1979 Soviet Propaganda Cartoon: ‘Shooting Range’ [updated]

For your Sunday commie cartooning experience!

First, we found this description of this film at Febriblog? An Appreciation of Neglected Films (which looks pretty awesome itself):

Shooting Range, well, it’s a different beast all together. No two ways about it, Shooting Range is pure unadulterated propaganda. Its story is also simple; a young man wanders the bustling metropolis desperately looking for a job, a mere innocent peasant in the hands of corporate evil and greed. So naturally, our hero eventually finds a job from a lasciviously kind tycoon, as a human target in a shooting range. Live in a capitalist world, and you are setting yourself up as a walking bullseye. It’s essentially The Most Dangerous Game for the set who found that film to be a bit too subtle. But once again, the animation is stunning to behold, a sense of movement that really does convey a level of panic in the viewer. That, and it’s hilarious.

Part I:

Part II:

Bonus: A 1966 Soviet anti-Beatles film excerpt: “When they started their career, they wore nothing but swimming trunks and toilet seats around their necks.”

We have no idea if that’s actually what the narrator says – but we sure hope so!

Update: Now with actual anti-Beatles video!

Here’s a longer, all Russian version.