Soviet television

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Adventures Of The Piglet Foontic (1986-1988)

The annotation:

This is a soviet cartoon re-sounded in English.

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1) Foontic The Elusive (1986)






2) Foontic And The Detectives (1986)






3) Foontic And The Whiskered Lady (1987)






4) Foontic In The Circus (1988)

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Canada today. Canada Day (1985)

The annotation:

A report about the capital of Canada, the city of Ottawa, its features, population, architecture and other.

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0:02 - When I was driving along the roads of Canada, the feeling that the landscapes around resembled homeland did not leave me. In the vicinity of Ottawa, you can find all kinds of trees that grow in the Moscow region or central Russia. The prairies of the western provinces of the country are as immense as the boundless Ukrainian steppes. And the northern latitudes of the country are very similar to the Soviet Arctic. Lagging behind in dimention of territory only to the Soviet Union, Canada has much in common with it in its natural, geographical and climatic characteristics.

0:42 - Its natural resources are as diverse and inexhaustible as in the Soviet Union. It is rich in rivers, lakes, fertile land and many minerals.

0:58 - Its population is only 25 million people. But the majority of the population lives in the south of the country. The vast northern expanses of the country are poorly mastered. Despite this, it is one of the seven most developed capitalist countries.

1:19 - There are several cities in Canada that are much older and larger than Ottawa. It became the capital 123 years ago, when the issue of creating a Canadian federation was resolved. It was chosen because it was located on the border of the two largest provinces of the country. Ontario and Quebec.

1:43 - It is enough to cross a bridge across the Ottawa River so that you find yourself in one of them. This is the city of civil servants where there are almost no industrial enterprises. Here are located government offices, banks and insurance companies.

2:10 - The city is also known for its museums, theaters and two universities.Only in the center of Ottawa there are a number of skyscrapers. And around them as far as the eye can see there is a "sea" of two-storey mansions, among which only occasionally stand out large buildings. Medieval gothic looks somewhat unusual in such the young city.

2:38 - In this architectural style is built the parliament and many buildings around it. But this is only an imitation. However, it gives Ottawa a unique charm of middle ages. And these buildings give a balance by their primness with other buildings built in modern impetuous architecture.

2:57 - Tourists often come here. Canadians generally like to travel and, as a rule, they don’t sit at home on days off. It is especially pleasant to ride a riverboat along the Rideau Canal, which stretches across the city from north to south. In the winter season, when the canal is covered with ice, it turns into a multi-kilometer skating rink. In summer, pleasure boats ply on it.

3:27 - Here you can hear English and French words everywhere. All inscriptions and official documents are made in two languages. This is done in accordance with the laws. This country is bilingual. Most of its population are descendants of English and French settlers. But in Canada there are many other nationalities. In other words, Canada is a motley conglomerate of various ethnic groups. Characteristically, they try to keep apart from each other, carefully preserving their culture, language and traditions.

4:15 - But yet, every citizen of this country considers himself primarily a Canadian. However this does not prevent them from joking at themselves when the issue is about their national identity. One of the jokes sounds like this: Canadians first long proved to the Americans that they are not British, and then they justified themselves before the British that they were not Americans. Therefore, they did not have time to be themselves.

4:43 - To understand this joke you need to look at a history. Canada was discovered 450 years ago by French navigator Jacques Cartier. He not only gave the country this name, but also declared the lands he discovered as possessions of the French king. After that, fur traders rushed here, and after them the rest of the people. Ousting tribes of the Indians, they began to gradually master the eastern coast of Canada. Some time later the British appeared here. They began to enter from the north and south all the way further to the west of the continent. In the middle of the 18th century, a war began between competitors, which ended in victory for the British. All these lands including the former French colonies became the possessions of the English kings. It received the name British North America. Only a hundred years later, on July 1, 1867, it regained the name Canada. Having received the status of dominion, that is, the self-governing territory, Canada remained a part of the British Empire, under the authority of the English king.

