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Red Angels

A short clip of the Soviet Air force demonstration at the Tushino Airfield near Moscow in 1951.

After the National Anthem is played for the group of the Soviet leaders including Stalin, pilots proceed to show their skills in flying Stalin’s portrait and writing “Long Live Stalin” in the [...]

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Old Soviet Movies:The Circus (1936)

Although The Circus (Tsirk) was made in 1936 it was still shown on TV in the 1970′s and 80′s and the songs took on the life of their own with “My Country is So Vast” (Shiroka Strana Moya Rodnaya) becoming the Soviet equivalent of  “God Bless America”.

The movie is beautifully done propaganda [...]