| SOVIET ELECTION A short film showing Soviet election campaign across the country. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7821 |
| Catalog #: | 25082 | |
| Clip Number: | 25082-4 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1365 A | |
| Timecode: | 01:19:19 - 01:23:02 | |
| Location: | Soviet Union (USSR) | |
| Year Shot: | 1946 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Campaigns LOCATIONS/ASIA: Russia (USSR) POLITICS: Soviet Union WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Afterword (Epilogue) | |
| Description: | Intertitle reads 'Those who are honoured to be chosen for the candidacy to USSR Soviet. Various shots of the people in metalworks. One worker is singled out - he is the candidate. More shots of the molten metal and the men working. Various shots of the people working at sugar factory in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Election candidate is singled out as he is working. Various shots of the industrial processes at sugar factory. Intertitle reading 'Agitator'. Horse drawn sled moving through snowy countryside in Latvia. An agitator goes from home to home to spread Stalin's word to people. Family sitting at table listening to the man speaking. Intertitle reads 'Inside a tea shop' - (colloquial term used in Middle Asia). Various shots of the town of Sarmarkand in Turkmenistan. Arabic town, Arabic architecture, men dressed in traditional clothes with turbans and beards playing chess, chatting, etc. Various shots of the crowd in town gathered around political activist. Local people talking, asking questions, etc. | |
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