WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Poland
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Poland
WETA "WATTENBERG AT LARGE". Program on the changes wrought by the legalization of the SOLIDARITY UNION in Communist POLAND in 1980. A year after this program was made, SOLIDARITY was banned again and forced to work underground as a backlash against non-Communist organizations kicked in until the collapse of the Communist government in 1989. All footage originally shot on film.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Poland
MSs of Soviet Tank Command near Polish border; TLS of Soviet tanks on patrol; MSs Soviet Soldiers in training, jumping out of a helicopter, performing maneuvers, fording through river; LS helicopters in flight; MSs tanks. MSs of Polish Army soldiers marching in dress formation & standing at attention in Warsaw Parade; C/As Poles looking on; MSs soldiers performing rifle drill. MS of LECH WALESA being carried through streets on shoulders of fellow Solidarity strikers. MSs of Solidarity banner and Solidarity meeting.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Poland
MS street performer-- an organ grinder-- on street in Warsaw; a closer look reveals that it has pictures of Lech Walesa on it. MS of Solidarity trade union leader LECH WALENSA speaking in Polish, with subtitles, saying that the idea of Solidarity is much more than a union, it is a demand for the "little people" in Poland to be heard and respected, which Communism had promised to do; he says that Solidarity needs help from the West; a woman and her child (wearing a Tom & Jerry t-shirt) offer him a bouquet of flowers, which he gladly accepts. MSs of Lenin Shipyards workers on the job. MSs Solidarity press workers in print shop. VO closes with the observation that the Communists don't really represent the workers. MSs of rural Polish farmers in fields; MSs nuns, schoolchildren in Warsaw; audio of a Polish pop song; MS young woman smelling flower on shore of river.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Poland
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