Communist Imperialism - March Toward Tyranny

Shot List:

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Train arrives at Moscow train station in 1939. Delegates from France and England arrive to negotiate with Dictator Joseph Stalin on a common Hitler front. German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop deplaning in Moscow in 1939 to propose a nonaggression pact between Germany and Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Berlin to negotiate the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

00:04:58;17

On August 23, 1939 the Stalin-Hitler Pact Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact is announced and on September 17, 1939 the Red Army of the Soviet Union invades Eastern Poland ushering in WWII. Soviet Union (Russian) invasion of Poland. Polish Communist fifth column groups cheering the invading Red Army. Captured Polish prisoners of war Polish POWs being sent to slave labor camps in Russia Soviet Union.

Historic Note:

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact, signed August 23, 1939 contained secret protocols to split up territories between Germany and the Soviet Union. According to these protocols, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Bessarabia were within the Soviet sphere of interest while Poland and Lithuania fell into the German sphere of interest. The Soviet Union did not officially admit the existence of these protocols until December 24, 1989.

00:05:54;19

Dictator Joseph Stalin stages a mass meeting to greet Communist Representatives of the liberated Western Ukraine and Belarus who asked to be accepted into the Soviet Greater Ukraine. Parade in Poland to celebrate the incorporation of Eastern Poland into the U.S.S.R. Images of Nikita Khrushchev, Secretary of The Central Committee of The Communist Party of The Ukraine.

00:06:37;18

Soviet Union Russian invasion of Finland November 30, 1939.

00:07:06;10

On September 24, 1939 warships of the Soviet Union Russia appear off Latvia's coast forcing Latvia to open it's borders and grant the stationing of Soviet military garrisons. On June 17, 1940 the Soviet Union Army moves in to complete the occupation of Latvia. Latvia becomes a Soviet State.

00:09:09;02

Brief scenes of prisoners of a Russian gulag or forced slave labor camp in the Soviet Union at work.

00:09:44;09

Estonia in 1939 accepts the stationing of Soviet military garrisons. In 1940 the Soviet Union invades and occupies Estonia. Estonia becomes a Soviet State.

00:10:30;06

The Red Army of the Soviet Union enters Romania June 28, 1940. Romanian soldiers shipped to slave labor camps in the Soviet Union. Nikita Khrushchev congratulating the Romanians on their liberation.

00:12:19;03

June 22, 1941 Germany attacks the Soviet Union and Dictator Joseph Stalin seeks a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance from the Polish government in exile. Polish General Sikorski signs the treaty December 5, 1941. Stalin promises a free and open government after the war while behinds the scenes Stalin grooms his puppets, the Lublin Committee made up of Polish Communists.

00:14:00;00

Brief scenes of people known as Tyvans Tuvinian from Tannu Tuva Republic of Tyva on horseback.

00:14:16;12

Communist Albanian Workers Party parade in Albania in 1944.

00:14:39;10

Manchuria, shows factories and industrial plants that were stripped and looted of all machinery for shipment to Russia Soviet Union at end of WWII. The take-over of Mongolia and Czechoslovakia by Communist leaders and set up one-party governments.

00:15:33;00

July 1946 Edvard Benes returns to Czechoslovakia and is re-elected President. Communists form a coalition government headed by Communist leader Klement Gottwald that lead to a one-party Communist Government in Czechoslovakia. Jan Masaryk speaking out against the one-party system. Jan Masaryk in a casket after his mysterious death.

00:18:46;02

Scenes of the revolt in East Berlin June 17, 1953 against the German Democratic Republic. This revolt was also called the People's Uprising in East Germany. Soviet tanks, troops, and East German police suppressing the protest.

00:19:27;20

October 1, 1949 Hungary becomes a Soviet satellite. Scenes of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956.

00:21:32;00

Communist Imperialism marches on, example China 1945. Signing of Chinese Civil War truce by General Zhang Qun (Chang Chun) of the Chinese Nationalist and Zhou Enlai of the Communist Forces in Chungking in 1946 as American General George C. Marshall looks on. The Chinese Communist violates the truce and sweeps over China.

00:22:56;23

Start of the Korean War and quick response by the United Nations followed by peace talks in Korea as the war rages on.

00:26:36;00

British Guiana 1953. Images of Cheddi Jagan and his wife Janet Jagan. Sign reads Head Office of the People's Progressive Party.

00:27:05;15

At Geneva on July 21, 1954 a ceasefire is signed by the French and the Viet Minh ending the First Indochina War. Scenes of the French flag coming down and the French troops leaving Hanoi. Scenes of Vietnamese refugees fleeing. The Red Vietnam People's Army entering Hanoi.

00:28:13;15

Scenes of the Communist take-over of Cuba. Fidel Castro reveals he is a Marxist-Leninist Communist. Scene of Castro giving a speech - no audio.

00:30:48;23

Scenes of the first or early Berlin Wall in August 1961 as the East German government begins to seal off all points of entry into West Berlin from East Berlin. Construction of the early Berlin Wall consisting of posts and barbwire as East German troops stand guard. East Berlin residents escaping to West Berlin. Harrowing escapes from East Berlin through the barb wire fences of the early Berlin Wall.