Peace For Europe
Peace For Europe
Opening credits/titles, in Russian: “Peace for Europe.”
Peace For Europe
Zoom out on map of Europe, with Russian writing.
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Small European village, church in the Alps; green pine trees and grass; lake in the BG.
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VS Caucasians walking through Leningrad (St. Petersburg). Pedestrians walking throughout the city. Road construction crew, including a shirtless man operating a jackhammer. Exterior shot of Peterhof Palace featuring the Grand Cascade Fountains. Various scenic shots of the city: parks, fountains, monuments, buildings, and architecture.
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Military and violence montage in Soviet-era Eastern Europe: military airplane landing, flying over a barbed wire fence; protests and riots, young adult Caucasians clashing with riot police or picketing; armored military vehicles and tanks driving in a convoy down a road; young adult male Caucasian Soviet soldiers with assault rifles on patrol in the forest; fighter jets (USAF and Soviet) on runways and tarmacs; fighter jet landing on an aircraft carrier.
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Montage of European sites, art, and architecture: statues, paintings, palaces, churches, ancient Roman architecture. Large crowd of Caucasian adult tourists outside of a Gothic church; pan up the church exterior. Shots of public squares, equestrian statues. The Colosseum in Rome. Altar in a church. Interior of the Palace of Versailles. Montage of Renaissance paintings and sculptures, most depicting biblical scenes. Face of young Caucasian girl, child. Interior of the Colosseum in Rome.
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Warfare in early Europe from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages, and into the early gunpowder era. Display of stone arrow and spear heads. Middle Ages weapons, knight's armor, chain mail; paintings depicting war and battle scenes. Muskets, pistols, cannons, cannonballs. Illustrations of European wars featuring cannons.
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World War I battle footage: German artillery with crew; soldiers taking cover from exploding shells; soldiers charging through no-man’s land alongside tanks; artillery fire, shells delivering poison gas; poison gas settling in trenches; soldiers putting on gas masks; French soldiers wearing gas masks.
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Painting of a pile of human skulls in a desert, flock of crows. Hands of male adult Caucasian opening a book to an illustration of European delegates meeting at the Vienna Congress in 1815.
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B/W footage of the Paris (Versailles) Peace conference after World War I. Convoy of automobiles arriving at the peace conference, greeted by uniformed soldiers standing at attention. Military officials and politicians exiting cars. Large group of Caucasian male politicians, military officials, delegations at the conference. Pages from the Treaty of Versailles.
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Nazi rise to power in Europe. Still of Adolf Hitler and aides giving Nazi salute, swastika superimposed. German men and women marching, giving Nazi salute; superimposed footage of Hitler giving a speech. Luftwaffe fighter planes flying in formation. Burning buildings during the London Blitz. Damage following bombing in unidentified city. German Army soldiers occupying a European city, rounding up civilians. German soldier smoking a cigarette. Still of a man standing in a mass grave. Traveling shot of war damage in a European city. Aerial of a bombed-out city.
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Russian citizens mourning, placing flowers at a World War II memorial; Caucasian men, women, and children. Eternal flame burning by statue. Various shots of Soviet war memorials.
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Street scene of city traffic in Helsinki, Finland; British, Finish, German, American, and Soviet flags fly in foreground. Sign for Finlandia Hall, pan to flags.
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1975 Helsinki Accords in Finland. Delegates from 35 nations, including the U.S., Canada, and the Soviet Union gather to work on improving relations between communist nations and the west. TV crews, press document the accords. International delegates signing papers. Delegates leaving the accords, shaking hands.
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Montage of European international policy summits between the Soviet Union and other nations. International forum with the German Republic. International forum in Geneva Switzerland, delegates clapping.
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University campus in Madrid, Spain, young adult men and women walking about. European conference meeting in Madrid. Elderly adult male delegate speaking from podium. Exterior of an international conference building in Europe, flags from multiple nations in front of building.
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Aerial of modern skyscrapers in a Vienna, Austria. SALT II Treaty signing inside the Hofburg Palace. Audience members applauding. U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev clapping along with crowd, posing for press. President Carter and Leonid Brezhnev on the balcony of the Hofburg Palace, posing for the press and public.
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Soviet military officials and western military official observing Soviet military exercises, some using binoculars. Soviet military helicopters in exercise flying over smoky field.
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Members from the Soviet Union attending a conference for European security and cooperation. Most members in attendance are older adult Caucasian men; Russian Orthodox priest and a lone woman also are in attendance. Exterior of Soviet international conference building with flags of multiple nations, several pigeons in foreground.
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Delegates from 35 Nations at a conference meeting for European cooperation and security in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Materials being loaded off a ship by a crane. Cranes gathering, moving pipes for oil pipeline. Soviet construction worker helping lay pipe. Soviet oil worker-- Caucasian adult man-- smoking, dressed for arctic weather in Siberia. Oil tanker truck with tracks driving through snow-covered land in Siberia.
