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Dating to 1974, this color report on the history of the Soviet Navy documents the rise of the Red Fleet, and its transformation into one of the world's largest and most formidable blue water navies. It is narrated by actor Burgess Meredith and written by Ludovic Kennedy.
Opening: island, fishing village, Ed Watrel comments on the Soviets. U.S. Admiral Harold E. Shear comments on the Soviet navy. British Navy Admiral Sir Terence Lewin talks about the Soviets. Title: THE RISE OF THE RED NAVY (:07-1:41). U.S. Navy crewmen discuss and point to a map, British Navy discuss and point on a map. British Navy have a meeting. Leningrad on a map. Battleships on the sea. U.S. Navy men on a ship, a battleship at sea (1:42-3:42). U.S. Navy priorities: Electronics, habitability, endurance, weapons, propulsion. Soviet Union Navy priorities: Weapons, propulsion, electronics, endurance, habitability. U.S. Navy priorities during WW2: Weapons, propulsion, electronics, endurance, habitability. James L. Holloway III of the U.S. Navy speaks (3:43-5:05). Helicopter POV coming towards a battleship. U.S. Navy battleship. James L. Holloway III of the U.S. Navy speaks. Numerous battleships at sea. October 1962, Cuban Missile Crisis, President JFK of the U.S.A. speaks. Planes in the air. Missile sites on the island of Cuba. Aerial pictures of these sites. Ships near Cuba (5:06-7:14). Nikita Khrushchev had to pull back and the Soviets looked foolish. Joseph Stalin. Stalin walks in old footage. Snow in Russia. A mutiny of Russian sailors against their tyrannical superiors aboard the battleship Potemkin during the Revolution of 1905. Sailors on that ship. 1914, war came. Sailors on rafts. Russia sinks several ships. 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Vladimir Lenin (7:15-9:42). War in Russia. Bolshevik soldiers attack. Lenin dies. Joseph Stalin took over the reigns of Soviet Government. Ships built to Italian design. Submarines, Russia had the biggest fleet. Stalin ordered people to be killed including many military. Rough seas. Ships basically stayed put during the war with Germany in WW2. 1945, WW2 ends (9:43-12:00). Stalin lies in state. Nikita Khrushchev. David Woodward of the BBC speaks. Russian Cruiser. Khrushchev exits the ship (12:01-13:55). Men work on a ship. Navy divers enter the water. Men wave at Khrushchev as he is on a boat. Submarines. Navy ships in port. Sergey Gorshkov was an admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union, he was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, he oversaw the expansion of the Soviet Navy into a global force during the Cold War (13:56-15:22). A captain of the Royal Navy speaks on Gorshkov. James L. Holloway III of the U.S. Navy speaks. Gorshkov speaks to his fellow navy men. Navy men do workouts on the ship (15:23-17:00). Soviet navy men. A soldier rings a bell. Another plays a bugle. Russian flag is raised and waves in the wind. Castro and Khrushchev. Dockyards build ships. Battleships on the seas (17:01-18:54). Russian ships on the rough seas. Helicopters take off from a Russian Cruiser. Ships fire missiles. Tank landing craft. Navy missile system. Submarines at sea - Foxtrot Class submarine, Victor Class - nuclear powered, Juliet Class, Whiskey Long Bin Class, Echo Class, Hotel Class, and Yankee Class - specs on the craft are explained as stills are shown (18:55-20:49). A missile is fired. Supply Ships at sea. Satellite tracking ship. Spy ships. British submarines (20:50-22:10). Men listen for Russian submarines on their ship. A map of the Mediterranean Sea. American Carriers in the Mediterranean.Navy jets prepare to take off. Jet takes off. British troops land at Suez. U.S. Marines also land to assist. Russian ships came into the Mediterranean Sea in 1964 (22:11-24:32). Russian ships cruise in the Mediterranean Sea. Egyptians look at the ships. Russia gave Egypt a boat. Map of Italy and the Mediterranean. Russian buoys. Russian ships get close to U.S. and British ships. Russian Destroyer gets close to a U.S. Carrier (24:33-27:09). A U.S. Navy man speaks on the Soviets. Soviet ship nearby. A U.S. Navy intelligence officers meeting, Russian ships are pointed out on a map. Control room on a Navy ship, U.S. watch and listen to the Soviets. Computerized code. Radar antennas. Russia listens to the U.S. as well. Russian computers. Antennas on a Russian ship (27:10-29:28). No end credits.
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