Opening in Moscow (1959, D A Pennebaker)

RDimH presents:- The 45-minute feature from Pennebaker looks at the impressions of Moscow and its citizens under the regime of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, centered around the opening of the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow’s Sokolniki Park. The exhibition, supported by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, was one of the first cultural exchanges between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. that served as a critical breakthrough to begin the thaw of the Cold War between the two super powers. Opening in Moscow plays like a travelogue, providing a social document on the cultural divide between 1950s Soviet Union and America. The film is shot in colour — with a few black and white interludes — and focuses on the opening of the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow. I had expected there to be a little more focus on the logistics behind proposing such an event (I would imagine there would’ve been some interesting roadblocks during the process) and the planning and construction of the facility. We do see a bit of this in the first part of the film, but the majority of time is spent watching the Russian citizens marvel at the wonders of American life — via staged demonstrations — and in turn, looking at typical life in Moscow. Media Info: Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave File size : 579 MiB Duration : 49mn 20s Overall bit rate : 1 641 Kbps Video ID : 0 Format : MPEG-4 Visual Format profile : Simple@L3 Format settings, BVOP : No Format settings, QPel : No Format settings, GMC : No warppoints Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263) Codec ID : XVID Codec ID/Hint : XviD Duration : 49mn 20s Bit rate : 1 500 Kbps Width : 624 pixels Height : 464 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.216 Stream size : 529 MiB (91%) Audio ID : 1 Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 3 Mode : Joint stereo Mode extension : MS Stereo Codec ID : 55 Codec ID/Hint : MP3 Duration : 49mn 20s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 128 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Stream size : 45.2 MiB (8%) Screens: http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5066/openinginmoscowpennebak.jpg Share this rare gem! 19/4/2011

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RDimH (2011-04-19)

Turns out Imageshack don't like us.
Screens can be found here instead:
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rockstoryteller (2011-05-18)

wow! saw it at some festival 4 years ago, pennebaker brought it to moscow himself, along with "jimi plays monterey". please, seed!!! i wanted to find it anywhere all these years!