| INSIDE GATES OF SOVIET RUSSIA First pictures of peasant life in Soviet Russia since start of Bolshevik rule. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5146 | |
| Catalog #: | 366838 | |
| Clip Number: | 366838-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 145 H | |
| Timecode: | 01:48:25 - 01:52:56 | |
| Location: | Samara; Russia | |
| Year Shot: | 1919 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ECONOMICS: Poverty HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Preventive, Innoculate INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Foreign Aid LOCATIONS/ASIA: Russia (USSR) SHOPPING: Open-Air Markets | |
| Description: | Soviet Union/ Russia - economic & social -Titles- anti-communist bias. "Samara. ..Volga River famine district." Tracking shots on river; boats; city in BG - buildings; towers. Title re need for locomotives. Pan railroad yard; many train cars sit idle. Title re lack transportation. GV peasant market; crowded.Farm stand selling produce; women in big scarves over heads - babushkas- looking over cabbages Next 2 women in FG: 1 old; 1 young w/ baby; men & boys stare at cam; woman carries heavy sack in; man takes it. Another view in public square - many people sitting on ground; or on bags; by building - both traditional Russian peasant dress & Muslims - women in veils - man drinking from cup - old man walks past w/ cane; pan rt. on people walking. Title re cholera epidemic. Peasants get vaccinations; at outdoor table. Man w/ shirt off - nurse gives shot in back; makes mark. CU Man takes shirt off; gets vaccine. Woman gets vaccine. Medical.(All people thin.) Title re govt supplies hot water for tea. Line of peasants w/ buckets. CU Women get hot water from tap. Title re grain from other area. GV Many camels hitched to wagons. CU Man empties big sacks of grain; crowd around. CU Man holding handful grain. CU woman w/ baby eats piece of grain from bag. Rationing food. Camels & wagons again. CU man holding camel halter. CU funny - man; camel brays- big mouth Finally - shot USA relief truck! Foreign aid. | |
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