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PBS Frontline: Comrades X: Soldier Boy (1986)

FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC]
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For the first time on Western television, Frontline details a recruit’s life inside a Soviet Army barracks. Frontline cameras follow Valera Krylov, 18, through the exertion and boredom of basic training in the military and focuses on his parents, who worry that in the next two years he may be fighting in Afghanistan. Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org ...more
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PBS Frontline: Comrades X: Soldier Boy (1986)
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2021Apr 10
For the first time on Western television, Frontline details a recruit’s life inside a Soviet Army barracks. Frontline cameras follow Valera Krylov, 18, through the exertion and boredom of basic training in the military and focuses on his parents, who worry that in the next two years he may be fighting in Afghanistan. Original recording provided by Ratterfat McWhiskers | Archive.org

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FRONTLINE PBS I Non-Official Archive [CC]

18K subscribers