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THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!


SUBJECTS — U.S./1945 - 1991 & Massachusetts;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Peace/Peacemakers;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Caring.

Age: 8 - 12; Not Rated; Comedy; 1966; 126 minutes; Color.

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The time is the Cold War. A Russian submarine has run aground near an island off the New England coast. A landing party is put ashore. Its mission is to steal a boat and tow the sub out to sea. The islanders think that the sailers are the beginning of a Soviet invasion. Some want to organize to resist ... and the hilarious high jinks begin.

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Children today have trouble conceptualizing the Cold War. This movie will make them laugh and a brief discussion of why the Russians would be spying on the U.S. and why the island's inhabitants reacted so strongly will shed light on this important historical era. In addition, telling children about the Cold War before they see the movie will improve their experience of the film. The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! is history made hilarious.

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Cold War

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During the Cold War (1946 - 1991) fears of outsiders coming to do harm to the U.S. were focused on the Soviet Union and its client states in the "Warsaw Pact." The Soviet Union no longer exists; nor does the Warsaw Pact. What does this say to you about the permanence of alliances and international rivalries? Given the fall of the Soviet Union, what would have been the benefit if the hotheads in this film had their way and some of the Russian sailors had been killed?


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