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).

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Olympic Moscow (26)

Olympic Moscow, compiled by B. Bazunov and S. Popov. Hardcover book published by Progress Publishers Moscow 1979. All text is in English.

Moscow day by day

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Berlin Hauptstadt der DDR: Unter den Linden (The avenue Unter den Linden) (6)

Berlin Hauptstadt der DDR: Unter den Linden (The avenue Unter den Linden). Paperback booklet published by Berlin-Information 1980, 40 pages.



Botschaft der Ungarischen Volksrepublik

Saturday, February 21, 2015

New China (6)

New China. Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press 1953, unpaginated with black and white photographs. All text is in English.

An aeroplane on a patrol flight over the forest areas in Northeast China – an instance showing the deep concern of the People’s Government for afforestation

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

This is Poland (14)

This is Poland. Softcover book published by Interpress Publishers Warsaw 1972, 216 pages with colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. All text is in English.

Chiewki State Farm in Olsztyn Volvodship

Pasteurized milk is stored in vast containers

Cream is an essential ingredient of Polish cooking

Modern dairy in Olsztyn

Almost every kind of cheese is produced in Poland

Polish dairy produce is highly prized on foreign markets

Friday, February 13, 2015

Maklas Foto (5)

Maklas Foto. Hardcover book published by Izdevnieciba “Liesma” Riga 1971, with black and white photographs throughout. Text is in Latvian, Russian, English and German.

Laimonis Stipnieks. Bridge across Lorupe

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Inside a People’s Commune: Report from Chiliying by Chu Li and Tien Chieh-yun (7).

Inside a People’s Commune: Report from Chiliying by Chu Li and Tien Chieh-yun. Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1974. All text is in English.

 New operating room in the Chiliying commune clinic, which is the centre for a comprehensive medical network embracing cooperative health services in all villages.

“Barefoot doctors” give preventive service and treat ailments in the course of farm work, in which they themselves participate.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin (6).

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin.  Hardcover book published by Planeta Publishers Moscow 1975, 207 pages with colour and black and white photographs. All text is in English.

Air routes totaling more than 600,000 kilometres link the Soviet capital with all parts of the world.

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik (19)

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

PRAGUE. Weekday afternoon in Wencelas Square.

A group of young poets at DOBRIS CASTLE, the recreation home of the Union of Czechoslovak Writer

THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY AT SKALNATE PLESO in the Tatra Mountains at an altitude of 1,783 metres. Famous for the discovery of a number of comets (a total of 20 in the past ten years).

Changing the shift at the Jachymov uranium mines.

The quality of CZECHOSLOVAK MOTOR-CYCLES is confirmed by the stand achieved by motor-cycling as a sport. RACE THROUGH SARKA.

Monday, February 2, 2015

Érdekes Kalendárium 1978 (5).

Érdekes Kalendárium 1978. Paperback book/magazine published by Kossuth Könyvkiadó Budapest 1978, 192 pages. All text is in Hungarian.

 A vilag elso attommeghajtasu jegtoro hajoja a “Lenin” volt, 1957-ben bocsatottak vizre.

Olajfuro torony a tengeren