# THE TRUTH ABOUT COMMUNISM COLD WAR DOCUMENTARY w/ RONALD REAGAN Part 1 49894

A crawl at the opening seconds of the 1962 film “The Truth About Communism” explains that this film was shown to Alexander Kerensky, a lawyer, politician, Minister of War, and minister-chairman of the Russian Provisional Government overthrown by Communists in the 1917 Russian Revolution. Kerensky introduces the documentary starting at mark 00:35 , explains how he had been leader of the provisional government before being overthrown, and notes that the Russian people are victims of Communism. A passage of the Manifesto of the Communist Party (including the proclamation that the “proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains”) flashes on the screen at mark 02:25 before scenes of the revolution (taken by Russian cameraman as they occurred) are shown. Leon Trotsky, a leader of the revolution and a founding member of the Red Army, speaks from the back of a train at mark 03:00 , and at mark 03:10 we learn of the film’s narrator — Ronald Reagan — who as United States President nearly 30 years after this film would be influential in the fall of Communism. Reagan explains that it will be up to the audience to help meet the Communist challenge in the world and we see a map showing the “conspiracy that is communism” (mark 03:50 ) as well as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (mark 03:56 ), Chinese Chairman Mao Tse-tung (mark 04:14 ), Cuban leader Fidel Castro (mark 04:22 ) — all of whom claim that co-existence with capitalism is impossible. “There target is us. Our institutions, our…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: War, Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/49894TheTruthAboutCommunism)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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