# ELECTRIFICATION, INDUSTRIALIZATION & MODERNIZATION OF SOVIET UNION PROPAGANDA FILM 50454

This historic propaganda film from the Soviet Union recounts the progress of the USSR in industry, including industrialization, electrification, and improvement in the standard of living of all Soviet peoples. Narrator: Lenin's idea of electrification remains the driving principle for all branches of the national economy, especially those that determine technological progress. First and foremost, metallurgy, the foundation of material production. Secondly, mechanical engineering, which is represented by more than a hundred specialized productions. And, finally, it is the all-mighty chemistry and its cheap and yet durable synthetic materials. (00.53) Many things depend on chemistry: the frequency of sowing, soil fertility, and consequently the solution to one of the most important tasks of this five-year plan, which is to increase the production of agricultural commodities, especially grain. (01.16) Our country is creating the material basis for communism, which requires building new facilities. But where? In which districts? (01.40) Take a look at the map, and you will know the answer. Siberia and the Far East are lands of endless natural riches. (02.23) There is an abundance of coal, gas, peat, and oil, as well as ferrous, nonferrous, precious, and rare metals. Their reserves would be enough even for the distant descendants of our great-grandchildren. (02.42) That is why the Party and the government decided to accelerate the speed of development of Siberia and the Far…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising, Propaganda
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/50454RussianShortFilm6)
- 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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