSE. 00:44:40 - COLOR SHOTS SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREY GROMYKO, SEATED IN OUTDOOR LEISURE CHAIR BEING INTERVIEWED, TELLS HOW THE U. S, GREAT BRITAIN AND OTHER WESTERN STATES TOOK AN EXTREMELY HOSTILE STANCE TO THE SOVIET UNION, ON QUESTIONS OF TRADE RELATIONS. HE FURTHER ITERATES THAT THEY SHARPLY VEERED AWAY FROM THAT COURSE WHICH WAS LAUNCHED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (FDR). CU TAPE TO TAPE RECORDER (CIRCA 1940S) ROLLS AS GROMYKO SPEAKS. GROMYKO TELLS OF BILLIONS OF CREDIT FROM U. S TO RE-BUILD THE SOVIET UNION,. THAT NEVER TOOK AFFECT AFTER FDR'S DEATH. 00:46:28 - CRANE LIFTS LOAD OF WAR SCRAP METAL FROM HUGE PILE. CU GERMAN WAR HELMETS AMONG THE SCRAP METAL. TWO WORKERS ROLL OVER REMAINS OF DESTROYED AUTO. CU PAN BARREL OF GERMAN CANNON BEING CUT FROM WELDING TORCH. LITTLE CHILDREN WATCH GERMAN TANK BEING DISASSEMBLED AS IT SITS ON SIDE OF ROAD.. 00:46:49 - RAILROAD FLAT ROLL ALONG WITH LONG ROW OF TRACTORS MADE FROM THE SCRAP METAL. CU VARIETY OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS MADE FROM METAL. MOVE ALONG ON CONVEYORS AT PLANTS. CU STEAM WHISTLE BLOWS ON FIRST STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AS IT ROLLS TOWARDS CAMERA. LOCOMOTIVE PULLING TRAINS SPREADS TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:47:16 - VARIOUS VIEWS FACTORIES BEING PREPARED FOR PEACE-TIME PRODUCTION. MCU CIVILIAN AND MILITARY MAN LOOK OVER BLUEPRINTS ON STAND AT DRAFTING OFFICE. VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS ASSEMBLING BICYCLES. CU HAPPY FACE SHOTS LITTLE GIRLS IN WINTER OUTFITS. 00:47:36 - MS WOMAN WORKER AT TEXTILE PLANT WATCHES AS FABRIC POURS CONTINUOUSLY FROM OVERHEAD MACHINE. CU HANDS AT SEWING WOMEN WORKING AT SEWING MACHINES. MS MALE MODELS SHOW OVERCOATS, FEDORAS. RUSSIAN MAN, STILL WEARING WAR UNIFORM BECAUSE OF LACK OF CIVILIAN WEAR, , HELPS HIS WIFE PUT ON OVERCOAT. STUDENTS AT MEDICAL COLLEGE WEAR WHITE SMOCKS OVER THEIR UNIFORMS AS THEY ATTEND CLASSES. MS COLLEGE PROFESSOR WEARING WHITE SMOCK, WHITE CAP LIKE SURGEON, ADDRESS STUDENTS. GRADUATING STUDENTS GET UP TO SHAKE HANDS WITH PROFESSOR. PAN OTHER STUDENTS APPLAUDING. 00:48:56 - VARIOUS VIEWS MALE, FEMALE STUDENTS PAINT LIVE SUBJECT ON CANVAS AT ART CLASS.AS TEACHER CIRCULATES AND GIVES INSTRUCTION.. 00:49:04 - SOCCER GAME IN PROGRESS, HUGE CROWDS IN STANDS WATCH, YOUNG PEOPLE IN STANDS WATCH AS YOUNG MAN PLAYS 78MM RECORD ON PORTABLE PLAYER. BUSY CITY STREET SCENE; PEOPLE EXITING MOVIE THEATER. TWO GIRLS STOP AT STAND WHERE YOUNG WOMAN IS SELLING FLOWERS. YOUNG COUPLE, HE IN UNIFORM, SHE CARRYING FLOWERS, WALK ARM IN ARM LIKE LOVERS; TWO YOUNG BOYS IN IDENTICAL UNIFORMS WALK BY. HEAVY YOUNG PEDESTRIAN BEGIN TO ENJOY PEACE-TIME LIVING.. 00:49:38 - CROWDS OUTSIDE HOSPITAL WATCH AS LONG ROW OF NURSES WITH FACE MASKS CARRY BUNDLED UP BABIES IN ARMS. IN FIRST YEAR AFTER THE WAR, MORE CHILDREN WHERE BORN THAN IN THE PRE-WAR YEAR OF 1940. 00:49:45 - RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS RAISES BARRIER TO LET RED CROSS TRUCK LOADED WITH CHILDREN LOST DURING WAR. SOLDIERS HELP CARRY CHILDREN OFF TRUCK. VARIOUS SHOTS CHILDREN. WOMEN HELP REMOVE BUSS FULL OF CHILDREN FROM BUS. PAN VARIOUS VIEWS ORPHAN CHILDREN SLEEPING IN HOSPITAL WARD. CU SLEEPING CHILD WITH NUMBER TATTOO ON ARM. 00:50:30 - MS CROWD OF CHILDREN IN CONCENTRATION CAMP STRIPED UNIFORMS, HATS, LIFT UP THEIR SLEEVES TO SHOW THEIR TATTOOS. CU BOY COMFORTABLY ASLEEP IN BED 00:50:39 - GRAPHIC VIEW WOMAN AND CHILD WALK AMID CORPSES OF SLAUGHTERED CIVILIANS, CAMP (?) BUILDINGS IN B/G, AS SOUND CHATTERING MACHINE GUN IS HEARD IN B/G. atrocitIes. holocaust 00:51:09 - CROWD OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS LET UP A GREAT CHEER AS THEY ARE LET OUT OF CONCENTRATION CAMP BY COMRADES. 