Soviet October Revolution Parade, 1977 Парад 7 ноября

[joe_papp]

I was only two years old when this took place, although I think I remember seeing clips of it on the CBS Evening News w/ Walter Cronkite:

Soviet October Revolution Parade, 1977 Part I Парад 7 ноября

"This is the parade in Moscow's Red Square, devoted to the 60th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November, 1977. In the opening sequence the newly updated 1977 anthem is played in the background."

The opening sequence w/ the anthem is cool.

 

[Maxiton]

I believe these parades were an annual thing. They were typified by the geriatrocrats and other fossils, standing on the Kremlin wall watching the military hardware go by.

 

[The Hitch]

Does Leo appear more dead or alive ?

 

[joe_papp]

Does Leo appear more dead or alive ?

I think he appeared fossilized.

 

[usedtobefast]

I think he appeared fossilized.

now Joe i know you have some time on your hands, but now i am sucked in to this 1 hour and 25 minute propaganda movie. thanks
i am forward this to other unsuspecting folks.

 

[joe_papp]

now Joe i know you have some time on your hands, but now i am sucked in to this 1 hour and 25 minute propaganda movie. thanks
i am forward this to other unsuspecting folks.

LOL!!! Sorry, friend! You're right - it's not decent of me to force upon you all of the interesting content that I consume daily to keep myself amused

In all seriousness though, you might find this one more manageable:

-Парад Победы 24 июня 1945 года- This is the original victory parade the Soviet Union held in Red Square, June 24th, 1945. The Soviets only were able to obtain roughly twenty minutes worth of color film for this event, which unfortunately meant the entire parade could not be caught on color. However, it was the first major Soviet event to be captured in color.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

As a big Cold War buff this is great to see. I have some really old VHS tapes that were Soviet propaganda about both the 1980 Olympics, and other Soviet commentary, such as the Viet Nam war, Soviet workers, etc.

Shame Gorbechov (and Yeltsin) threw the baby out with the bath water. Imagine if he and the Soviet Union went the direction of Deng Xiaoping and China, starting capitalist target zones, allowing personal freedoms, and slowly moving from there. It's quite feasible the USSR would be a major economic powerhouse, instead of the mess of today, where China is now four times as large. Even Italy and Canad are bigger, and Mexico's GDP is almost as high. Mexico!

 

[Cobblestones]

I was only two years old when this took place, although I think I remember seeing clips of it on the CBS Evening News w/ Walter Cronkite:

Soviet October Revolution Parade, 1977 Part I Парад 7 ноября

"This is the parade in Moscow's Red Square, devoted to the 60th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November, 1977. In the opening sequence the newly updated 1977 anthem is played in the background."

The opening sequence w/ the anthem is cool.

I think I was in Moscow on one of those 11/07 parades but I never made it there to actually see it. A pity I missed it since they don't have those anymore I believe.

Btw. Joe, if you're still bored try The Internationale in 40+ languages and tell us which you liked best.

 

[ElChingon]

If you want to see more parades and Russian and the Eastern Block in General here's a good site, better get a drink and snack handy because you'll be there for hours.

http://englishrussia.com/

 

[Maxiton]

LOL!!! Sorry, friend! You're right - it's not decent of me to force upon you all of the interesting content that I consume daily to keep myself amused

In all seriousness though, you might find this one more manageable:

-Парад Победы 24 июня 1945 года- This is the original victory parade the Soviet Union held in Red Square, June 24th, 1945. The Soviets only were able to obtain roughly twenty minutes worth of color film for this event, which unfortunately meant the entire parade could not be caught on color. However, it was the first major Soviet event to be captured in color.

I used to have a book that had photos of that parade, in B&W. They marched the German prisoners in for the parade directly from the front, more or less. As Germans moved through the parade the crowd threw so much filth on them that the streets had to be washed afterwards. (And in fact, one of the photos in the book is of a phalanx of street sweeping trucks at the end of the parade.)

From the parade, the Germans were taken directly to internment and forced labor. The vast majority never made it back to Germany. The Soviet Union repatriated the last of its POWs, by bus, in 1956.

On another note, the Soviet people were lucky, if you can call it that, that the German leadership was even more inept than their own.

EDIT: Most of you already know these factoids, I just like reciting them. I think they're sad and fascinating.

 

[Maxiton]

If you want to see more parades and Russian and the Eastern Block in General here's a good site, better get a drink and snack handy because you'll be there for hours.

http://englishrussia.com/

That's a fantastic site! Thanks!

 

[Maxiton]

As a big Cold War buff this is great to see. I have some really old VHS tapes that were Soviet propaganda about both the 1980 Olympics, and other Soviet commentary, such as the Viet Nam war, Soviet workers, etc.

Shame Gorbechov (and Yeltsin) threw the baby out with the bath water. Imagine if he and the Soviet Union went the direction of Deng Xiaoping and China, starting capitalist target zones, allowing personal freedoms, and slowly moving from there. It's quite feasible the USSR would be a major economic powerhouse, instead of the mess of today, where China is now four times as large. Even Italy and Canad are bigger, and Mexico's GDP is almost as high. Mexico!

The Chinese have this concern about safeguarding their ancient civilization, and also maintaining the Mandate of Heaven for their leadership. These values go way back with them and in my view this accounts, at least in part, for why they have done so well. (Granted, corruption is endemic in China, but I think this has always been a problem there, and for now, anyway, it isn't debilitating.)

The old Soviet bureaucrats, on the other hand, cared only about enriching themselves, their families, and their friends. They illegally sold the vast state properties to themselves and to each other and basically behaved like gangsters - which, from what I can tell, they still do.

 

[phanatic]

Shame Gorbechov (and Yeltsin) threw the baby out with the bath water. Imagine if he and the Soviet Union went the direction of Deng Xiaoping and China, starting capitalist target zones, allowing personal freedoms, and slowly moving from there. It's quite feasible the USSR would be a major economic powerhouse, instead of the mess of today, where China is now four times as large. Even Italy and Canad are bigger, and Mexico's GDP is almost as high. Mexico!

Do you mean China's economy is four times as large as that of the entire former Soviet Union, or just of Russia?

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Good point, question. I was gauging Russia. Though tossing in Ukraine, Kazakstan, etc. still doesn't come close to matching China's growth. Especially if you reflect on how "well" the CCCP was doing in the 1970's compared to China. I guess that's the only point I was trying to make. Maxiton made a good point I think somewhat addressing the point.