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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

Then they fall into this machine which immediately dehumanizes them

Then they fall into this machine which immediately dehumanizes them

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Then they fall into this machine
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which immediately dehumanizes them.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:19
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 • E01 You were stripped naked, locked in a cell, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
You were stripped naked, locked in a cell,
S01 • E03 Yet no one can say with certainty - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Yet no one can say with certainty
S01 • E01 They bombard you with ludicrous charges - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
They bombard you with ludicrous charges
S01 • E02 Andropov believed that any element of descent, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Andropov believed that any element of descent,
S01 • E03 Everyone from common criminals to oligarchs - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Everyone from common criminals to oligarchs
S01 • E02 In 1968, Czechoslovakia, an ally of the USSR, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
In 1968, Czechoslovakia, an ally of the USSR,
S01 • E01 And maybe you were planning to assassinate Stalin. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
And maybe you were planning to assassinate Stalin.
S01 • E01 People always believe that the must've been some mistake - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
People always believe that the must've been some...
S01 • E02 The Prague Spring gave rise to hopes for more freedom. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
The Prague Spring gave rise to hopes for more freedom.
S01 • E03 Mikhail Trepashkin is still alive, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Mikhail Trepashkin is still alive,
S01 • E02 Hardliner Andropov used agent provocateur - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Hardliner Andropov used agent provocateur
S01 • E03 He left the organization in 1997 - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
He left the organization in 1997
S01 • E02 Then used this as a pretext for invasion. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Then used this as a pretext for invasion.
S01 • E03 Some of his former colleagues still serving, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Some of his former colleagues still serving,
S01 • E02 Oleg Kalugin received a secure cable in Washington. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Oleg Kalugin received a secure cable in Washington.
S01 • E02 By now he'd risen to chief of KGB station there. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
By now he'd risen to chief of KGB station there.
S01 • E01 KGB Chief Yezhov said, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
KGB Chief Yezhov said,
S01 • E02 The message amounted to a diplomatic bombshell. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
The message amounted to a diplomatic bombshell.
S01 • E03 In 1998, Colonel Alexander Litvinenko dropped by uninvited. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
In 1998, Colonel Alexander Litvinenko dropped by uninvited.
S01 • E01 Better that 10 innocent suffer than one spy gets away." - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
Better that 10 innocent suffer than one spy gets away."