In the Name of a Lofty Aim
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Shipping
Establishing shots of waterway bordering the Soviet Union and China as Russian freighters sail through it.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - China
Newsreel footage of Chinese soldiers in training, preparing for war: camouflaged men shooting rifles, machine guns, grenade launchers; running across a field and up a hill; blowing up a tank. Shots of a Progressive Party conference denouncing China's tactics against Vietnam.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Soviet Chinese Friendship Society
Establishing shots of Moscow. Interior meeting of the Soviet-Chinese Friendship Society, panel speaking and audience.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Soviet Chinese Relations
Footage from Soviet-Chinese Friendship Society rally, high angle of the massive audience. A young Leonid Brezhnev speaking. Montage of various friendly rallies in USSR and China: Chinese welcoming Soviets and vice versa; Chinese children applauding, waving happily to the camera; ends with newsreel of Maoists protesting angrily outside Soviet embassy.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Vladimir Lenin
Soviet children learning Chinese language in school. Vladimir Lenin talking, superimposed over books he authored. Newspaper editorial he wrote befriending China in 1900. Passages of books he authored, the pages being flipped. Lenin speaking. Montage of the 1917 Russian Revolution (October Revolution: recreation of Bolsheviks usurping State power).
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Chinese Protests
1920s footage of people in China protesting, marching.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Soviet Chinese Friendship Society
Former vice-chairman of the Soviet-Chinese Friendship Society, surrounded by Soviet youth, recollecting initial relations between China and Bolshevik party.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Chinese Revolutionary Army
Chinese Revolutionary Army soldiers circa 1920s. 1924 newsreel of Sun Yat-sen speaking to large outdoor crowd in China, invoking Socialist revolution. Cut to great shot of two Chinese women weaving a picture of Lenin.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Japan Invades China
Japan wages war on China, montage of Japanese forces invading & devasting the Chinese.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Russian General
Retired Russian general recollecting his war experiences in China, intercut with B&W stills of the war, Soviet weaponry.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Battling Japanese Militarism
Newsreel of Chinese fighting Japanese: Chinese soldiers climbing trench wall, shooting machine guns, firing howitzers; excellent LS of a stone tower atop which a Japanese soldier waves his native flag, only to get destroyed by a mortar shell. Newsreel of people of China rising to their country's defense of the homeland (wave of patriotism/nationalism), followed by footage of Soviet Union and Chinese troops battling Japanese militarism, liberating Manchuria, celebrating in the streets afterward.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Soviet War Veterans
Three Soviet war veterans looking at museum exhibit.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Chinese Socialism
Newsreel of China's uneasy transition to Socialism beginning in 1949: scenic shots, farming, rice patties, starvation, rural bleakness, later to be assisted by the Soviet Union: engineers unrolling plans, combines & trucks arriving on trains, locomotives crossing new bridges, in the Five Year Plan.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Post Revolution China
Good shots of bridges, automobile plants, and metallurgy factories being built. Good shots of workers celebrating the first smelting process, great pan of China's new industrial wasteland. Establishing a viable economy in Post-Revolution Socialist China.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Automobile Plant
People working in automobile plant. Man talking about training people in China to work on automobiles after the Chinese revolution.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Chinese Culture
Montage of Chinese visiting a museum: line outside museum, most carrying opened umbrellas; young and old inspecting the cultural artifacts. Montage of Chinese youth attending college: chemistry classes, private music lessons (Chinese girl on cello); ends with male Chinese piano prodigy during recital; people applauding, player in black tuxedo bowing.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Chinese Dancer
Galina Olavana riding in car. Still of Chinese dance master Mei Lan. Mei Lanfang performing for the camera in suit and tie, dissolve to him in women's makeup and clothing. Porcelain figurine, a Chinese dancer.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Navy
Chinese sailors meeting Russian seamen, shaking hands and exchanging smiles. Chinese women folk dancing aboard Russian vessel. Russian sailors applauding.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Chinese Culture
Old Soviet men talking to the camera about their experiences in Russo-Chinese relations.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Chinese Culture
Street scene with stone building. Violinist and pianist performing a classical piece. Chinese folk art on display, Soviet people viewing them. Chinese man giving lecture to Soviet audience.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Chinese Literature
Soviets perusing book racks at a bookstore. Soviets in a library, reading through Chinese literature, listening to Chinese language learning tapes at study carrels. Chinese textbook, zoom out to Schoolmarm teaching Chinese to Soviet children; shots of kids learning Chinese.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev speaking at the 25th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party. Silent, seated audience; stone-faced Chinese delegates listening to speech through earpieces.
In the Name of a Lofty Aim - Scenic Moscow
Scenic shots of Moscow.