5:56 - It is noteworthy that the Canadian national flag with a maple leaf in the center was hoisted above the parliament building quite recently in 1965. Before that there was a British flag. Just five years ago, on July 1, it was first celebrated as Canada Day, and not as Dominion Day. And finally, only three years ago a new constitution of the country was adopted replacing the Act of British North America that had been in force for 115 years. However, in this constitution, as before, the supreme authority of the British Queen is recognized, which is represented by the General Governor appointed by her. But this is only a formality.

6:48 - Having achieved political independence from London, Canada became economically dependent on the United States. It is enough to say that more than 2,500 American companies settled here. 30 percent of US exports go here. In Canada’s foreign trade, the southern neighbor’s share is almost two-thirds (2/3).

7:14 - In front of the federal parliament building in Ottawa, the fire symbolizes the unity of the country. Around the burning fountain there are emblems of 10 provinces and 2 northern territories that are part of the Canadian Federation. The process of its formation was completed only in 1949, when the Newfoundland island became a part of it as a province.

7:48 - Like any other capitalist country, Canada still today has the same problems as the entire West. Rising prices, inflation, decline in industrial production and finally unemployment. Every year hundreds of farmers and thousands of small entrepreneurs are ruined. But the incomes of large monopolies are constantly growing.

8:17 - There are a number of exclusively national problems in Canada. Among them, the desire of the French-speaking province of Quebec to achieve greater autonomy and the struggle of the indigenous people of the country of the Indians for providing them with equal civil rights and many other problems.

8:44 - But the main thing that worries Canadians, as well as all people on Earth, is the threat of nuclear war looming over the world. Using powerful economic levers the United States is increasingly tying the country to its military chariot. Of particular concern to Canadians is Washington’s new Strategic Defense Initiative nicknamed "Star Wars" and its desire to draw its allies into these dangerous plans. Meanwhile, Canada is not only a neighbor, but is also linked to the United States by a separate agreement on joint aerospace defense of North America.

9:25 - On the territory of Canada are tested American cruise missiles. Here began the modernization of the old and the construction of new radar early warning systems. Therefore, a protest movement against this is growing throughout the country and the number of supporters of peace and disarmament is growing. This year, several mass anti-war demonstrations took place in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton and other cities.

10:01 - Already several generations of Canadians do not know what war is. For over 200 years, the country has lived in conditions of peace, which allowed it to achieve great success. And on this festive day, we want to wish that there is always a clear sky over Canada ["Clear sky" is meant a peaceful sky. The sky without bombs, missiles and bombers].

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The Sun in Moscow (1972)

The annotation:

About the hot Moscow summer of 1972 and the rest of the townspeople overcoming the summer heat with all available means.

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Aleksandr Tvardovsky - A poem Vasili Tyorkin (1979)

The annotation:

This poem of Aleksandr Tvardovsky received triumphal success and fame. And its main character became an expressor of the national spirit and a symbol of victory in the Great Patriotic War. This is a one-man show performed by theater and film actor Oleg Tabakov. Reading a poem, Tabakov managed to convey the feelings and thoughts of an ordinary warrior, and using different intonations, he convincingly plays the scenes of Tyorkin’s dialogues with a general, with an old man, with his colleagues.

In Russian

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Grand reception in a palace (1971)

The annotation:

About the Pavlovsk Palace-Museum in the Leningrad Region, destroyed by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War and completely restored as a result of twenty-five years of restoration work.

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0:52 - Morning in the Pavlovsky park. The heart of this natural place is a palace on the banks of the Slavyanka River.

2:56 - Guests will arrive in an hour. There is still enough time. A lucky star rules over this house. Charles Cameron gave a soul to lightweight and slim construction. Vincenzo Brenna gave splendor to it and Andrey Voronikhin gave solemnity to it.

4:20 - The war ruined everything here. It’s hard to believe it now. But this brilliance, elegance and celebration is the result of painstaking, long and inspired work of restorers.

