- Title: VM-1333
- Summary: 10 MINUTES AROUND THE USSR: SOVIET UNION TRAVELOGUE - LANDMARK BUILDINGS, CATHEDRALS, TOWERS. MODERN WITH THE OLD, KREMLIN WALL.
- Description:00:03:40 - TITLE: "MOSCOW" - MS TRUCK PULLING AIRLINER ONTO TARMAC AT AIRPORT. PROP FROM ANOTHER JET IN F/G,.TILT UP MODERN AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING TO NAME "MOCKBA" (MOSCOW IN RUSSIAN) AT TOP IN B/G,. 00:03:58 - CU GIANT HAND OF STATUE TO ANOTHER HAND HOLDING SOMETHING, TO GIANT MALE FACE OF STATUE WITH HAND RAISED TO GIANT FEMALE FACE OF STATUE WITH HAND RAISED. TILT UP HANDS, MAN HOLDING HAMMER, FEMALE HAND HOLDING SICKLE. BOTH COMING TOGETHER AT TOP, CU HANDS HOLDING HAMMER AND SICKLE. (COMMUNIST SYMBOL). ZOOM AWAY FROM HANDS TO FULL FIGURES. 00:04:13 - CU LARGE MEDALLION-LIKE PLAQUE OF FIGURES OF WOMAN HOLDING HAMMER AND SICKLE, RUSSIAN SOLDIER AND OTHERS, ON TALL NEEDLE TOWER MONUMENT (WASHINGTON MONUMENT TYPE STRUCTURE) WITH POINTED TOP RESEMBLING A SPACE ROCKET - TILT UP FROM MEDALLION TO TOP. ZOOM AWAY FROM HUGE NEEDLE, MS STONE STATUE OF KARL MARX. . 00:04:31 - LS VIEW CRANES ATOP BUILDING BUNDER CONSTRUCTION AMID MOSCOW CITY BUILDINGS. ZOOM AWAY. ABOVE OTHER MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ON LARGE BUILDINGS AND WIDE AVENUE WITH AUTO, BUS, TRUCK TRAFFIC. TILT UP ABOVE VIEW WIDE SIX LANE AVENUE IN HEART OF BUSTLING CITY. 00:04:48 - TILT DOWN WINDOWS IN MODERN HOTEL (?) TO COUPLE HAVING BREAKFAST ON PATIO SEATED UNDER UMBRELLA BY WATER FOUNTAIN. 00:04:52 - CU WAITRESS WITH LARGE BEE-HIVE HAIR BUN ON HEAD, BACK TO CAMERA, CARRYING TRAY OF DRINKS , INCLUDING BUCKET WITH CHAMPAIGN TO COUPLE AT TABLE. OTHER COUPLES AT TABLES IN B/G. 00:05:08 - STREET SCENES WITH PEDESTRIANS, TWIN ELECTRIC BUS / TROLLEY POWERED BY OVERHEAD CABLES, PASSING LARGE MUSEUM-LIKE BUILDING WITH MULTI COLUMNS ON LOWER AND UPPER FACADE, TILT UP BUILDING. AUTO TRAFFIC ON WIDE AVENUE TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM CAMERA. FAST PAN CITY PARK WITH PEOPLE POV PASSING CAR. PAN OLD AND MODERN GOVERNMENT AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN SQUARE.. PAN MULTI- STORY MODERN HOTEL(?) WITH WITH MANY GLASS WINDOWS, "MOSCOW" SIGN IN RUSSIAN, ON ROOF. PAN SEVERAL MODERN OFFICE BUILDINGS (?) 00:05:57 - MUSEUM-LIKE BUILDING WITH STATUE ON HORSES AND CHARIOT ROOF, AUTO TRAFFIC (CIRCA 1960S IN F/G. CU HORSES AND CU SHOT CHARIOT RIDER, STANDING HIGH ON CHARIOT, BACK TO CAMERA, OVERLOOKING CITY SQUARE BELOW . 00:06:11 - LANDMARK TOWER WITH STAR AT TOP TILT DOWN TO HUGE STATUE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN-TYPE CHARACTER IN FRONT. TWO YOUNG GIRLS POSING FOR PHOTOS IN PARK ( CIRCA 1960S DRESS, HAIR STYLES). MS ONE OF TWO TOURIST TYPE YOUNG MEN TAKES SHOT WITH CAMERA 00:06:26 - YOUNG ASIAN COUPLE WITH TWO KIDS, SMALL GIRL IN HIS ARMS, POSE FOR PHOTOS. TWO YOUNG WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING SHOTS, ONE SQUATS DOWN, AIMS, THE OTHER SHOOTS FROM THE HIP. RIVER AND CITY IN B/G. GROUP YOUNG TOURISTS IN SQUARE IN FRONT OF STATUE AND HUGE BUILDING (STALIN SKYSCRAPER (?) IN B/G. LS LANDMARK TOWER WITH STAR AT TOP. 00:06:38 - MS CITY BUS SPEEDING TOWARDS CAMERA. CLOSER VIEW BUS DRIVER, HAND LEANING OUT OF WINDOW. PAN MODERN MOTEL-LIKE BUILDINGS. PEOPLE SIT IN ULTRA-MODERN LOBBY WITH WALL SIZE WINDOW OVERLOOKING OUTSIDE AND RAMP WITH MOVING WALK ON UPPER LEVEL MOVING L TO R ACROSS ROOM. 00:07:06 - MODERN BUILDING IN F/G CONTRASTS WITH OLD TOWER AND BUILDINGS IN FAR B/G. 00:07:16 - PAN OLD 14TH CENTURY CANNON ON WALL TO ULTRA MODERN CIRCULAR GLASS BUILDING IN B/G. MS CIRCULAR MODERN BUILDING (LOOKS LIKE FANCY STORAGE TANK) 00:07:33 - ABOVE PAN HUGE OUTDOOR ATHLETIC STADIUM WITH EMPTY SEATS. SAME SCENE WITH SRO RAUCOUS CROW WATCHING SOCCER GAME. VARIOUS SHOTS FANS CHEERING WILDLY. MS GAME IN PROGRESS. POV BEHIND GOALIE'S NET. AERIAL VIEW HUGE CIRCULAR STADIUM AND CITYSCAPE IN B/G. 00:08:01 - CU ELEVATED SUBWAY TRAIN PULLING INTO MODERN STATION. DOORS OPEN. PEOPLE GETTING ON. OFF. ZOOM AWAY TRAIN TRAVELLING ON TWO LEVEL BRIDGE ACROSS MOSCOW RIVER AERIAL VIEW TWIN LEVEL BRIDGE CROSSING MOSCOW RIVER WITH PICTURESQUE SCENERY IN B/G AND F/G. LS ABOVE VIEW ANOTHER BRIDGE OVER RIVER CROSSING TO BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL AREA OF MOSCOW. LANDMARK TOWERS IN FAR 00:08:31 - ABOVE VIEW SOME OF MOSCOW'S MANY TOWERS AND CATHEDRALS SEEN IN CITYSCAPE. 00:08:34 - DAREDEVIL STEEL WORKERS ON TOP OF SKYSCRAPER IN CONSTRUCTION, OVERLOOKS CITY BUILDINGS AND STALIN SKYSCRAPER IN B/G. HARDHAT STEEL WORKERS WALK ON UNCOMPLETED FLOOR OF SKYSCRAPER AS LARGE STEEL BEAMS ARE BEING RAISED BY CRANE IN B/G. 00:08:48 - GOOD AERIAL PAN BRIDGES, PARKWAY CROSSING WINDING MOSCOW RIVER WITH CITY BUILDINGS, TOWERS ON BOTH SIDES. CU FACE SHOT HUGE STATUE OF MAN 18TH CENTURY (?) DRESS. PAN TO STATUE OF MAN IN MODERN DRESS (COMMUNIST LEADER ?) LS LENIN STATUE. ABOVE PAN FRON RIVER TO APARTMENT BUILDING COMPLEX. 00:09:17 - MS INDIAN WOMAN WEARING SARI (TRADITIONAL INDIAN DRESS) WALKS BABY CARRIAGE AND YOUNG DAUGHTER AROUND COMPLEX. FROM RIVER. ethnic wear. 00:09:43 - CU CHILD WALKING DOLL IN CARRIAGE, PEOPLE IN PARK SEATED IN FRONT OF LANDMARK RELIGIOUS TOWER BOYS PLAYING IN FOUNTAIN, LOVERS SEATED IN PARK, BOY BLOWING UP BALLOON, 00:10:16 - CU DIVER ON HIGH DIVING BOARD DOING A BACK DIVE OFF BOARD. YOUNG GIRL, BACK TO CAMERA DIVES OFF HIGH PLATFORM. VIEW OF SWIMMING POOL IN B/G. MLS MAN DOES FORWARD FLIP OFF HIGH PLATFORM, TOWARDS CAMERA. ANOTHER DIVES OFF HIGH BOARD INTO POOL BELOW. sports 00:10:30 - CU PAN VARIETY RED, YELLOW TULIPS IN PARK ALONG CITY AVENUE, TRAFFIC IN B/G. CU WHITE TULIPS. TILT UP TO OLD CATHEDRAL IN B/G. 00:11:07 - ABOVE PAN MOSCOW RIVER AND ITS SURROUNDINGS INCLUDING KREMLIN WALL AND LANDMARK BUILDINGS INSIDE WALL (KREMLIN PALACE, IVAN THE GREAT BELL TOWER, ETC.) GOOD SHOTS ANCIENT BUILDINGS, CATHEDRALS, MONASTERIES, INSIDE KREMLIN WALL 00:11:50 - AERIAL VIEW PEOPLE WALKING GROUNDS TO HUGE BELL WITH LARGE PIECE MISSING SITTING ATOP MONUMENT. TOURISTS AND RUSSIAN SOLDIER EXAMINE ANCIENT CANNON ON GROUNDS OF SITE. OTHERS TOUR INSIDE WALL.. 00:12:14 - MS TAKES PHOTO OF IVAN THE GREAT BELL TOWER IN KREMLIN. MS BELL TOWER. MS ABOVE VIEW THE MANY UNION SHAPED TOWERS ON CATHEDRAL IN KREMLIN. 00:12:24 - AERIAL VIEW KREMLIN AND ANCIENT CATHEDRALS AND PALACE I INSIDE WALLS OVERLOOK MOSCOW RIVER AND PICTURESQUE SURROUNDINGS IN B/G. 00:12:42 - ABOVE VIEW RED SQUARE WITH FAMED ST. BASIL CATHEDRAL AND SURROUNDINGS. OLD TOWER IN F/G 00:12:49 - THREE SOVIET HONOR GUARD MARCH IN GOOSE STEP AS THEY DO RITUALISTIC CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT "TOMB O UNKNOWN SOLDIER", IN ALEXANDER GARDEN AT KREMLIN WALL. MS GUARDS MAKING CHANGE, NEW GUARD MARCHES TOWARDS CAMERA. TILT UP VIEW OF CITY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1333