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Topical Budget 532-2: Side-lights on the Soviets (1921)
 

Synopsis

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"Exclusive pictures from Red Russia. Lenin has been forced to sanction trade on the old lines and humble markets are reviving". Scenes of trading. "But the streets of Moscow are still desolate". Crowds in Moscow street. "Cobblers work in the open". Group of cobblers at work. "So does the Red Troops' barber". Barber at work. "When Lenin goes what a market for motor cars - ". Horse-drawn vehicles. " - and machinery". Two large treadmills operated by a man walking inside each. "Tragic figures hunting for food". People in a field.