# 1935 SOVIET PROPAGANDA FILM " VICTORY OF COLLECTIVIZATION " RUSSIAN FARMING / GRAIN HARVEST 57294

This film "Victory of Collectivization" dates to 1935. It is a Soviet documentary portraying the aftermath of the collectivization, which was begun in 1927, 8 years later. The film lauds the new methods of organization of agricultural labor – collective farms (kolkhozes), centered around the newly-created Machine-tractor-stations (see below) and shows various types of agricultural machinery in use during this period – notably the Caterpillar harvester, Fordson tractors and the first domestically-designed and manufactured Soviet tractor – the S-60. Portrayed are also the Soviet udarniks Pasha Angelina, Maria Demchenko, Konstantin Borin. The movie ends on the results of the plenary meeting of the 2nd all-Union assembly of the agricultural workers in 1935. 0:20 "Onwards to take agriculture by storm!" 0:35 - 0:40 Holt-Caterpillar harvesters (or Soviet copies). This a Soviet tractor produced at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant between 1933 and 1937. It was based on the American Caterpillar Sixty tractor and was mostly produced for the Red Army, which used them extensively to haul artillery, as the tractor was heavily built and had a powerful engine. 0:46 C-60 "Stalinets" Caterpillar diesel-based Soviet tractor 0:51 Shipping the C-60 tractors by railway 0:55 to 1:22 Shots of the Soviet rural inhabitants (non-doctored/non-Potemkin Village-style)1:23 to 1:43 People riding Fordson and Fordson-Putilovets tractors (Soviet licensed copy of the American Fordson) 2:01 to 2:04 - Shot of a…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising, Propaganda
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/52794-soviet-harvest)
- 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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