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).

Monday, November 28, 2011

A Hill Region Transformed: Introducing the Pi-Shih-Hang Irrigation System (7)

A Hill Region Transformed: Introducing the Pi-Shih-Hang Irrigation System.  Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1979.  Text is in English.


It has self-reliantly set up this small synthetic ammonia fertilizer plant.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Hradec Kralove (2).

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

Gymnazium J.K. Tyla se Stursovou plastikou Vitez.

Lekarska fakulta Karlovy university.

Statni banka ceskoslovenska na namesti Osvoboditelu.

Kulturni dum ROH.

Gottwaldovo namesti

Friday, November 18, 2011

Moscow Metro Photoguide (2)

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

Sokolniki Recreation Park
















 


Saturday, November 12, 2011

A Hill Region Transformed: Introducing the Pi-Shih-Hang Irrigation System (6)

A Hill Region Transformed: Introducing the Pi-Shih-Hang Irrigation System.  Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1979.  Text is in English.

With electricity, the local communes and brigades have developed industrial enterprises quickly.  This is a machinery repair shop in Hungchi Commune, Huochiu County.

Final inspection of walking tractors before leaving this Lu-an factory.

On-off devices for control of water going through dams.  Produced by a Lu-an farm machinery plant, they fill a need for water conservancy projects.

Assembly shop of the Anhwei Tractor Factory in Hofei.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Yugloslavia: Past and Present (7)

Yugloslavia: 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.

The Maestral Hotel in Brela.  This modern hotel fits in Harmoniously with the surrounding woods, mountains and sea.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Czechoslovak Spartakiades (5)

Czechoslovak Spartakiades by Julius Chvalny.  Hardcover book published by Orbis Press Agency, Prague.  Text is in Russian, English, German, French and Spanish.

A tide of more than 100,000 cheering and happy young gymnasts flood the capital of Czechoslovakia during the giant Spartikiade parade

Health and optimism are revealed in the faces of women and girls in the Spartikiade parade on Wencelas Square in the centre of Prague


The arms of girl gymnasts seem to create a lovely rosette growing out of the masterful blending of movement


The unique gymnastic display put on by the soldiers could not be spoiled even by heavy downpours which fell on two performances of 13,824 real men!

Even in a heavy downpour on the muddy field the girls did not lose their vitality and smiles