Footage World politics. (1946-1953)
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0:00:06World politics (1946-1953)
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Meeting at the UN, USSR Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov speaking.
Keywords
nuclear bomb, arms race
Persons:
Vyacheslav Molotov - Soviet statesman and political figure, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR in 1946-1949, 1953-1956
Andrei Gromyko - Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR 1946-1949, Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN 1946-1948
Shooting locations:
USA
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H. Truman at the microphone. V. Molotov at the negotiations.
Atomic bomb plant in Tennessee (USA).
Keywords
arms race, Oak Ridge, Manhattan Project, nuclear weapons, atomic bomb
Persons:
Harry Truman is an American statesman and political figure, the 33rd President of the United States.
Vyacheslav Molotov - Soviet statesman and political figure, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR in 1946-1949, 1953-1956
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American planes in the air.
A nuclear explosion.
A completely destroyed city, a panorama.
An American soldier examines the light outlines of burned people among the ashes.
Wounded, burned adults and children.
Keywords
nuclear strike, nuclear weapons, mass murder, arms race
Calendar:
1946
Shooting locations:
Japan
Chronicle Subjects:
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Planes in the sky.
People pray across Japan on the streets, in temples, sacred sites, and among ruins.
Keywords
nuclear weapons, atomic bomb, arms race
Calendar:
1946
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Target practice from a moving car and at a shooting range in America.
Demonstration of a personal bomb shelter.
Construction of a bomb shelter on a private property.
A family enters a bomb shelter.
Keywords
personal weapon, arms race, advertising, propaganda, nuclear weapons
Shooting locations:
USA
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A parade with American flags in a US city.
Photo of the Rosenbergs.
Julius Rosenberg is escorted from the car to the press.
Ethel Rosenberg is in front of the camera.
Keywords
spy, detention, press conference, Cold War
Persons:
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were American communists who were executed in 1953 on charges of spying for the Soviet Union.
Shooting locations:
USA
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Dmitri Shostakovich on the podium at a peace conference.
An anti-Soviet demonstration with posters against the composer.
Keywords
Cold War, arms race, protest
Persons:
Dmitry Shostakovich - Soviet composer, pianist, teacher, musical and public figure
Calendar:
1949
Shooting locations:
USA, New York
Chronicle Subjects:
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Footage from Joseph McCarthy's campaign.
McCarthy supporters eat fried chicken at various locations.
Keywords
populism, senator, elections, propaganda
Persons:
Joseph McCarthy is a Republican American senator.
Calendar:
1946
Chronicle Subjects:
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The Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten.
People lay flowers at the monument.
Keywords
memory, liberation, capitulation of Nazi Germany
Calendar:
1945
Shooting locations:
Berlin