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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(man speaks Russian) (soft music) They came one December night and arrested me

(man speaks Russian) (soft music) They came one December night and arrested me

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(man speaks Russian)
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(soft music)
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They came one December night and arrested me.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
578
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:00
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 As tanks closed in around the White House, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
As tanks closed in around the White House,
S01 • E02 Nowhere would prove more important - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
Nowhere would prove more important
S01 • E03 In the early morning, I rushed to the White House. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
In the early morning, I rushed to the White House.
S01 • E01 They pushed guns through our cell windows - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
They pushed guns through our cell windows
S01 • E02 When the KGB looked at Cambridge, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
When the KGB looked at Cambridge,
S01 • E01 (soft music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
(soft music)
S01 • E02 It was a very small establishment, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
It was a very small establishment,
S01 • E02 It was here, amongst what largely represented - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
It was here, amongst what largely represented
S01 • E01 Also inside these boxes, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
Also inside these boxes,
S01 • E03 Crowd's put their bodies in the way of tanks and trucks, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Crowd's put their bodies in the way of tanks and...
S01 • E02 It's this small group of people - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
It's this small group of people
S01 • E03 Tank crews were reluctant to hurt the protestors. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Tank crews were reluctant to hurt the protestors.
S01 • E01 We truly believed - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
We truly believed
S01 • E03 They had to choose, fire on your own people or switch sides. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
They had to choose, fire on your own people or switch sides.
S01 • E02 Many of them had all kinds of vices, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Many of them had all kinds of vices,
S01 • E01 (soft music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:17
(soft music)
S01 • E02 Most of them were very eager as well, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Most of them were very eager as well,
S01 • E02 They don't see at this moment in time, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
They don't see at this moment in time,
S01 • E03 The following morning, when Boris Yeltsin - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
The following morning, when Boris Yeltsin
S01 • E02 They see themselves as helping out a plucky, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
They see themselves as helping out a plucky,