00:51:26 - PILE OF DEAD BODIES SCATTERED ON GROUND. CU SOBBING WOMEN. CU FACE SHOTS OF DEAD. MORE GRIEVING WOMEN. MS WOMAN HAS TO PULL ANOTHER GRIEVING WOMAN OFF GROUND AS SHE CLINGS TO DEAD BODY OF HER LOVED ONE. MS ELDERLY WOMAN GENTLY STROKES HEAD OF DEAD BOY LYING FACE DOWN ON GROUND. ANOTHER WOMAN ON KNEES BENDS DOWN TO PLACE HER FACE ON FACE OF DEAD YOUNG MAN, LYING FACE DOWN WITH OTHERS. graphic. CROWDS OF REFUGEES WITH HORSE AND HAND DRIVEN CARTS WALKING ALONG ON SNOW BOUND ROAD. 00:52:40 - VARIOUS SCENES GRIEVING WOMEN AT GRAVE SITES; STATUES AND MONUMENTS TO THE DEAD AS VOICE OVER TELLS OF WAR'S DEATH TOLL. 20 MILLION SOVIET PEOPLE, 6 MILLION CITIZENS IF POLAND, 2 MILLION YUGOSLAVS, 450,000 AMERICANS,. 00:53:00 - VARIOUS VIEWS RUSSIAN REPORTER ASKING A VARIETY AMERICANS IF THEY KNEW HOW MANY WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. MOST DIDN'T KNOW. CU HARD HAT WORKER WITH BEARD AND HORN RIMMED GLASSES RESPONDS, "I KNOW IT'S LESS THAN THE VIETNAM WAR". HE GUESSES THAT EQUAL NUMBERS OD AMERICANS WERE KILLED TO RUSSIANS. 00:54:12 - MAN WITH COWBOY HAT IS ASKED WHY HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY WERE KILLED IN WW11 ?, "HE RESPONDS WHY SHOULD I KNOW". 00:54:25 - VARIOUS SCENES RUSSIAN, AMERICAN AND ALLIED TROOPS MEETING ON BATTLE FRONT AFTER WAR ENDS. U. S. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HUGGING, CELEBRATING TOGETHER. BRITISH SOLDIER SHAKING HANDS WITH SOVIET, THOUGH UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE VERBALLY. 00:55:20 - PAN WAVES ROLLING ONTO BEACH TO DEAD BODIES OF SOLDIERS LYING ON SAND DUNE. PAN RUINS OF BUILDINGS, CHILDREN PLAYING IN RUBBLE. 00:55:57 - VARIOUS VIEWS DELEGATES CROWD SEATS AT UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY IN 1945. VARIOUS VIEWS REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBER NATIONS SIGNING CHARTER. 00:56:22 - PRESIDENT TRUMAN SPEAKING AT PODIUM. VOICE OVER TELLS THAT AT THAT DAY TRUMAN RECEIVED WORD SECRET ATOMIC BOMB RESEARCH. propaganda. 00:56:54 - MS PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND SECRETARY BYRNE BOARD WARSHIP FOR TRIP TO BERLIN BIG THREE MEETING.. 00:57:00 - SECRET SERVICE MEN RIDE ON RUNNING BOARD OF OPEN LIMO CARRYING TRUMAN TO MEETING, AS OTHERS RUN ALONGSIDE. 00:57:10 - CIVILIAN SCIENTISTS, LIE ON GROUND AS BRIGHT FLASH FROM ATOMIC BOMB LIGHTS UP NIGHT. LS ATOMIC EXPLOSION. 00:57:35 - VIEWS OF BOMBS BEING LOADED ONTO B-29 AS VOICE OVER TELLS OF ATOMIC BOMB RAID OVER HIROSHIMA MS B-29 TAKING OFF. BOMB BAYS OPEN ON B-29 IN FLIGHT. ABOVE VIEW OF TRUMAN MOTORCADE ENTERING BASEBALL STADIUM IN WASHINGTON, AND TRUMAN THROWING OUT THE FIRST BALL TO START THE SEASON. VOICE OVER SAYS "ONE OF THE MOST HORRIBLE CRIMES AGAINST MANKIND WAS THUS COMMITTED FOR THE SAKE OF APPLYING POLITICAL PRESSURE". "PRESIDENT TRUMAN TOOK IT LIGHTLY AS IF HE WERE PLAYING WITH A BASEBALL, NOT AN ATOMIC BOMB", propaganda 00:58:10 - MS TRUMAN THROWING BASEBALL IS FOLLOWED BY BLAST FROM ATOMIC BOMB AND HUGE MUSHROOM CLOUDS OVER HIROSHIMA, PAN DEAD BODIES AFTER BLAST.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1945
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1320