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The Truth About Communism

The Truth About Communism

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1962

Runtime

1h 15m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Truth About Communism

Production Companies

Documentary Films, Inc

Director

Sid Fields

Description

Ronald Reagan hosts and narrates this documentary about the Communist threat to the free world. Alexander Kerensky, the first premier of the provisional Russian Government in 1917, formally introduces the film. This documentary traces the development of the Communist movement from birth, the Lenin years, its struggle for direction, the Stalin years (featuring a response by Leon Trotsky attacking the Stalin purges) and the ascendancy of Nikita Krushchev.