SAVE OUR PLANET, THE EARTH

Central documentary film studios Moscow [Music] thank you [Music] our planet the Earth belongs to everyone it is our common home it is endangered foreign [Music] the Earth [Music] there are some who consider that war is a law for creatures that are called homo sapiens to confirm this they refer to the figures of The Swiss color Jean-Jacques bibet who counted that in the world there had been almost 15 000 Wars which took a toll of four billion human lives [Music] all right the bloodiest of all wars was the second world war Unleashed by fascist Germany the Nazis overran half of Europe and captured Paris an effort to conquer the world Hitler decided to turn the whole planet into a concentration camp [Music] in their death camps the fascists tortured to death hanged shot and burnt 11 million Europeans Frenchmen poles Germans Jews and Russians [Music] [Applause] Hitler vowed that he would enslave the Soviet Union just as swiftly as he did the countries of Europe [Music] many cities of the USSR and other countries were turned into rubber [Music] however the second world war returned to where it started from the Invincible hitlerate Army was defeated fascist Germany capitulated the outcome of the second world war was predetermined [Music] was the end of the myth about the invincibility and the secret of the aggressiveness of the Germans which allegedly lay in the call of their ancestors and not in the essence of the militaristic fascist state [Music] that was a victory worn by the allies of the anti-hitler Coalition the USSR the United States Great Britain France all of progressive Humanity it vividly demonstrated and proved that effective political and Military cooperation between states with different social systems was possible [Music] people had to pay a very high price for that Victory 55 million dead 100 million cripples in envelopes the historical experience of cooperation among the Allies gave millions of people greater confidence that war could be excluded from the life of mankind [Music] and then Hiroshima that was a horrible Atomic nightmare in a flash of a second almost a quarter of a million Japanese disappeared even today thousands of people die every year from the consequences of that monstrous explosion foreign [Music] that was done on President Truman's order in spite of warnings by American scientists Truman had counted on using the atom bomb to create an american-styled world [Music] 1945 General Eisenhower a participant of the joint struggle against fascism while receiving a top Soviet decoration from Marshall zhukov already had Truman's order to prepare for an atomic war against his ally the USSR historians say that after 1945 there were approximately 150 wars in the world there was also the Korean War far away from America a long horrible and now deliberately forgotten War foreign [Music] there was also another horrible the longest and most disgraceful or as the Americans themselves called it the Dirty War [Music] by mass killings of the civilian population by its vandalism that war can be compared only with the atrocities of the Nazis [Music] there were even some in America who suggested using the atom bomb to bring back Vietnam to the Stone Age but Common Sense indicated that even the atom bomb would not save America from defeat more than fifty thousand Americans were killed three hundred thousand wounded but the Vietnamese people liberated themselves and reunited their Homeland [Music] once again this confirmed that the political geography of our planet is made by All Peoples big medium and small and not by one even the biggest of ours foreign [Music] ER want to be the scapegoats declared the veterans of the Vietnam War [Music] [Applause] the first president of the United States George Washington who proclaimed America's Independence back in the 18th century warned that a country which every day cultivates hatred toward another becomes a slave of its own hostility apparently this precept of the first president has been forgotten in Washington today [Music] even today America remains a smoldering of racial volcano drug addiction and crime are on the upswing in the country U.S Supreme judge Berger considers that violence has engulfed the American cities [Music] oh [Music] in 1981 alone 24 000 murders were committed in America no one here is safe from bullets blacks whites the president or presidential nominees like the Kennedy Brothers [Music] a land of Romans is how Senator Edward Kennedy described America after the attempt on the life of President Reagan [Music] um Washington exports violence to other countries resurrecting Parks Americana it is scaring its allies with an alleged Soviet military threat but let us take a look at who is threatening whom foreign there is a dangerous network of U.S war bases in girdling the USSR NATO's nuclear missiles are aimed at 2 500 cities and Targets in the socialist countries military Maneuvers are held close to their borders [Applause] over in America they simply cannot give up the idea of interfering in the Affairs of other countries the United States has still