- Title: VM-1360
- Summary: THE SPRING AFTER VICTORY: RUSSIAN SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM WAR AND THE PEOPLE START THE TASK OF REBUILDING THEIR HOMES, FARMS AND INDUSTRY DESPITE HARDSHIPS INCLUDING DROUGHT, WINTER SNOW. STORMS. INCLUDES SOME 1983 CONTEMPORARY SCENIC SHOTS
- Description:00:48:27 - AERIAL VIEW TRACTORS, PLOWS, IN FIELD PLOWING AND MAKING NEAT ROWS IN ENORMOUS FIELD. 00:48:37 - MS LARGE GROUP OF YOUNG LADIES PLACE FLOWERS AT MONUMENT OF UNIDENTIFIED MAN. TILT UP TO BUST STATUE OF MAN. 00:49:10 - ABOVE PAN OF BATTLEFIELD (WWII ?) WITH DESTROYED VEHICLES, WAGONS AND DEAD HORSES SCATTERED ABOUT OVER LARGE AREA. CU REMAINS OF NAZI (?) PLANE, DEAD BODIES OF PEOPLE ALONG FARM ROAD. graphic 00:49:50 - VARIOUS VIEWS FARM FAMILIES IDLY SITTING AROUND IN STATE OF BEWILDERMENT. MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS MEN, WOMEN LOADING SALVAGEABLE FURNITURE AND OTHER MATERIAL ONTO RAILROAD BOXCAR. WOMEN FOLDING BLANKETS AND PILING THEM UP AT OUTDOOR SITE. CU SCENIC VIEW FLOWERING TREES AND MOUNTAIN RANGE IN B/G 00:50:31 - VARIOUS VIEWS PEOPLE DONATING BLANKETS AND OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS TO GROUP OF TOWNS OFFICIALS (?) SEATED OUTDOORS AT PICNIC TABLE. CU WOMAN REMOVES HER COLORFUL SCARF, LOOKS AT IT LOVINGLY, THEN DONATES IT. MAN DONATES PORTABLE RECORD PLAYER. CARAVAN OF OX-DRIVEN CARTS LOADED WITH GOODS MOVING THROUGH COUNTRYSIDE. FARM WOMAN, THEN FARM BOY DUMPS BASKETS FULL OF FRUIT INTO CART. PEOPLE EXIT FARMHOUSE WITH ARMS FULL OF GOODS AS BOY PLAYS ACCORDION AND TEO OTHERS WATCH. ADULTS AND KIDS DRIVE OX CARTS LOADED WITH GOODS AS B OY WITH ACCORDION SITS IN ONE OF THE CARTS AND PLAYS. CARAVAN OF CARTS ACCOMPANIED BY HERD OF SHEEP LEAVE FARMS FOR JOURNEY TO DONATION AREA (?) WOMEN WITH CHILDREN INARMS WAVE FAREWELL TO CARAVAN. 00:51:49 - CU ELDERLY ASIAN SHEPHERD IN NATIVE CLOTHING AND HAT POSES AMID HIS SHEEP IN MOUNTAINS. 00:52:10 - VARIOUS SHOTS ASIAN PEASANTS DRIVING SHEEP AND CATTLE THROUGH MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY AND OPEN PLAINS. 00:52:40 - (COLOR) MCU ELDERLY WOMAN PEASANT WITH SCARF SPEAKS TO CAMERA, CATTLE GRAZING IN B/G. VARIOUS B/W SCENES CATTLE DRIVES DURING WWII WITH LARGE CANNONS IN B/G 00:54:09 - LITTLE CHILD AMID HERD OF SHEEP TRIES TO PET THEM AS THEY PASS. MEN WOMEN UNLOADING HOGS, CATTLE, SHEEP, FROM CATTLE CARS ON TRAINS. WOMEN WALK THEIR ANIMALS. COWS, ON LEASH TO THEIR VILLAGES FOLLOWED BY CHILDREN ALL IN HOLIDAY SPIRIT. 