“ IRON CURTAIN LANDS “ 1959 POST-STALIN ERA SOVIET UNION & EASTERN EUROPE EDUCATIONAL FILM 89754
Iron Curtain lands. Post-Stalin Period. Copyright MCMLIX. Educational Supervision: Michael Boro Petrovich, PhD. Associate Professor of History, The University of Wisconsin. Photographed & directed by filmmaker and author Charles Dee Sharp. This 1959, color movie presents a cross-section of life in the lands considered to be behind the iron curtain after the rule of Joseph Stalin. It is a profile of the communist society. It takes us a step closer to understanding these lands ruled by an atheistic aristocracy. The movie opens with peasant women walking down the road. The camera pans around a plaza with churches in the background 1:12. Women kiss the paintings in a church 1:40. Three women sit on a bench and smile for the camera 1:53. A map of the Soviet Union is shown 2:14. A map shows the plains of Russia are riddled with river systems 2:35. A footbridge is shown 2:46. In rural Russia, peasants live much as they did hundreds of years ago 3:23. Man sharpens and axe 3:43. A woman tends to chickens 4:10. A woman loads hay onto a truck with a pitchfork 4:33. A propaganda sign is shown 4:49. A country dance is held and a man drinks a beer 5:20. Russian Orthodox Churches are seen in the distance 5:47. Cannon that were left after Napoleon’s invasion in 1812 6:09. Moscow is a modern city with wide streets 6:32. GUM, the state-owned department store, 6:42. The small shops that surround GUM are seen by 7:05. The abacus is used as a cash register 7:20. The subways are the pride of Russia today 7:48. The Moskva, or Moscow River, is important to the city 8:02. The trains are modern 8:20. An animated map shows the linkages of the rail systems 8:32. Modern Russian jets are shown 8:43. Buses, trucks, and other automobiles are displayed in great halls, not to sell, but to show the public how much the government has achieved 9:15. The world’s largest Ferris wheel 9:28. The world’s largest cannon 9:30. The largest bell ever cast 9:38. A dog and her puppies sit by a fence 9:57. Russia’s cities are riddled with slums 10:10. A construction crew is building a home 10:52. Pioneer camps entertain and educate children 11:22. Children eat together in uniform 11:55. The University of Moscow 12:04. Mass communications are controlled 100% by the state; PRAVDA 12:50. Gorky Park has several amusements for children and adults alike 13:13. Artists work in sculpture 13:30. The Bolshoi Theater 13:44. A woman and a man perform a beautiful ballet 14:00. Jews are allowed to worship in temples and Protestants in churches 14:25. Throngs march toward Red Square 14:46. An animated map shows how countries west of Moscow have all been affected by the policies of the Kremlin 15:26. Warsaw, Poland 15:40. The Poles worship openly 16:05. Man plays a trumpet and young people dance 16:27. Prague, Czechoslovakia 16:38. Statue of Stalin 17:25. Dignitaries exit an airplane onto the tarmac 17:40. Khrushchev shakes hands with the dignitaries assembled 18:00. Khrushchev continues to shake the hands of everyone assembled 18:32. The Mausoleum for Russian leaders in Red Square 18:50. A Grover-Jennings Production.
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