Eastern Europe: An introduction

Duration: 29

Genre: Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1987

Creator: Phoenix Film Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Through history the boundaries of Eastern Europe have been determined by wars. This film introduces students to the various nations that now lie between the Soviet Union and the western democracies. The region's people are shown involved in agriculture, industry, and at home, school, and recreation. The differences between state enterprises, collectives, and private businesses are especially well explained., This geographic and historical overview includes Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Rumania, Hungary, and Albania. Surveying the agriculture, industry, important cities and history of this area, now under Communist domination, we learn how a variety of landforms and diverse cultural backgrounds contribute to a wide variation of human use and living standards.

Complete Record: Through history the boundaries of Eastern Europe have been determined by wars. This film introduces students to the various nations that now lie between the Soviet Union and the western democracies. The region's people are shown involved in agriculture, industry, and at home, school, and recreation. The differences between state enterprises, collectives, and private businesses are especially well explained., Introduces the cultural geography of Eastern Europe including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Albania, and Bulgaria. Shows maps of major rivers, mountains and plains that make up the region and indicates the relationship of these landforms to use being made of them. Contrasts the primitive and modern living conditions which prevail in many areas., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.