00:54:57 - SOLDIER COMING BACK TO FARM FROM WAR IS GREETED BY FAMILY MEMBERS. YOUNG WOMAN RUNS TO SOLDIER THROWS HERSELF INTO HIS ARMS, THEY KISS AND HUG PASSIONATELY AS ALL WATCH. OTHER WOMAN TAKES HIS HAT OFF AND PETS HIS HEAD TENDERLY, LOVINGLY. VARIOUS SHOTS SOLDIERS POSING, TAKING SHOWERS IN CRUDE SHOWER ROOM, USING BRANCHES WITH LEAVES TO WASH THEIR BACKS. CU SOLDIER WITH BEARD SITS IN TUB, WASHES HIMSELF. MCU MAN VIGOROUSLY RINSES HIS HAIR IN SHOWER. 00:55:40 - RETURNING SOLDIER IN BARBER CHAIR GETTING HAIRCUT, HAIR COMBED. 00:55:49 - FARM MEN AND WOMEN SIT IN HORSE DRIVEN WAGON, SOME CARRYING FOOD, FLOWERS, AS THEY TRAVEL TO MASS OUTDOOR PICNIC FOR THE RETURNING SOLDIERS. VARIOUS VIEWS HUNDREDS FARM PEOPLE SEATED AT PINIC TABLES WAITING. 00:56:21 - SOLDIER, SAILOR BEDECKED WITH MEDALS ENJOY ROW BOAT RIDE ON LAKE, CU CIVILIAN MAN ROWING. CROWD FARM MEN WOMEN, GATHER IN OPEN FIELD FOR PARTY WITH ETHNIC DANCING, MUSIC. russian ethnic dance. 00:56:50 - LS WOMAN STANDS ON BENCH, PAINTS OUTSIDE WALL OF THATCHED ROOF FARM HOUSE MS NEAT FARMHOUSE BEDROOM WITH TWO BEDS, FIREPLACE MANTLE WITH PHOTOS OF SOLDIER FLOWERS. 00:57:10 - VARIOUS VIEWS MEN, WOMEN BUILDING LOG CABIN ON SITE OF BURNED OUT REMAINS OF PRIOR HOME. MS BEARDED MAN CHOPPING LOG. WOMAN SCRAPING BARK OFF TIMBER WITH LARGE BLADE. FARMERS MAKE WOOD SHINGLES OUT OF TIMBERS IN PRIMITIVE, INGENIOUS FASHION USING COW AND TWO MEN. MS MAN APPLYING SHINGLES TO HOUSE. oddity MS MAN DIGGING LARGE HOLE IN GROUND WITH SHOVEL AS MAN AND TWO MEN USE THE DIRT TO MAKE MUD BRICKS IN WOOD MOLDS. CU WOMAN USES GERMAN HELMET TO HOLD WATER AS SHE MAKES MUS BRICKS. MEN, WOMEN GET TOGETHER TO ROLL HEAVY LOGS INTO PLACE FOR LOG HOUSES. HEAVY LOGS BEING CUT AND PUT IN PLACE WITH BACK BREAKING LABOR. 00:58:37 - MLS PAN LONG ROW OF NEW LOG CABINS. WOMEN AND CHILDREN MOVING FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FROM THEIR CAVES AND SHELTERS, INTO THE NEW HOMES BY HAND AND HORSE DRAWN WAGONS IN SPIRIT OF HOLIDAY (MAN PLAYING ACCORDION). YOUNG, ELDERLY, HAVE PARTY, CLICK GLASSES IN TOAST. CU ELDERLY BEARDED MAN DRINKS UP. 00:59:28 - MS YOUNG PEASANT GIRL WALKS OUT OF SHELTER TO LOG CABIN WHERE THREE MEN ARE PUTTING FINISHING TOUCHES ON ROOF. CU FACE SHOT LITTLE GIRL SMILING. 