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).

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Yugoslavia: Past and Present (10)

Yugoslavia: Past and Present, edited by Radmila Matic.  Hardcover book published by Yugoslav Review, Belgrade and David Harvey, London (no date, probably late 1960s or early 1970s). Text is in English.

Podravka of Koprivnica is one of the major producers of foodstuffs in Yugoslavia.  In the picture: the factory’s development center and laboratory.

Monday, March 26, 2012

The Winds of Wanderlust: Hiking and Tourist Trails in the Soviet Union.

The Winds of Wanderlust: Hiking and Tourist Trails in the Soviet Union.  Hardcover book published by Progress Publishers 1978.  All text is in English.

Water has become a familiar sight in the landscape of Central Asia’s deserts during the years of Soviet power.

To pitch a tent at the Pamirs is an attractive but dangerous undertaking.  For the weather may change rapidly.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Warszawa 1960 (3)

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

Industrial buildings in the Sluzewiec district

Main hall of the Sluzewiec race-course

“Stadion” electric train stop

Monday, March 19, 2012

Chinese Martial Arts. (4)

Chinese Martial Arts.  Paperback published by Zhaohua Publishing House, Beijing, 1982.  All text is in English.
 


Monkey shadow boxing

Exercises with the broadsword

Monday, March 12, 2012

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (4).

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.

Nine years ago pine-woods – today the place of the Iron Works “J. V. Stalin”

Alongside with the lignite combine, the socialist town of Hoyerswerda is being built

The big cookery of Lauchhammer is the world’s first cookery using lignite

The big cookery of Lauchhammer is the world’s first cookery using lignite

Germany’s first nuclear reactor at Rosendorf near Dresden

The German Democratic Republic has the largest Lignite deposits in Europe.  Large mechanized and automatic plants haul this most important raw material for our power stations and chemical works

The German Democratic Republic has the largest Lignite deposits in Europe.  Large mechanized and automatic plants haul this most important raw material for our power stations and chemical works

The VEB Dyestuffs Factory Wolfen

The Wilhelm Pieck Copper Works at Eisleben

The Brandenburg Steel Works and Rolling Mills

In Rostock a new sea port is under construction which ships of all sizes can call without needing a port

The Warnow Shipyard -erected within a few years- today mainly builds 10,000 ton-freighters for out merchant fleet

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Hradec Kralove (4).

Hradec Kralove, fotografie Zdenek Menec.  Hardcover book published 1982.  Text is in Czech.

Jungmannova ulice s detskym brouzdalistem.

Farmaceuticka fakulta.

Sidliste Labska II, v pozadi Kukleny.

Sidliste Vekose – Pouchov

Haskova ulice.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Along the Yellow River (3).

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.

Chairman Mao inspecting the Yellow River in 1952.