Around The Soviet Union: Celebration on V-Day
Around The Soviet Union: Celebration on V-Day
Three topic program: "First, Celebration on Victory Day. Victory Day is celebrated across the Soviet Union commemorating the 20 million fallen in World War Two and renews the struggle to insure that another world war never darkens the earth. Second, visit the Black Sea clinical sanitorium that annually serves 3,000 severly ill children. It is easy to see the concern the Soviets pour on their young. Third, the winner of the national prize, a Soviet popular composer is honored. He writes songs for the movies and cartoons and his songs are sung throughout the land. Children's health spas. Huldavian composer."
Around The Soviet Union: Celebration on V-Day
Opening credits. Cut to parade montage, people celebrating V-Day, a Soviet National holiday: World War Two (WWII) veterans march, talk war stories, dance to accordion music, etc.
Around The Soviet Union: Celebration on V-Day
Excellent WWII montage of Soviet forces pushing back the Nazi menace: Soviet soldiers on tank, in battle, advancing; displaced Russian women & children among destruction; Soviet air force; heavy artillery fire; ends with Russian advance and seizure of Berlin, 1945 (Soviet soldiers battling in rubble, rushing up steps of Reichstag, placing Soviet flag there; victorious soldiers wave to camera).
Around The Soviet Union: Celebration on V-Day
MSs of Soviet WWII veterans, survivors and children at a memorial in Belarus. MSs of people paying their respects at another memorial near Moscow (nice CU of people placing flowers in a pile). Soldiers lay a wreath in the harbor at Sebastapold. Cut to more MSs of adults, children and elderly paying respects at a memorial in a cemetery. Statues and statuary. Parades. Memorials & monuments. World War Two. Russia. Graves.
Around The Soviet Union: Celebration on V-Day
1945 Russian newsreel of victorious Soviet soldiers coming home (homecoming; great MSs of women kissing men, men walking with children, wreaths and flowers galore), then marching through Red Square.
Around The Soviet Union: Celebration on V-Day
Tape 2 1985 Cut to color footage, 50th anniversary V-Day parade through Red Square (includes MS of MIKHAIL GORBACHEV and Soviet leaders saluting from Kremlin balcony, LSs of nighttime fireworks display).
Around The Soviet Union: Celebration on V-Day
LSs of kids in small sailboat on Black Sea. MSs of a doctor talking with a girl who recently had major reconstructive surgery on her left leg. MS/LSs of children in medicinal baths at the children's clinical sanitorium. MSs of children in physical therapy. MSs of children drawing on sidewalk with chalk, CUs of drawings. CU of kids feeding a billy goat. Montage of an outdoor birthday party (includes a marionette/puppet show, followed by a rock band... which makes the kids do a Soviet version of the Chicken Dance).
Around The Soviet Union: Celebration on V-Day
MSs of Moldavian composer DOLGA writing music in a concert hall. CU of Dolga talking to the camera about music. Aerials of Moldavian countryside. Panning LS of countryside, a bevy of sunflowers in FG. MS Dolga visiting his mother in the country. Dolga visits several Soviet WWII memorials (his father was killed in the war).
Around The Soviet Union: Celebration on V-Day
DO NOT USE THE OLYMPICS FOOTAGE HERE.
Around The Soviet Union: Celebration on V-Day
MSs Russian people watching dance routine in park. CU of Dolga singing and playing piano, a violinist behind him. CU of a cute White Labrador dog lying on the floor, huffing. Groovy psychedelic cosmic children's animation (butterflys in space, man). MSs of composer at concert hall, receiving accolades from audience.