00:59:45 - LARGE BIRD IN FLIGHT LANDING ON THATCHED ROOF WITH TWO OTHER BIRDS. LARGE GROUP FARM FAMILIES GATHER AROUND VILLAGE LEADER WHO SPEAKES TO THEM OUTSIDE LOG CABIN. ALL RAISE THEIR HANDS AS THOUGH IN OATH. 01:00:22 - PAN SCENIC AREA TO REMAINS OF WWII DAMAGED BOMBER AND TO LARGE HOLES IN GROUND (SHELL HOLES) FILLED WITH WATER. MEN, WOMEN FILL HOLES WITH SHOVELS TO LEVEL OFF THE LAND. OLD ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN IN THEIR MIDST. MEN WITH BLUEPRINTS PLAN BUILDINGS (?) FOR THE SITE. GROUP WOMEN, ELDERLY MEN IN TRADITIONAL PEASANT DRESS, FILLING POT HOLES IN LAND. CU SCARECROW MADE OUT OF GERMAN HELMET AND SHIRT CONTAINING IRON CROSS. 01:00:53 - MAN WOMAN AND BOY PHYSICALLY PULL PLOW AS MAN DIRECTS IT. CU MAN STRUGGLING WITH PLOW. 01:01:08 - TWO MEN (BLACKSMITHS) POUNDING RED HOT STEEL ROD INTO TOOL. 01:01:22 - ELDERLY MAN WITH WHITE BEARD PETTING HORSE. GROUP OF CHILDREN DOING SAME AS THOUGH THEY NEVER SEN ONE. ELDERLY MAN SHOWING BOY HOW TO PLOW, CU PLOW RUNS OVER GERMAN HELMET IN GROUND. MS TWO WOMEN AND A MAN PULL ON ROPE ATTACHED TO STUMP AS ANOTHER MAN CHOPS AWAY AT ROOT. THE THREE FALL TO GROUND AD STUMP SUDDENLY BREAKS LOOSE. 01:02:12 - VARIOUS VIEWS MEN CULTIVATING, SEEDING FARMLAND. 01:02:18 - VARIOUS SHOTS WIND STORM, DROUGHT, WINTER SLOW PLAYS HAVOC ON FARMERS. SHEPHERD WITH HERD OF SHEEP STRUGGLE THROUGH DUST STORM. 01:02:32 - LS TWO STEERS SITTING ON PARCHED GROUND (WAITING TO DIE ?) AS DROUGHT DESTROYS GRAZING LAND. LS VIEW PARCHED FIELD LOOKS LIKE DESERT. TILT DOWN TO CRACKED DRY GROUND. CU FARM WOMAN, ELDERLY MAN WITH WHITE MOUSTACHE, STRAW HAT, LOOK OUT TO FIELD IN DESPAIR. PAN DRIED OUT TREES. CU PARCHED EARTH ALL CRACKED BY THE HEAT. CU DRIED OUT CROP. LITTLE GIRL, FATHER PICK WHATEVER THEY CAN FROM DRIED CROP. 01:03:38 - VARIOUS SHOTS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE PULLING LONG STRING OF BOX CARS TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:04:06 - PAN LONG LINE HUNDREDS MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN IN FIELD SHOVELLING SNOW, AS HARSH WINTER ADDS TO RECOVERY. PAN BARREN FIELDS. 01:04:32 - MS (COLOR) CONTEMPORARY. BURLY, MAN WITH FEDORA, STANDS ON FARMLAND, TELLS STORY OF THAT PERIOD OF RECOVERY AND HARDSHIP. (IN RUSSIAN) 01:05:43 - MS FARMER PUTS CART HARNESS ON HORSE; CU WOMEN SITTING AT TABLE, SPREADING GRAIN SEED ON TABLE OUTDOOR AND SEPARATING THE SEED FROM THE GRAIN (?). 