Lenin Memorial

Lenin Memorial Leningrad Popular Science Film Studios English narration Stills & footage of mourners at Lenin’s funeral, Moscow, Jan24. Parade in street w/ banners. CU steam whistles. Battleship firing guns. Newspaper headlines. 00:44:24 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. 00:45:20 16Apr24 Cornerstone-laying ceremony for memorial in square opposite Finland Station. Steam train along track, dramatic montage of views down tracks; armored car like the one Lenin made speech from on return to Russia in 1917. 00:46:38 Montage of various designs submitted for monument. Winning design w/ still of architects & sculptor. Animation shows how original design developed into final composition. Film of Lenin making speeches; stills of Lenin; VO re capturing his gestures etc. Still shot inside sculptor Yevseyev’s studio. 00:49:24 CU pouring casting in bronze. Still of finished statue w/ workers who made it. Pedestal prepared. Stills of 07Nov26 monument unveiling. 00:50:42 School children file past monument laying flowers on Lenin’s birthday. Young Pioneers & Comsomols swear allegiance at ceremony in front of monument. POV camera past monument. Credits. Communists; Communism; History; 1924; 1926; 1920s; Celebrity;