not evacuated its war base in Cuba it is waging a cold war against Havana the real objectives of Washington's policy were disclosed by the U.S Navy secretary John Lemon who remarked that the Soviets must be turned into an isolated island so that the Americans could rule the world [Music] perhaps this is the reason why there are over half a million American soldiers over one and a half thousand war bases and military installations in 32 countries and whole regions and continents are being proclaimed the zone of the national interest of the United States foreign Europe is considered to be the cradle of civilization in the language of military strategists today it is called a theater of military operations and actually it is overstuffed with rockets and nuclear weapons [Music] it is horrible to think what would happen if for example only a single 20 Megaton bomb exploded over London if the zone of nuclear death would spread all the way to Paris [Music] in these conditions new offensive weapons with pinpoint Precision are being offered to Europe the Pershing two and cruise missile whose nuclear Wallop is 15 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bone [Music] the former deputy commander-in-chief of NATO in West Europe Nino pastie believes that Europe cannot be protected with the new nuclear weapons it can only be destroyed questions this opinion is shared also by many retired NATO generals who point out that the Pentagon wants to deflect a retaliatory strike from the United States by waging a limited nuclear war in Europe today it is no longer a secret that to the 600 new Trojan missile horses the Pentagon intends to attach Neutron horseshoes miniature hydrogen bonds [Music] Specialists declare that just a few Neutron Warheads are enough to kill every living thing in London experts from The Academy of the Vatican warned that the use of a neutron bomb would be tantamount to Universal suicide Pope Paul VI said that humankind is unique and that it wants to live in peace yet today there is still no peace on many continents [Applause] this is El Salvador kill kill and kill again this is the motto The Mercenaries will become a means of pacification there the Junta which Unleashed a civil war is trying to drown in a bloodbath the people's desire for democracy and Justice in 1981 alone twenty thousand civilians were killed there the West German magazine their Spiegel has branded El Salvador a terrorist state [Music] unfortunately such dangerous spots have spread to other parts of the globe multiplying the number of victims among the civilian population this is the south of Africa pretoria's regular troops and mercenaries are killing thousands of Africans [Music] [Music] The Washington Post warns that crimes deliveries represent a well-trodden path in politics remember Iran the Shah purchased more arms than anyone and he used these arms for putting to death 300 000 Iranians the U.S president told the shaw that Iran was an island of stability and this this was due to the respect admiration and love which his majesty enjoyed among his people [Music] all right but soon the Shah was compelled to flee from the respect admiration and love of his people [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the collapse of the Shahs regime forced his bosses to become more active in the Middle East which today is compared to a powder keg [Music] Camp David has long been dead said the French minister of external relations Claude shaison it did not bring the desired Peaks the Palestinians are being mercilessly annihilated explosions can be heard endlessly in Lebanon and what about the sneak attack on the atomic Research Center in Iraq [Music] what is this fear of competition or will bomb them back to the Stone Age formula in practice in the region but this is sheer Madness the Flames of War can engulf the whole Middle East where thousands upon thousands of innocent children are being killed today [Music] foreign but neither violence nor Terror can stop the advance of History in spite of all the differences each Nation each people has the equal right to decide their own future and the Afghan people also have this right [Music] but there are those who try to intimidate them to force them to relinquish their rights but the social system in each country is chosen by its people and not by Washington or other capitals [Music] hired killers are being trained at scores of Army Camps in Pakistan they are generously financed by Washington and Peking although they pursue different goals China is where Chinese live declared Mao the true essence of the statement was revealed by the former Chinese defense minister who said we shall by all means build large warships and will be prepared to land in Japan on the Philippines and in San Francisco [Music] but this does not bother the merchants of death spurred on by the militaristic circles of big business they are offering peaking a new list of the latest offensive weapons China's leaders who are Reviving maoism recently explained the meaning of their huge arms purchasing program in the following way we must get ready for