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Another 'Ten Days That Shook the World'


I have a videotape from a company that probably specializes in public domain films, and this tape even leaves on the countdown used by 16mm sound films. Anyway, the 77 minute film is narrated by Orson Welles, it is titled "Ten Days that Shook the World", and it is mostly newsreels and photographs, but the opening credits say it occasionally borrows from Soviet movies -- which I take to mean the "Ten Days" that this web page is about. Given the slipcase says it is copyright Granada TV (n.d.), it is most likely a TV documentary. Certainly some sequences show top-notch almost Hollywood action-type direction, but I find the newsreels more interesting. I cannot find this film on IMDB.com. MPI Home Video puts it out, and copyrighted their slip case 1987. The technical quality is poor, as if it was video'd directly from a projection screen. Anybody know anything about it?

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I'm sorry that I don't. I have encountered similar newsreel highlight films, almost all of which have no attribution on IMDB or elsewhere. But Orson Welles? It sounds like you really have something there.

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I saw this at university yesterday. When the lecturer said he was going to show it, I thought he was going to show October (under a different title), which I'd already seen. But this is a completely different film. It has a few clips from Strike (the riot scene) and October (Lenin and storming of the palace) but apart from that it's all newsreel footage. I'm quite baffled as to why imdb hasn't given it a separate listing, especially as Welles does the narration.

Whether October was ever released in the western world as 'Ten Days that Shook the World' is another matter. Chaplin refers to having watched a film of that title but I assume he meant the silent film and not this with Welles' narration.

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If a movie isn't listed on IMDb, you can always submit the information. To do so, you need to enter a bit of information - at least 3 members of the cast or crew. The more info you can give them, the more likely they'll approve and display your input.

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Yes, I've done this before. But I didn't have enough info for it because it was essentially stock/documentary footage. The only name I knew was that of Welles. Fortunately somebody else has submitted it now though.

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I can relate to not having enough info. Occasionally TCM will show a short that isn't listed and not having any of the background information or even the names of the actors can prevent a film from being listed. I wish companies like TCM would compare their information with IMDB to develop a better base of knowledge on films. TCM has some information of movies online that IMDB doesn't have and vise versa.

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