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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(audience laughs) It's hard to present Beria as anything other than an extraordinarily...

(audience laughs) It's hard to present Beria as anything other than an extraordinarily awful human being, but he was incredibly efficient

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(audience laughs)
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It's hard to present Beria
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as anything other than an extraordinarily awful human being,
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but he was incredibly efficient.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
62
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:45
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Concorde-New Horizons

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Movie Summary

Millions suffered at the hands of the KGB. Mass executions, secret wars and coup d'états. But today, the security network is arguably stronger than ever.
S01 • E03 This thinking, espoused long ago - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:17
This thinking, espoused long ago
S01 • E02 Now, armed with the evidence - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Now, armed with the evidence
S01 • E02 In 1994, nine years after his first contact with the KGB, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
In 1994, nine years after his first contact with the KGB,
S01 • E01 There are some people who try and say, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
There are some people who try and say,
S01 • E01 But then there are others who have a different - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
But then there are others who have a different
S01 • E03 In order to understand today's Russia, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
In order to understand today's Russia,
S01 • E02 I grabbed his arms, put them behind his back, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
I grabbed his arms, put them behind his back,
S01 • E02 Unlike most of those he betrayed, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
Unlike most of those he betrayed,
S01 • E03 Any threat, any challenge can never be considered - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
Any threat, any challenge can never be considered
S01 • E01 Lavrentiy Beria's crowning glory - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
Lavrentiy Beria's crowning glory
S01 • E02 After a lifetime battling America's enemies, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
After a lifetime battling America's enemies,
S01 • E03 Under Vladimir Putin, the KGB, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
Under Vladimir Putin, the KGB,
S01 • E01 When at the Potsdam Conference in July, 1945, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:14
When at the Potsdam Conference in July, 1945,
S01 • E02 I wanted to learn from the KGB, their trade craft. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
I wanted to learn from the KGB, their trade craft.
S01 • E03 To challenge it's authority, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
To challenge it's authority,
S01 • E02 One lesson from the Ames case - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
One lesson from the Ames case
S01 • E03 Over a century has passed since Lennon established - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
Over a century has passed since Lennon established
S01 • E01 But what Truman, Churchill nor anyone else in the West knew - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
But what Truman, Churchill nor anyone else in the West knew
S01 • E02 (dramatic music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
(dramatic music)
S01 • E02 Humans are the ones who stand behind everything. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Humans are the ones who stand behind everything.