As the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin was one of the leaders of this new party and was viewed by many as a tyrant who would significantly influence future Russian political parties. Vertov had to please the leaders in government, especially Joseph Stalin; otherwise he would have been banned from making more films. ... During many parts of the movie, Vertov takes shots of factory workers, coal miners, and banks to represent the hardworking middle class. ...

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His first action was a speech to the Bolsheviks explaining that all land must be given back to the peasants, banks should be nationalised and that no support should be given to the Provisional Government. ...

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