The Red tsar

United Kingdom, 1984

TV show
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Episode number 6 of Series “History in action”.
In 1929, Joseph Stalin celebrated his 50th. birthday. This event was celebrated across the USSR in a blaze of glory not seen since the days of the Tsar. 176 million people venerated Stalin at that time. Stalin had been a leading revolutionary figure since 1903, eclipsed by Lenin, but becoming the key political figure after Lenin’s death. This program looks at Stalin’s rise to become leader of the USSR.

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Credits

producer/director

Julia Spark

production company

Granada Television International

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1984

Appears in

History in action

Group of items

History in action

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303740

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Soviet Union - Politics and government

History → History

History → Soviet Union - History - 1917-1936

History → Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953

People → Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953

Television

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Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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