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Young Men Of Our Country (Mass Calisthenics) R3 of 5

Reel Number: 221327-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: Russia,USSR

Location: Moscow

TC Begins: 08:22:12

TC Ends: 08:27:49

Duration: 00:05:37

Young Men Of Our Country (Mass Calisthenics) R3 of 5 Women on stadium floor performing exercises in ethnic dress w/ circular drums. Oriental men twirling ropes, rope pull; high wire walk. Stalin watching. Young boy in safety harness walking on slack rope; descending pole. Men in robes twirling while balancing baskets on their neck; parade carrying woman in open egg-like float, flags. 08:23:28 Aerial of stadium floor spelling out “Hurray For Stalin”. Men stand up & run off. VIPs applaud. Lines of athletes doing callisthenics & pattersn w/ poles, flags. Star marched across stadium. Women dance in circles. Boys in large fur hats wrestling in center of stadium. 08:24:52 Men Greco-Roman wrestling on large white mat. Violent throws. MCU people applaud. Molotov. Soldiers watch. Boxing in ring. Applause & winner’s hand raised. 08:26:40 Weight lifting. Soviet VIPs applaud. Men’s distance races 7 breaking ribbon. 08:27:30 Men’s soccer. Physical Fitness; Track & Field Meet; Metaphors; Propaganda; Cult of Stalin;

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