Moscow Strikes Back

I was impressed on the footage about the Soviet Union on defending their country. As I go through these films, I have sympathy on nations affected by wars whether for or against the U.S. It defeats the bias brought upon the media.

The film begins the artistic impressions of a parade from kinetic body movements of a group, the dances and objects of culture (Mongolian), and the sturdy, strong uniformed march of the athletes, and the beauty of the floats. All were taken place at Red Square in Moscow. Then the scene changed.

The Soviet Union had to defend their country against the invasions of Germany. Red Square was filled with marching Red Army led by a marshal. Then the army was filmed on the field. The battlefields took place in forests, on snowy land, and small villages. Then eventually, the filming took place back in Moscow.

I was amazed about the determination and complete strength of the Russians. I truly admired the direction and gravity that the nation gave into their defense and reclaiming their territory. Yet they had a sentimental side. I really sympathize with them when they showed composer Tchaikovsky and writer Leo Tolsoy homes were ransacked by the German army. The library and architectural gems were bombed. Once pieces of cultural history are destroyed, one lingers in a lost translation of a story.

I admire the strategies taken upon military training. The Red Army wore camouflage white uniforms to blend with the snowy environment. The army transported themselves across the lands on skis. The visual sightings of thousands of men on skis enraptured me.

As I viewed about a hour of this film's timing, I still wonder about the people and the completely destroyed villages, towns, and cities. I reflect those images to what would happen if the U.S. was attacked. We would become refugees. Where would we flee? How would we hide from the attacking enemy? Numerous places including the people could not escape yet executed by the invading enemy. How would I walk across the California desert by no means of water, food, or protection? It is a pondering thought.

I'm really enjoying this documentary journey. The ratings of this film is the top on my list. The clear, precise, and well-documented footage of "Moscow Strikes Back" really gives a viewer a real glimpse to what happen and as he or she was presently there. My understanding of other nations is widening my scope of knowing the past to know the present. I will take that any day versus staying in the past and having pre-judgments and unreasonable, inconclusive bias.