Construction of Belomor Canal by forced labour, 1930s
Man (fellow worker?) speaking from stage - by table of guards? - to large crowd of workers (all with hats on). CU faces, listening (sound out 07:10:32 - 07:10:40)
07:10:56 Title:
07:10:59 (music intermittent) Visit by Stalin & ? to canal. Barge & dredge thru gates of locks; POV from canal banks w/ crowd watching. Stalin meeting ship crew on deck.
07:11:28 Title:
07:11:41 People watch barge & large shovel passing; POV from boat of shore. Men on board w/ Stalin. View of ships naval ships & submarines anchored in Black Sea (?).
07:12:36 Newspaper editorial cartoon of Stalin at ship’s helm holding CCCP steering wheel; other newspapers. Photos of three men above map of Norway, Sweden & Finland w/ canal shown to shorten distance to English Channel & northern ports.
07:12:50 Wake of ship in canal. Stalin with ship crew. POV ahead.
07:13:01 Title:
07:13:08 Workers felling tall trees. Logging. (Patriotic music & song over.) Good.
07:13:45 Men & women working in project office - engineers.
07:14:05 Workers carrying shovels march to work (music).
07:14:25 Title:
07:14:27 Titles intercut w/ construction, wheelbarrows, clearing earth, breaking rocks. Band playing on building site. Good shots driving pins w/ sledge hammers to break rocks. Men gather flags & leave site for explosions. Men inspect where water has flooded. Shovel in heavy mud to drain.
07:17:37 Title:
07:17:39 Winter - Men prying boulders apart, pounding. Working large pile-drivers. Cranes moving rock & forms. Load rocks on conveyor.
07:19:02 - 07:19:17 Black
07:19:17 High angle of forced labor workers. Pan across faces in MS. Women & men w/ banner.
07:19:37 Title: (in French & Russian) Chefs du Parti Bolchevik et les membre du government ont visité le canal Stalin up ladder on canal ship. Stalin, Kirov, Vorochilov on deck. Up through canal gates of locks. Along canal.
07:20:45 - 07:21:02 Black
07:21:03 Men sawing timber, speaking (SOF) to workers in snow in canal. Views of canal construction, men to work in snow & cold.
USSR; Russian Gulag; Forced Laborers; 1933; 1930s; White Sea - Baltic Canal; Slave Labor;
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Construction of Belomor Canal by forced labour, 1930s Man (fellow worker?) speaking from stage - by table of guards? - to large crowd of workers (all with hats on). CU faces, listening (sound out 07:10:32 - 07:10:40) 07:10:56 Title: 07:10:59 (music intermittent) Visit by Stalin & ? to canal. Barge & dredge thru gates of locks; POV from canal banks w/ crowd watching. Stalin meeting ship crew on deck. 07:11:28 Title: 07:11:41 People watch barge & large shovel passing; POV from boat of shore. Men on board w/ Stalin. View of ships naval ships & submarines anchored in Black Sea (?). 07:12:36 Newspaper editorial cartoon of Stalin at ship’s helm holding CCCP steering wheel; other newspapers. Photos of three men above map of Norway, Sweden & Finland w/ canal shown to shorten distance to English Channel & northern ports. 07:12:50 Wake of ship in canal. Stalin with ship crew. POV ahead. 07:13:01 Title: 07:13:08 Workers felling tall trees. Logging. (Patriotic music & song over.) Good. 07:13:45 Men & women working in project office - engineers. 07:14:05 Workers carrying shovels march to work (music). 07:14:25 Title: 07:14:27 Titles intercut w/ construction, wheelbarrows, clearing earth, breaking rocks. Band playing on building site. Good shots driving pins w/ sledge hammers to break rocks. Men gather flags & leave site for explosions. Men inspect where water has flooded. Shovel in heavy mud to drain. 07:17:37 Title: 07:17:39 Winter - Men prying boulders apart, pounding. Working large pile-drivers. Cranes moving rock & forms. Load rocks on conveyor. 07:19:02 - 07:19:17 Black 07:19:17 High angle of forced labor workers. Pan across faces in MS. Women & men w/ banner. 07:19:37 Title: (in French & Russian) Chefs du Parti Bolchevik et les membre du government ont visité le canal Stalin up ladder on canal ship. Stalin, Kirov, Vorochilov on deck. Up through canal gates of locks. Along canal. 07:20:45 - 07:21:02 Black 07:21:03 Men sawing timber, speaking (SOF) to workers in snow in canal. Views of canal construction, men to work in snow & cold. USSR; Russian Gulag; Forced Laborers; 1933; 1930s; White Sea - Baltic Canal; Slave Labor;