Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

propaganda - 'noun', information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view (Compact Oxford Dictionary).

Friday, March 29, 2013

Warszawa 1960 (10)


Warszawa 1960, photographic elaboration by Edmund Kupiecki.  Hardcover book published by Arkady 1960. Text is in Polish and English.

View of the Silesian Bridge and the Praga district

 
Part of Central Department Store in Jerozolimskie (Jerusalem) Avenue

Residential block in Jerozolimskie Avenue

 
Grand Hotel in Krusza Street

Jerozolimskie Avenue; in the background, Central Department Store

Muranow housing estate, from the North-South Thoroughfare

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Along the Yellow River (12).

Along the Yellow River.  Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1975. (This album is made based on pictures and texts which appeared in China Pictorial between June 1973 and May 1974, with some editorial changes.) Text is in English.

Hydrologists study changes in the river course at the mouth of the Yellow River and secure data for river-control work.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Trips and Meals: Reminiscences of touring the German Democratic Republic and enjoying the culinary specialities of its interhotels (8)

Trips and Meals: Reminiscences of touring the German Democratic Republic and enjoying the culinary specialities of its interhotels by Hans Prang and Kurt Drummer.  Hardcover book published by VEB Fachbushverlag Leipzig 1971.

Interhotel Theeringen-Tourist

Interhotel Gera

Interhotel International Jena

Monday, March 18, 2013

Pyongyang (18).

Pyongyang.  Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Publishing House Pyongyang, DPRK 1980.  Text is in English.

New looks of the prospering capital (detail)

 Street in front of the Taedong Bridge

 Street in front of Potong Bridge in a holiday

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Moscow Metro Photoguide (10)

Moscow Metro Photoguide, written and compiled by Valentin Berezin, photos by Alexander Terziyev.  Hardcover published by Planeta Publishers 1986.  Text is in English.

Dynamo Aquatic Sports Complex

Europe’s largest Oncology Centre

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (12).

Deutsche Demokratische Republik.  Hardcover book published by Sachsenverlag Dresden 1959.  All text is in German.  There is a booklet with Russian, English, French and Spanish translations.

The National Armed Forces of the German Democratic Republic are a well-equiped army, prepared to defend the first German Workers’ and Peasants’ State against all enemies

 
The National Armed Forces of the German Democratic Republic are a well-equiped army, prepared to defend the first German Workers’ and Peasants’ State against all enemies

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Beautiful Kweilin (2).

Beautiful Kweilin.  Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1978.  All text is in English.

Yangshuo is famous for its kumquats, pomelos, persimmons and chestnuts.  Here pomelos are being transported.

A product of the Kweilin area is mangosteen, which is rich in sugar and also an important Chinese herbal medicine.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik (3)

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik.  Hardcover book published by SNTL, Prague 1957. All text is in English.

Sugar-manufacture has a long tradition in Czechoslovakia.  Today Czechoslovakia owing to its favourable climatic conditions, and also because of its highly developed sugar-refining industry, is one of the leading producers and exporters in Europe. – SUGAR-BEET FIELDS in the Elbe valley region.