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Soviet Lithuania, 1947 Reel 2 of 5

Reel Number: 221123-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1947

Country: Lithuania,USSR

Location: Vilnius

TC Begins: 17:24:47

TC Ends: 17:33:34

Duration: 00:08:47

Soviet Lithuania, 1947 Reel 2 of 5 Incentive documentary on the achievements of Lithuania since the 1939 Soviet "liberation." Soviet troops and tanks fight alongside Lithuanian partisians in the battle of Vilnius: AV city under fire - anti-aircraft / heavy guns firing - troops advance across countryside - soldiers in trench inc. female - tanks through streets - house to house combat. 17:25:40 Vilnius freed from Germans 13Jul41 - civilians smiling & waving to Russian troops - soldiers march w/ band & wave from trucks. 17:26:28 Three kids stand in front of Soviet war memorial. Scenes show achievements of Soviet liberators in improving agricultural conditions - Collectivization - 86,000 Lithuanians given land. Family arrive at new house on horse-drawn cart. Farmer examines soil. Neat farmyard w/ blossom trees. Farmers examine shire horse / draft horse. Farmer’s wife carries cows milk buckets. Padlocked weathered barn building. AVs Lithuanian countryside showing farms & fields. VS farming community at outdoor meeting - Soviet medals. Farmers sowing seeds - horse-drawn plows. 17:30:57 Modern tractors past; schoolchildren watch tractors from classroom overlooking field. Man onto tractor - pulling harrow. Machinery prepared for seeding in farmyard. Dairy herd grazing; INT milk processing machinery Local people into meeting house; woman signs form - farmers getting credit. Farmers examine large new piece of agricultural machinery w/ Soviet markings - men sign form & take away pulled by horses. USSR; Communism; Collectivism; Agriculture / Farming; Sovietization of Baltic States;

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