01:06:11 - (B/W)RUSSIAN FARMER, WEARING HIS LONG ARMY COAT AND HAT GUIDES THE HORSE DRIVEN PLOW. WOMAN STANDS N BACK OF TRACTOR DRIVEN CULTIVATOR. CU ( COLOR) CONTEMPORARY MAN CONTINUES WITH HIS STORY ABOUT THOSE DIFFICULT DAYS, WOMAN WITH SCARF ALSO CONTRIBUTES. B/W LARGE GROUP PEASANTS SIT AROUND CAMPFIRE WATCH LARGE POT SOUP BEING COOKED. PHOTOS OF YOUNG PEOPLE GATHERED IN FIELD. VARIOUS SHOTS FARMERS SAVORING FIELD RICH WITH WHEAT. CU FARMERS HANDS AS HE PASSES GRAIN THROUGH HIS PALMS. 01:09:08 - WINSTON CHURCHILL STANDING, WAVING FROM OPEN LIMO AS MOTORCADE RIDES THROUGH CITY STREET. MS WINSTON CHURCHILL WEARING ROBE, (MAKING HIS FAMED "IRON CURTAIN SPEECH ). AERIAL VIEW CHURCHILL MOTORCADE PASSING DOWN STREET IN NEW YORK POV SKYSCRAPER. VARIOUS VIEWS CHURCHILL WAVING HAT FROM LIMO. MS CHURCHILL WITH TRUMAN. TRUMAN WAVES HIS HAT. cold war 01:10:00 - MCU RETURNING RUSSIAN SOLDIER PEERS OUT TRAIN WINDOW . CU SOVIET SOLDIER IN GROUP PUFFS ON CIGARETTE. ANOTHER LIGHTS HIS CIGARETTE FROM COMRADES LIT CIGARETTE. YOUNG SOLDIER STRIKES MATCH, LIGHTS CIGARETTE. PHOTO SOVIET SOLDIER WHO TELLS OF SOLDIER'S DIFFICULTIES IN FIELD. (COLOR) PAN SCENIC FLOWERING TREES. B/W SOLDIER SITS ON GROUND SEWING HIS TORN COAT WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD. PHOTO OF GROUP OF SOLDIERS, ZOOM IN ON ONE; CU (COLOR) NOW AN ELDERLY MAN, HE TELLS OF THOSE DAYS. VETERAN WALKS THROUGH FOREST OF FLOWERING TREES WITH SMALL BOY (GRANDSON ?) 01:12:06 - (COLOR) BAD WEATHER CLOUDS WITH THUNDER; STRONG WINDS BLOWING ACROSS WHEAT FIELD, LARGE BIRD IN FLIGHT; YOUNG WOMAN WITH SCARF HOLDS HER HAIR IN PLACE AS WIND BLOWS. WOMEN RUN OUT OF FIELD, AS WEATHER GETS WORSE. SOUNDS OF WIND. 01:12:31 - DOZENS OF MEN, WOMEN RUN AROUND FIELD, GATHER HAY IN FIELD AS WEATHER GETS WORSE. MS YOUNG WOMAN LOOKS OUT WINDOW OF COTTAGE AT HEAVY POURING RAIN. wether 01:13:03 - CU WOMEN'S BARE FEET WALKING THROUGH SATURATED FIELD. MS WOMEN WITH SICKLES IN HAND SALVAGE AS MUCH OF THE HAY WHICH NOW LIES IN KNEE DEEP WATER, PHYSICALLY CARRY BUNDLES OF HAY TO DRY GROUND. VARIOUS SHOTS TRACTOR DRIVEN OLD TYPE THRASHERS CUT HARVESTER THE WHEAT FIELD AS PAN MEN. HUNDREDS WOMEN WORKERS PILE UP THE CUT HAY. 01:14:12 - TRACTOR DRIVEN HARVESTER / COMBINE, AT WORK IN FIELD. CU GRAIN POURING OUT OF COMBINE CHUTE INTO WAGON. MS FARMER WIPES HIS SWEAT. VARIOUS SHOTS FLOODED WOODLAND. CONTEMPORARY SHOT (COLOR) RIVER COVERED WITH ICE MOVING SLOWLY LS GEESE IN FLIGHT FORM "v" SHAPE. COLOR SHOTS CULTIVATED FARM LAND.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1945
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1360