6:28 - This is interesting what an XVIII-century master would say about the work of a modern restorer. Could he distinguish the work of a restorer from his work? One thing is certain. They would understand each other.

8:05 - The goal was to restore everything as it was before destruction despite devastation. But in some cases this was supplemented by the implementation of unfulfilled plans of architects.

8:31 - Thus, according to the preserved sketch of Pietro di Gottardo Gonzago, the ceiling of the throne room was first painted.

9:28 - Everything seemed ready, but here is another detail and another detail... 25 years of work day after day and step by step so that finally the moment comes when all the doors open to say: "Look! This is (10:06) a picture gallery. This is (10:13) a Cavalier Hall with antique sculptures."

10:20 - These sculptures were saved. And only the Roman burned. To clean it would have to chop off its toga. Therefore, they decided to leave it as it is for a reminder of the monstrous barbarism of Nazism.

11:47 - We are grateful to our contemporaries, those who performed a miracle and again gave us the opportunity to see the creations of the great architects of the past.

12:10 - The Pilaster Room of Giacomo Antonio Domenico Quarenghi.

12:22 - The Little Lantern (Room) of Andrey Voronikhin.

12:42 - The corner living room (?) of Carlo di Giovanni Rossi.

13:07 - It's time. Now we may open the doors.

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An Autumn sketch (1982)

The annotation:

Against the background of autumn views of Moscow, the orchestral version of L. Afanasyev’s song “There are Romeo and Juliet” (Есть Ромео и Джульетты) performed by the Variety-Symphony Orchestra of the Central Television and All-Union Radio conducted by V. Terletsky sounds.

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Jean Sibelius - "Sad Waltz". Vladimir Spivakov and Moscow Virtuosi (1989)

The annotation:

Vladimir Spivakov and the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra play Sad Waltz / Valse triste by Jean Sibelius.

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Anapa is a pioneer republic (1978)

The annotation:

A report of the information program Vremya aired on July 6, 1978 about summer vacation of children in the pioneer camps of Anapa. [Anapa is a resort city in southern Russia, located in the Krasnodar Krai (on the Black Sea coast).]

Spoiler!

0:01 - About forty aircraft land every day at Anapa Airport. They bring children from Vorkuta, Arkhangelsk, Sverdlovsk [Yekaterinburg], Tyumen, Leningrad [St Petersburg], Kuibyshev [Samara] and other cities. Already 40,000 boys and girls have arrived for vacation.

0:18 - Children of Moscow machine builders have a good pioneer camp. It has a large well-groomed area on which there are a lot of greenery, flowers and excellent sleeping quarters.

0:28 - Each of the children has already found a business to their liking. Young meteorologists immediately got into work at their station.

0:36 - Of course, in the first days, children miss their fathers and mothers. Therefore, every letter received from home is a great joy.

0:43 - Children got acquainted with their teachers and, of course, with those who will feed them deliciously, with cooks.

0:53 - But the most pleasing thing is meeting with the sea.

0:57 - Solemn minutes have come. This is the first general meeting of a pioneer camp team dedicate to the opening of the camp. Pioneer squads make reports.

1:08 - And here it is the most solemn and important moment consisting in raising a flag. Now the pioneer camp is considered active.

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Виктор Салтыков -

1) Белая ночь (Форум);
2) Что сравнится с юностью? (Форум);
3) Ты замуж за него не выходи (Электроклуб).

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[A music band Forum] - White Night (1986)

[This is a fragment of a TV-program the Morning Post #76. A television premiere.]





[A music band Forum] - What can compare with youth? (1986)

[This is a fragment of the Morning Post #86.]





[A music band Electro club] - Don't marry him (1987)

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Gifts of the Ural Forest (1979)

The annotation:

This film is for those who love the forest and go for mushrooms, and even more so for those who don't go there. Sunny glades, wild strawberries and handsome ceps, Lactárius résimus and Leccinum aurantiacum!

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