1968 - Color, USSR Documentary: Lenin Memorial

1968 - Color, USSR Documentary: Lenin Memorial Leningrad Popular Science Film Studios French narration Stills & footage of mourners at Lenin’s funeral, Moscow, Jan24 Parade in street w/ banners. CU steam whistles. Battleship firing guns. Newspaper headlines. 05:57:21 Present-day shots of Party HQ; VO says letters poured in from across USSR requesting monument to Lenin be built in Leningrad - funds raised. Leningrad / St. Petersburg street scenes; artists impression of proposed huge statue near Peter & Paul Fortress. Views of river, city street scenes. 05:58:17 16Apr24 Cornerstone-laying ceremony for memorial in square opposite Finland Station. Steam train along track, dramatic view down tracks; armored car like the one Lenin made speech from on return to Russia in 1917. 05:59:35 Montage of various designs submitted for monument. Winning design w/ still of architects & sculptor. Animation shows how original design developed into final composition. Stockshots of Lenin making speeches; stills of Lenin; VO re capturing his gestures etc. Still shot inside sculptor Yevseyev’s studio. 06:02:21 CU pouring casting in bronze. Still of finished statue w/ workers who made it. Pedestal prepared. Stills of 07Nov26 monument unveiling. 06:03:40 School kids file past monument laying flowers on Lenin’s birthday . Young Pioneers & Comsomols swear allegiance (SOF) at ceremony in front of monument. POV camera past monument. Credits. Communists; Communism; History; 1924; Hero; Tribute; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate. NOTE: English language version on 221425.