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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(soft music) They shot people without trial

(soft music) They shot people without trial

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They shot people without trial.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
647
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:21
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 • 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,
S01 • E03 A simple handshake effectively determined the coup was over. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
A simple handshake effectively determined the coup was over.
S01 • E02 From 1940, these five Cambridge spies - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:16
From 1940, these five Cambridge spies
S01 • E01 (Russian National Anthem) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
(Russian National Anthem)
S01 • E03 President Gorbachev returned to Moscow, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
President Gorbachev returned to Moscow,
S01 • E01 Russia, the largest country on earth. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Russia, the largest country on earth.
S01 • E01 Misunderstood by many and feared by even more. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Misunderstood by many and feared by even more.