[78-L] record siting in the movies

[Julian Vein]

On 22/03/13 10:50, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> I think I've mentioned this before, but watching a Russian theatre
> performance in Gothenburg some years ago - the play was about an
> American soldier shot down over Siberia during WW II and how he,
> surprisingly, was treated well by the village people and even had a love
> affair with one of them - I was even more surprised to see the villagers
> playing a Capitol label 78 on the horn gramophone.
> As the import of US popular records to this part of Russia probably was
> minimal at the time the pilot must have managed a really soft landing
> with his parachute and its musical content.
> Don't remember the tune, though.
> Kristjan
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How would an American soldier (airman?) get to a position of being shot 
down in Siberia during WW2? I thought Russia was an ally? Perhaps they 
were using the Gary Powers-U2 incident as a storyline?

      Julian Vein