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A Communist China flag waves in the wind as fireworks explode behind it.
A Communist China flag waves in the wind as fireworks explode behind it.
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Flag of the USSR in the wind against the sky
Flag of the USSR in the wind against the sky
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The United Nations Memorial Cemetery, South Korea.
The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea.
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Frederic Chaubin CCCP
In his book Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed, French photographer Frédéric Chaubin captures the eerie beauty of Soviet brutalism. In his quest to document Brezhnev-era architecture, he stumbled upon 90 Soviet buildings...
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SYND 04/12/71 CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY MEETS AFTER GENERAL ELECTION
The first session of the central committee of the Czechoslovakian communist party after general elections.
1. gv conference hall 2. ms Prime Minister Lubomir Strougal, Communist Party Leader Gustav Husak, Josef Kempny and Lenark 3. cu...
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SYND 11 5 75 MASS ANTI-COMMUNIST RALLY IN SEOUL
People in Seoul, South Korea, hold an anti-communist rally.
1. ws and pan of crowds at the rally
2. ms of women in uniform singing
3. ms and pan of men in wheelchairs - member of the Korean Disabled VeteransAssociation - singing
4. vs of...
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SYND 14/3/1973 HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER JENOA FOCK TALKS WITH POLES
Hungarian Prime Minister Jenoa Fock talks With Poles
1 Hungarian Prime Minister Jenoa Fock and Communist Party General Secretary Janos Kadar arrive for talks
2 conference room with Polish delegation on right Prime Minister Piotre...
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SYND 28 8 75 FUNERAL OF A PROTESTER KILLED IN ATTACK ON COMMUNIST HEADQUARTERS IN LEIRIA
Funeral of demonstrator killed in attack on communist headquarters in Leiria and aftermath of anti-communist demo.
1. gv busy town street
2. ms funeral cortege
3. gv communists headquarters building, zoom in
4. ms building, smoke...
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SYND 18 3 75 ARRIVALS FOR COMMUNIST MEETING
Arrivals for communist meeting
1 train arrives
2 Leonid Brezhnev off train and greeted by Janos Kadar
3 press
4 Brezhnev meets people
5 into car and away
6 Budapest airport Italian delegation arrives and greetings
7 Yugoslavian...
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SYND 25/11/1971 OPENING SESSION OF WEST GERMANY'S COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS
Opening session of West Germany's Communist party (DKP) four day congress
1) street scene, communist party flags, pan to conference hall
2) interior conference hall, wide of members applauding
3) various shots, Party Chairman, Kurt...
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SYND 20-4-71 BREZHNEV ATTENDS PARTY CONGRESS
Bulgarian Communist Party leader Todor Zhivkov condemns communist China and Albania in a speech applauded by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
1 ms hundreds of people walking towards hall
2 ms delegates entering hall
3 ms Todor Pavlov...
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SYND 16 3 75 GUESTS FROM ABROAD ARRIVE TO HUNGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS
North Korean, Mongolian, North Vietnamese and Cuban delegations arriving for Hungarian communist party congress.
1. gv Budapest airport
2. ms North Korean delegates arrive
3. ms Mongolian delegates arrive
4. ms airport building
5. ms...
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SYND 26 4 75 EAST BERLIN COMMUNIST RALLY
The East German President Erich Honecker attends a communist rally in Berlin to commemorate the war dead and the end of the Second World War.
1. ms of Honecker getting out of a car and being greeted
2. ws of crowds waving East German...
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Former US president Clinton arrives in Pyongyang for surprise visit
1. Wide of former US President Bill Clinton's plane taxiing on tarmac
2. Mid of photographers
3. Long shot of North Korean officials walking out of airport terminal building, led by Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of North Korea's...
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The Death of Vaclav Havel
On December 17th 2011 Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who brought down communism in Czechoslovakia, died. He was 75.
Havel at his weekend house in the northern Czech Republic, his assistant Sabina Dancecova said.
Havel was his...
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SYND 23/10/1971 PREPARATIONS IN PARIS FOR THE FORTHCOMING VISIT OF LEONID BREZHNEV
Backgrounder of preparations in Paris, for the forthcoming visit of Soviet Communist Party Leader, Leonid Brezhnev
1) various shots, French Communist Party wall posters welcoming Leonid Brezhnev
2) ls exterior Hotel De Ville
3) cu hotel...
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China - Fidel Catro Pays Tribute
In a gesture of respect to Chinese achievements Cuban president
Fidel Castro laid a wreath on Saturday (2/12) at the monument to
the people's heros in Tiananmen square. On the third day of a 10-
day state visit to China, Castro also paid...