Yanks
for Stalin
Before
the Cold War, before Khruschev declared Stalin a mass murderer of his
own people, American industry worked at the side of "Uncle Joe" as he struggled to implement the grandiose goals of his Five Year Plan.
YANKS
FOR STALIN reveals the extent to which American labor and expertise
contributed to Stalin's massive
undertaking. See how the Depression drove executives, consultants,
engineers, skilled laborers and even citizen volunteers to the Soviet
Union. Rare footage shows the disparate fates that awaited them
there: the white collar Americans received privileged treatment,
while regular workers and volunteers lived and worked under horrific
conditions alongside their Soviet counterparts. As one man recalls,
"men froze, hungered and suffered, but the construction work
went on with a disregard for individuals and a mass heroism seldom
paralleled in history." The program also looks at how history
has manipulated the facts, from Russian propaganda to the efforts
of U.S. companies to hide their contributions to the Communist regime.
Here
is the fascinating chronicle of the improbable union between the
forces of capitalism and one of the most infamous dictators of the
20th century.
Featured
personalities:
- Armand
Hammer, American Industrialist & Philanthropist
- Henry
Ford, Pioneer of Assembly Line Industrialization at Ford Motor Co.
- Victor
& Walter Reuther, Founders of the U.A.W. & labor activists
- John
Scott, Former Socialist & son of Scott Nearing
An
Abamedia production for The History Channel.
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