"MIAMI’S MISSION TO RUSSIA” PART II

The Red Star II 1959

"The Red Star II" is a WCKT - Miami (WSVN) kinescope special program from 1959. This program intended to portray what life was like in Russia to American viewers. An overview of the socialist system and a tour of major points of interests in Russia are included. "The Red Star II" also discusses the industrialization of Russia, the educational system, and judicial system.

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This is Russia 1959

This video features excerpts from "This is Russia", a WTVJ - Miami kinescope program narrated by Ralph Renick in 1959. A group of Florida professional businessmen visited Russia to capture footage of everyday life in Communist Russia and briefly discuss the country's history. Free health care services lead to over-crowded hospitals. Supermarkets and traffic are non-existent due to the poor economy. Khrushchev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union, is also interviewed about his country's lack of intent to go to war.

“MIAMI’S MISSION TO RUSSIA” PART II