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Aerial of oil refinery in Soviet Russia. Foreign delegates getting off buses on in an industrial setting. Two adult male Caucasian delegates shaking hands. Western representative meeting with Soviets to discuss oil deals. Two Caucasian, adult male oil workers wearing hard hats and jumpsuits, turning large valve on oil pipeline. Flame burning off pipe at oil refinery.
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Soviet flag flying with other national flags. At the USSR Foreign Trade Ministry, Soviet and French representatives sign international trade deals. French businessman speaking French, discussing a recent deal he signed with the Soviet Union. Shots of signed business contracts. French businessman discussing past business deals made with the Soviet Union.
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Historical map of Europe illustrating trade routes. Various illustrations depicting early European trade-- sea ports and wooden ships.
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French flag. Tourists disembarking from cruise ship. Tourists sightseeing, taking photos while touring the Soviet Union, enjoying the arts and visiting historical sites. Palaces, statues, parks, Russian Orthodox church. Caucasian tourists getting off a bus. Caucasian tourists outside of an arts venue.
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Production crew filming in a city park. Crews and journalists documenting an international conference meeting for European cooperation and security. VS Caucasian male and female journalists working in press rooms. Journalists typing, talking on phones, reading papers.
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City newspaper stand, pan down to Soviet newspapers for sale. Several Caucasian adult men lining up to buy newspapers. Young adult man wearing long hair and black leather jacket, walking from stand with paper; he is flagged down by film crew for an interview. He talks about his job as a vocational teacher and mining engineer. Film crew asks him why he bought foreign newspapers; he says foreign publications are good for language skills. Film crew stops an adult man for an interview. He is asked why he chooses to purchase foreign publications. The man says he is interested in international issues and foreign solutions. Man says he is a geologist.
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Several Caucasian adult men and women looking at books and magazines at Soviet bookstore.
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Illustrations depicting Middle Ages and Renaissance print shops, printing presses. Old Russian texts, illuminated manuscripts. Old literature book, with a portrait of William Shakespeare. Multiple textbooks on table.
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Publishers meeting at the Moscow International Book Fair. Caucasian adult men and women reviewing papers. Books on shelves.
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Illustration of Renaissance-era library. Displays of antique globes and compasses. Illustration of Enlightenment-era scientist.
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Diagram explaining the landing process of a interplanetary space probe. Unmanned spacecraft in hanger. Vega Space program, a joint program run by the Soviet Union and other European nations. Various flag decals of European nations on spacecraft-- among the countries are the Soviet Union, the Republic of Germany, France, and Czechoslovakia. Soviet mission control center of space research and explorations; Caucasian adult male and female mission control workers, all from various European nations.
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U.S. Space Shuttle launch, ascending into sky. U.S. astronauts on spacewalk. Satellite in orbit over Earth. NASA mission control. Soviet propaganda against the NASA space program turning “wiolent,” in reference to “Star Wars” program. Animation of the “Star Wars” satellite network destroying nuclear missiles in space. U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaking at session of Congress.
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VS protests against U.S. military policy and NATO in Europe. Protesters tipping a car and clashing with riot police. Protesters outside of U.S. military base or embassy. Protesters holding baby dolls and pictures of children. College students organizing on campus. Anti-U.S. and NATO protest signs. Protests in urban town square. Older adult Caucasian man and woman, wearing winter clothes, taking turns speaking on stage.
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Aerial of Paris. Soviet diplomat walking through courtyard into building, French soldiers wearing dress uniforms and standing at attention in BG. Soviet and French diplomats posing for press, shaking hands. Soviet and French diplomats seated in a room, talking while members of the press watch on. Soviet diplomat's motorcade driving along Parisian street. Soviet diplomat surrounded by French press, police answering questions. Soviet diplomat and entourage posing for press.
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Street scenes in Paris, pedestrians and traffic. Soviet and French flags hanging from lamp posts in preparation for a Soviet diplomatic visit. Arc de Triomphe.
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Aerial of Geneva. Street scenes in Geneva - cold weather, bare trees, pedestrians wearing winter coats. Middle-aged adult Caucasian man walking with young Caucasian boy. Newsstand with magazines, zoom in on postcards featuring U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev for the 1985 Geneva Summit.
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev standing outside, wearing winter coats, posing for press at Geneva Summit. Press and T.V. news crews outside.
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev seated in a room posing for the press at Geneva Summit. Reagan and Gorbachev at joint press conference. Gorbachev and unidentified Soviet official signing treaty papers, President Reagan standing behind them.
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Newspaper stand. Young adult Caucasian man wearing trench coat, reading newspaper. Older adult man-- bald, with glasses-- reading a newspaper. Middle aged adult man wearing fedora and trench coat, reading newspaper. Crowd of adult Caucasian men and women looking at something off-screen, some holding cameras. Young adult Caucasian mother carrying her toddler.
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Parents walking their girls to school. Caucasian girls, schoolchildren in uniforms, holding bouquets of flowers. Father taking a picture. Girl smiling.
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Mourners at a Soviet war memorial. Eternal flame and flowers.
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Sun in sky, pan down to church building. Caucasian girl smiling.
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Map of Europe, with end credits.