Narrated by actor james cagney. This army film presents a critical history beginning with the 1985 failed revolution up to the construction of the berlin wall. This halfhour film was nominated for a 1963 short subject documentary academy award. James at the roads end, the wall. These are the people who move along the road. Some walk, some ride. Some are wellshod, some are barefoot. Some are so young, they must be carried or so old. Of the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do so willingly. Others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary, land for the landless. Some protest openly. It doesnt matter. Some were born on the road. Many will die along the way. Havana, cuba, january 1959. This road leads to this wall. Red china, september 1960. This road, this wall. Berlin, december 1961. This road, this wall. In the beginning, the road exists in the mind of a 19th century philosopher and scholar, karl marx, who maintained only that only through a syste
Communicators on cspan 2. Announcer 2 november 7 marks the centennial of the birth of the soviet union in 1917 when bolshevik revolutionaries seized power from a provisional government that had been in place since the overthrow of the wash the russian monarchy earlier this year. Wall,962, the road to the narrated by actor james cagney. This army film prevents presents a criminal critical history beginning with the bolshevik revolution up to the construction of the berlin wall. This halfhour film was nominated for a 1963 short subject documentary for academy award. Narrator the roads and, roads end, the wall. These are the people who live along the road. Some walk. Some ride. , some areell shod barefoot. Some are so young, they must be carried. Some are so old. Of the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do so willingly. Others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary, land for the landless. Some protest. It does not matter. Some are born on the roa
Narrator at the roads end, the wall. These are the people who live along the road. Some walk. Some ride. Some are well shod, some are barefoot. Some are so young, they must be carried. Or so old. Of the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do so willingly. Others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary, land for the landless. Some protest openly. It does not matter. Some are born on the road. Many will die along the way. Havana, cuba, january, 1959. This road leads to this wall. Red china, september 1960. This road, this wall. Berlin, december 1961. This road, this wall. Narrator in the beginning, the road exists in the mind of a 19th century philosopher, karl marx, who maintained only there a system he calls communism can the worker and farmer avoid starvation and exportation. We declare openly, marx writes, that our ends can only be attained with the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Thus the road begins. Many who walk the ro
Some ride. Some are wellshod, some are barefoot. Some are so young, they must be carried. Or so old. Of the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do so willingly. Others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary, land for the landless. Some protest openly. It does not matter. Some are born on the road. Many will die along the way. Havana, cuba, january, 1959. This road leads to this wall. Red china, september 1960. This road, this wall. Berlin, december 1961. This road, this wall. In the beginning, the road exists in the mind of a 19th century philosopher and scholar, karl marx, who maintained only through a system of communism can the worker and farmer avoid starvation and exportation. We declare openly, marx writes, that our ends can only be attained with the forcible seizure and overthrow of social conditions. Thus the road begins. Many who walk the road know its origins well. Many do not. Some must be taught by those who do not travel it. This is
Anarchist, journalist, drama critic, advocate of birth control and free love, Emma Goldman was one of the most famous - and notorious - women in the early twentieth century. Against a dramatic backdrop of political argument, show trials, imprisonment, and tempestuous romances, Goldman chronicles the epoch that she helped shape: the reform movements of the Progressive Era, the early years of and later disillusionment with Lenin's Bolshevik experiment, and more.