 |
The Longest Day colorized version Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 358 seconds Clip from the 1995 colorized version of the 1962 war film epic The Longest Day produced by Daryl F Zanuck, featuring an early appearance from a young Sean Connery, also features Kenneth More. Related: cinema, colorized, connery, daryl, day, film, longest, sean, war, zanuck |
 |
Lenin in color Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 195 seconds Colorized footage of Lenin, World War 1 and the Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Sadly, Youtube's conversion of the file to a flash movie has degraded the colour slightly. Related: colorized, communism, lenin, russia, soviet |
 |
Wagner - Die Walküre - Act 2 Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 317 seconds The prelude and part of the first sene of act 2 of Wagner's "Die Walküre", the 'first day' of his epic tetralogy "Der Ring Des Nibelungen". From a concert performance at the 2005 BBC Proms from the Royal Albert Hall. Bryn Terfel sings Wotan. Lisa Gasteen is Brunnhilde. The orchestra of the Royal Opera House is conducted by Antonio Pappano Related: bbc, bryn, cycle, gasteen, german, nibelung, opera, pappano, proms, richard, ring, terfel, valkyrie, wagner, wagnerian, wagnerite |
 |
The East is Red (Widescreen) Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 367 seconds The spectacular Chinese musical epic "The East is Red" depicts the founding of the People's Republic of China and the Maoist revolution. It was filmed in 1964 and became a favourite during the Cultural Revolution. Here is the opening scenes taken from a widescreen print with English and Mandarin subtitles. Related: chinese, communism, maoism, musical, opera, revolution |
 |
Parsifal - Bayreuth production Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 519 seconds Transformation Music and Entrance of the Grail Knights from Act 1 of Wagner's final opera 'Parsifal', in a production from Bayreuth directed by Wolfgang Wagner in the late 1990's. Hans Sotin is Gurnemanz. Poul Elming as Parsifal. The chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival is conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli. Related: bayreuth, german, opera, parsifal, richard, wagner |
 |
Soviet/Russian National Anthem - Techno Version! Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 128 seconds A techno version of the "Hymn of the USSR", the original of which was also adopted by Vladimir Putin as the anthem of the Russian Federation in 2001, with revised lyrics. An abomination or an improvement?? I'll let viewers decide. Related: anthem, communism, federation, lenin, marxism, national, russia, russian, soviet, stalin, union, ussr |
 |
Mao Zedong Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 169 seconds Clips from the life of Chairman Mao Zedong. Music is from the revolutionary opera "The Red Detachment of Women", famously played to President Nixon during his 1972 visit. A chance to see the real man in action rather than the distorted, dishonest accounts in Jung Chang and Jon Halliday's narrow view in their character-assasinati on biography. Related: china, communism, mao, opera, tsetung, zedong |
 |
Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Bayreuth Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 586 seconds The overture and part of Act 1 of Richard Wagner's comic opera 'The Mastersingers of Nuremberg' ('Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg') in a filmed performance from Bayreuth in 2000. The chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival is conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Related: bayreuth, classical, german, mastersingers, music, nuremberg, opera, richard, wagner |
![Wagner\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/ZA2zGYkY-mM/2.jpg "Wagner\") |
Wagner's "Das Rheingold" - Animation Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 569 seconds DAS RHEINGOLD (The Rhinegold) The first part of Richard Wagner's tetralogy "Der Ring Des Nibelungen" condensed into a 30 minute animation, produced in 1991 for television. As far as I know, no other operas in the Ring cycle were animated. Sung in English. Sadly, does not feature Bugs Bunny or Elmer Fudd!! ;) Related: animation, cartoon, classical, das, nibelungen, opera, rheingold, richard, ring, wagner, wagnerian |
 |
Ho Chi Minh (1890 -- 1969) Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 171 seconds Film and photographic footage of Vietnamese revolutionary and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) Ho Chi Minh (born Nguy?n Sinh Cung). Defeated first French Colonialism then waged a war against US imperialism to unify the country. Nationalist? Communist? Hero? Certainly a unique and charismatic man. Related: chi, communism, communist, democratic, ho, independence, liberation, marxism, minh, republic, socialist, vietnam, vietnamese, war |
 |
Recreation of Mao proclaiming PRC Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 230 seconds A Chinese film depicting Mao Zedong founding the People's Republic of China. Title unknown. Related: china, chinese, cinema, communism, history, mao, of, peoples, republic, revolution, zedong |
 |
North Korean Parade Posted by: wagnerian1979
Video duration: 116 seconds A parade of the Korean People's Army and the people themselves paying tribute to Kim Jong Il. Related: dprk, il, jong, kim, korea, north, parade |
