Salute To The Soviet 1945

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1945?

V/O: "The Soviet Union occupies one sixth of the worlds surface." Montage showing the coastline of sea and rocks, vast wheat fields, mountains, rivers, deserts and forests.

V/O: " The population is two hundred million." Montage of Russian types, Ukraine's, Lithuanians, Uzbeks,...

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Cataloguer:
MIKE
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
83269
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:17:25:00 / 01:27:36:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2875.03
Issue Date:
1945

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