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"The Road to the Wall" shows communist oppression in Russia, Eastern Europe, China and Cuba; and Russian Revolution scenes.

Film 'The Road to the Wall' depicts the rise of communism in Russia, Eastern Europe, China and Cuba. Opening scene shows a newly build section of the Berlin Wall, early in its construction period, and a line of German people viewing the newly built wall between East Germany and West Germany. Historical retrospective shows various scenes of refugees in various countries (China; somewhere in Europe) walking on roads and uphill with baggage in hand. Communist troops march. Refugees walk bare foot. Man carrying a child on his back. Huge gathering of people in Moscow at the Kremlin wall (near future site of Lenin's tomb). Vladimir Ilyich Lenin speaks to a crowd in Russia during the Russian Revolution circa 1917. Refugee women and children being checked by soldiers as they attempt to board a railroad train. Closeup of a baby looking frustrated or angry and throwing a baby tantrum. Bodies of dead refugees on the ground. View of Fidel Castro, in January 1959, with Che Guevara, and other rebels or revolutionaries, in Cuba. A person being executed by a Che Guevara revolutionary firing squad. Huge parade in Communist China in 1960. View of Chinese workers manually pulling what appears to be, a heavy gun carriage. Parade of communists in East Germany in 1961. The Berlin wall, and East German policeman on horseback riding to intercept persons attempting to cross. A few East German people making an escape from East Berlin to West Berlin by running through a gap in barbed wire at the Berlin Wall border, and being escorted by West Berlin citizens afterward. Armed East German guards at border marked with barbed wire and other obstacles.

Date: 1962
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064321
In the US, President Kennedy receives a message from Soviet Premier Khrushchev about dismantling of missiles in Cuba.

Events in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. U.S. President John Kennedy signs a quarantine order. U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers take off. U.S. Air Force interceptors and fighters take off from U.S. aircraft carriers at sea. Radar dishes moving. A U.S. battleship underway at sea. A U.S. aircraft intercepts a Soviet tanker and allows it to proceed. U.S. reconnaissance aircraft over Cuba. U.S. Air Force SAC (Strategic Air Command) bombers are prepared for a take off. U.S. missiles are prepared. Head Quarters of American Air Defense Command shows interiors of a control room. People wait for news. Exteriors of the White House in Washington DC. Exterior of the Kremlin in Moscow, Soviet Union. A press announcement about a message that President Kennedy has received from Soviet Premier Khrushchev saying that he will dismantle missiles in Cuba.

Date: 1962, October
Duration: 4 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070176
Cuban Army Pilots revolt and Cuban Foreign Minister accuses U.S. of committing aggression at the United Nations conference.

Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba. A Cuban Air Force B-26 aircraft in Cuba. Cuban pilots participated in revolt and then take refuge in Florida. Pilot surrounded by a large number of people. In Havana the acting Foreign Minister shows fragments of shells to the diplomats. The United Nations conference. Cuban Foreign Minister accuses U.S. of committing aggression against Cuba. U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Adlai Stevenson, denies the charges. Training site in Guatemalan foothills where Cuban rebels allegedly were trained. Soldiers with their guns. More troops train. Fidel Castro addresses a large crowd of people.

Date: 1961, April
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033521
Wrecking boats tow the USS Maine wreck in Havana harbor

Wreck of the USS Maine surrounded by wrecking boats and other vessels in Havana harbor in Cuba. The wrecking boats tow the wreckage of the battleship away from the harbor. (Spanish American War period.)

Date: 1898, April 21
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080651
Khrushchev Orders Removal of Missiles from Cuba during Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962

Kremlin at night in Moscow. Premier Nikita S Khrushchev speaks. Headlines in Newspaper 'Khrushchev Orders Removal of Missiles'. Photographs of Russian missile sites in Cuba. Russian ships at sea with missiles on their decks.

Date: 1962, October 28
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025266
League of Nations delegates after meeting: Scialjoa of Italy, Villegas of Chile, De Bethancourt of Cuba, Dandura of Canada

Delegates of the 7th Assembly of the League of Nations at the Council Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting is over and the Council members leave the hall. Shows several delegates such as M. Scialjoa of Italy, M. Villegas of Chile, De Bethancourt of Cuba, Raoul Dandurand of Canada. Empty meeting hall. Women work on typewriters.

Date: 1926, September
Duration: 4 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029357