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Segment 15 — Propaganda Triumph: The Transpolar Flight, Shirley Temple, and Stanislav Shumovski's PR Genius — Svetlana Lokhova — In 1937, the Tupolev ANT-25RD completed a dramatic transpolar flight to California—a major Soviet propaganda triumph made possible by stolen American technology. Shumovski, acting as master propagandist, orchestrated publicity arrangements including photographs with Shirley Temple. The aviators' tour, featuring meetings with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, transmitted a powerful military message to regional rivals including Japan.
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