a war which will soon start a large-scale and even nuclear war e weapons tests [Music] and the radioactive fallout spread over the whole world including the United States and Japan does everyone in Japan still remember Hiroshima unfortunately otherwise there would be not so many violations of the Constitution which stipulates that Japan must not produce or deploy nuclear weapons in the country [Music] nevertheless American ships with nuclear weapons on board stop in Japanese ports foreign bombs are stored at American war bases in Japan [Music] violations of the Constitution have triggered a storm of protest among the generation born after Hiroshima it looks like the Land of the Rising Sun is also being involved in the arms race the arms race in our planet today compels 25 million young people to wear army uniforms that is as many teachers that we have in the world the amount of stockpiles of weapons are on the verge of absurdity if the entire nuclear Arsenal was to be used every living thing in the world would be killed 30 times over but even contrary to reason new types and generations of lethal weapons are being produced and with the help of laser guns and the shuttle program certain quarters are dreaming of starting a stellar War [Music] naturally the question arises who is generating this monstrous demonstration of Madness as Willie Brandt noted the first to reply to that question was U.S President Eisenhower it is the military-industrial complex a state within a state it is power guns money [Music] foreign monopolies make from 100 to 2000 percent profit meanwhile the taxpayers of the planet have to Shell out 600 billion dollars a year on war needs President Eisenhower noted with bitterness that the arms race was robbing those who were hungry and cold if military expenditures were to be switched for peaceful purposes then every person would be able to live as a human being [Music] and the USSR is directing its efforts precisely towards the school on many occasions Moscow has proclaimed its stand at the 26 Soviet Communist Party Congress Leonard Bretner called on all the peoples to work together to safeguard peace the Congress adopted a sweeping peace program for the 80s [Music] steadfastly been calling for the repudiation of all types of weapons on a mutual basis for a radical elimination of existing conflicts in various parts of the planet for an expansion of confidence building measures foreign [Music] from the appeal of the Soviet Parliament to the parliaments and peoples of the world from Leonard bresner's visit to Federal Germany from his numerous interviews correspondence and meetings with the leaders of various States [Music] these Soviet people are well aware of the meaning of War we have not forgotten the 20 million Soviet people who gave their lives in the fight against fascism we have faith in the wisdom of man that it is possible to exclude Wars from the life of peoples Wars are alien to socialism under socialism there are no organizations or individuals interested in profiting for monuments War propaganda is prohibited by the Constitution of the USSR the Soviet Union has already tabled over 100 proposals for limiting the arms race so now it is up to the West since the sort of democletes of the arms race still hangs over the whole of mankind the Warsaw treaty countries are compelled to take the necessary countermeasures for their defense [Music] [Applause] this Guardian knot cannot be cut in one blow today but it is possible to I'm tired and the way to do it is by holding talks on the basis of parity and equal security for all states [Music] the United Nations Charter puts forth the task of delivering future Generations from the disasters of War the United Nations has proclaimed the 80s the second decade of discernment it calls for a speedy convocation of a world disarmament conference this proposal is supported by Communists and socialists liberals and Catholics by all honest people Pope has warned that there will be no Victors in a nuclear war peace does not come about by itself says painter Renato potuso each and every person must work for it when it is a question of whether mankind Will Survive said Willy Brunt great willpower is needed in order to change the course of events [Music] demands for successful completion of talks have been put forth by the world peace Council trade unions women's Youth and religious organizations by friendship societies the appeal of West German peace Champions better to be active today than radioactive tomorrow is regarded by the world public as the call of crefeld millions of people in Europe the United States Japan risking their jobs and even lives March in the streets declaring no to nuclear death no Rockets no neutron bomb [Music] we believe that it is still not too late to prevent War but time is running up time is running out save our planet the Earth it is our common home [Music] thank you script Rafael Saco Direction Nina soloviova photography Sergey kuzminski and Gennady miyakishov commissioned by the Union of Soviet societies for friendship and cultural relations with foreign countries