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Guard at the entrance to Trotsky's exile residence, Mexico City 1937

Name: Guard at the entrance to Trotsky's exile residence, Mexico City 1937
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:05:05.895Z
Duration: 21 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)

A guard takes up position at the entrance to the compound where Trotsky lived after his arrival in Mexico. The security measures around the Casa Azul were no accident: Stalin had called on his followers at home and abroad to hunt down Trotsky, and warnings of assassination attempts circulated repeatedly. In May 1940 Trotsky indeed survived an armed raid on his house, before being murdered by a Soviet agent in August of that year. The guard at the gate reflects the daily reality of a man who lived under constant threat until his death.

Period: 1937
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE009783
Length: 0' 21"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 480,845,988 bytes

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