Soviet Elections (1937)

Full title reads: “SOVIET ELECTIONS“. Various locations across Soviet Union (USSR). Several shots of the streets of Moscow. Close up shot of Kremlin’s clock. People walking along the street carrying placards, one with Stalin’s picture. Several shots inside the polling stations, people voting. Montage of hands pushing pieces of paper into ballot boxes. Various shots of the people voting in other parts of the Soviet Unions, Asians, Muslims etc. Several shots of solders and sailors voting. Several shots of men and women dancing on the streets. Several shots of the crowds parading with placards on Red Square - huge mass of people. Close up shot of Joseph Visarionovich Stalin watching the parade. More shots of the people parading. There is no mention of this item in the original paperwork for this issue. It is possible that it belongs to another issue. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.