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Phoenix Rises from the Ashes, USSR 1945-1950: Film 1, And He Comes Marching Home
Uniform Title
Как феникс из пепла CCCP 1945-1950: фильм Первый, И вернулся солдат домой. English.
Title
Phoenix Rises from the Ashes, USSR 1945-1950: Film 1, And He Comes Marching Home 1983, 1983.
Publication
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital.
Physical Description
online resource (video file 0:29:30) : Sound, Colour.
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Notes
Archive Reference: N-507169.
Contributors: Borovik, Genrikh; Slavin, Konstantin; Dobronitskiy, Viktor; Orlov, Yuri; Kazenin, V.; Frankel, I.
Production Company: Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow.
Reproduction of: Как феникс из пепла CCCP 1945-1950: фильм Первый, И вернулся солдат домой USSR, 1983.
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Summary
Documentary exploring the strength and resilience of the Russian people in rebuilding their cities and their lives following the Second World War. [WARNING: contains scenes of dead bodies and injured children]. Includes footage of victory celebrations, soldiers on the front after peace is declared, and their return to their villages. Images of grieving for the war dead, memorial ceremonies and funerals. Footage of the draining of the Donbass mines, as well as women coal miners. Also features scenes following the conclusion of the Leningrad and Stalingrad sieges, the postwar famine, drought and crop failure. The rebuilding of villages and factories, return to education, and the return of orphans from concentration camps is also shown. The film concludes by addressing the foundation of the UN in 1946, with clips of President Truman playing baseball contrasted with scenes of devastation in Hiroshima.
Variant and related titles
Socialism on film: the cold war and international propaganda.
Format
Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 02, 2018
Series
The Second World War & the Rise of Fascism
Wars & Revolutions
Credits
Contributors: Borovik, Genrikh; Slavin, Konstantin; Dobronitskiy, Viktor; Orlov, Yuri; Kazenin, V.; Frankel, I.
Production Company: Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
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Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow, production company.
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.
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