A link to a FLICKR group called "My Happy Soviet Childhood": A whole grab bag of images.
A few more videos:
This girl and her song seems to be remembered fondly by people w/Soviet childhoods, especially the boys:
Russian Children's Choir:
Translation of song:
Let them run
Stepping over the puddles,
And the water will flow like a river.
And it's not clear to the passers-by
On this unweatherable day,
Why I'm so happy.
Stepping over the puddles,
And the water will flow like a river.
And it's not clear to the passers-by
On this unweatherable day,
Why I'm so happy.
I play my accordion,
In the view of the passers-by...
Unfortunately, a birthday
Is only once a year.
In the view of the passers-by...
Unfortunately, a birthday
Is only once a year.
Suddenly a wizard flies in
In a light blue helicopter
And shows a movie for free.
He's stopping by for the birthday
And he'll probably leave
Me a present of 500 Eskimo bars.
In a light blue helicopter
And shows a movie for free.
He's stopping by for the birthday
And he'll probably leave
Me a present of 500 Eskimo bars.
A schoolgirl dances to a song on TV: Not so interesting on it's own but the girl is wearing what seems to have been a traditional schoolgirl uniform in Soviet times.
A Soviet children's cartoon: Little Fox goes with his grandpa back in time and frees a butterfly that grandpa let die as a boy. The moral is "anything is possible." What shouldn't be possible are evil and cruelty.
Another popular kids cartoon: This one has very stereotyped African characters with singing and dancing animals.
