Footage The 1993 coup. (1993)
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1:49:19The 1993 coup (1993)
Scene №1 The 1993 coup
Moscow Military Commandant's Office (night).
Different plans of the building.
Cars drive along the street.
People warm themselves at night by fires, talk, sleep - different plans.
Interviews of people (why they came to the White House).
Day.
The building of the House of Soviets.
People at the White House.
A banner on a metal fence: ""Wake up!
A coup d'etat has been committed!
People! "The fate of Russia is in your hands!" A soldier on the steps.
Fences made of central heating batteries.
Posters and slogans on the walls.
A line of policemen in bulletproof vests marches by.
A rally.
A crowd at a rally.
An announcement on the wall: "Place for forming detachments." A procession led by clergy.
Imperial flags.
People singing church hymns.
People on the square.
Cobblestones on the asphalt.
Policemen behind the fence.
Men pulling down a concrete slab.
A dark corridor of the White House.
An office without electricity, candles on the table.
People in their offices.
Journalists, cameramen.
People in front of the White House (night).
Day.
A rally.
People at the White House.
Posters on the walls.
A meeting of the commission of people's deputies.
The chairman of the commission speaks.
An interview with Ramazan Abdulatipov.
Unrest on the street.
Clashes with the police.
People break through the cordon.
A crowd in front of The White House.
They chant: "Fascism will not pass." A rally.
Rutskoy speaks from the balcony of the House of Soviets, calling for the seizure of Ostankino.
Khasbulatov speaks.
Interview with Ruslan Khasbulatov.
A procession.
The crowd chants: "Rutskoy is president." People break down the fence.
People on the street.
A bloodied soldier driving a fire truck.
The windshield of the car is broken.
The soldier wipes blood from his face.
Activists direct people to the White House.
A wounded man lies on the ground.
People near the wounded man.
People on the streets, riots.
A car with broken windows.
A police cap on the roof of the car.
A military truck with an imperial flag drives by.
Police with shields block the bridge.
People argue with the police.
Shouts, riots, clashes with the police.
The police try to calm the people.
Baburin walks by the House of Soviets.
Riots.
Soldiers are running up the stairs of City Hall, people are running.
Shooting.
Trucks are ramming the entrance to the City Hall building on Novy Arbat.
Shooting.
The gas tank of a truck is shot through.
People are breaking into City Hall.
People at the City Hall building.
An elderly man is playing the accordion, people are singing.
A line of policemen in bulletproof vests is passing.
A crowd at the City Hall building.
Speakers on the roof of the first floor of the building.
A line of riot police in bulletproof vests and helmets is passing.
People are on the streets.
Tents on the asphalt.
The Government Building, smoke on the roof, broken windows.
Tanks on the embankment.
Storming the White House, artillery is firing.
Tanks on the road, military equipment.
Smoke from the windows of the Government Building.
People at City Hall.
Carrying a wounded man.
Men are hiding from the gunfire behind a watering machine, providing assistance to the wounded.
Men are running along the road, carrying a wounded man.
People are running.
The House of Soviets building.
Shooting.
City Hall building.
Shooting.
Smoke from the windows of the White House.
Men are running.
The White House is smoking.
A man on roller skates is passing by.
People are running.
Black smoke is pouring out of the windows of the Government House.
People are running.
Keywords
coup, putsch
Persons:
A.V. Rutskoy -- statesman and political figure R.I. Khasbulatov -- statesman and political figure R.G. Abdulatipov -- statesman and political figure
Calendar:
1993
Shooting locations:
Moscow, Russia