Reluctant Comrade, The

Synopsis

Story of Robert Robinson, a black car worker at the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, who in 1930 accepted a year’s contract to work at the Stalingrad Tractor Plant in Russia. While there he was elected to the Moscow Soviet without his consent, and automatically stripped of his American citizenship. It was to be 44 years before he could leave, and even then he had to escape.

Series

Timewatch, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Year of production

1991

Availability

Sale; 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Notes

Broadcast on BBC2 in 1991.

Subjects

History

Keywords

biographies; motor vehicle manufacturing industries

Credits

Producer

Jane Treays

Cast

Robert Robinson

Production Company

Name

BBC Elstree

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’