Views of Soviet Moscow, Leningrad, 1931 | 16mm Film Scan

Travel back to the first decade of the USSR in this silent 1931 home movie, seeing the stunning buildings and architecture offered by the squares and plazas of Soviet Russia in Moscow and Leningrad (Now St. Petersburg). Filmed by Walter Moore Swoope of Philipsburg, PA.

Footage lightly graded, was pretty well exposed and shot.

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0:00 Bolshoi Theatre, Trolleys
0:40 Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
0:55 Scenic Overlook
1:35 Red Square
2:22 Tomb of Lenin
2:26 Theatre Square
2:48 Admiralty Building, Leningrad
3:01 Palace Square, soldiers
3:35 Parks, misc.



Soundtrack Added (Public domain songs from LoC):
Der Birtch-Baum - Kirilloff's Russian Balalaika Orchestra
Precious One Waltz - Kirilloff's Russian Balalaika Orchestra


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