USSR TV End of Day Sign-off with Anthem (Translated into English + Subtitled)

It has got to be said, I am quite the anthem junkie. One thing that's always fascinated me is the TV sign-off. Before the advent of twenty-four-hour television, channels would shut off broadcasts at a given time each night and show a "sign-off" to tell viewers to turn off the TV. Most channels all around the world (including this one, TB CCCP) showed the national anthem accompanied by patriotic images or videos; others (Like RTÉ in Ireland) would broadcast a prayer or religious song.

The practice of "signing-off" has largely grown out of fashion around much of the world because TV channels either show programming through the night or fill the wee hours with advertising. However, a few local stations in the USA have reintroduced the practice as a means to instil patriotism and Radio 4 in the UK also still plays "God Save the Queen" daily.

Finding the anthem sign off for TV in the USSR was... difficult to say the least. There seem to be a lot of videos on English-speaking youtube of the anthem itself, but none of the wider sign-off process around it. I had heard of a USSR anthem sign-off in various forums but I never found a video of it. In fact, it was only through the help of Yanex ("Russian Google") and Google Translate that I was able to find this archive footage on a Russian-language site. It shows the CCCP TB (Soviet equivalent of BBC/NHK) end of day sign off from the 1980s.

To aid English-language viewers, I have added subtitles throughout this video showing a translation of the original Russian anthem. Please turn on "closed captions" and select "English" if you would like to see them (the translation is an original by myself, feel free to use it for any use whatsoever).

This video is particularly interesting because it features the famous "turn off your TV" notice at the very end. Legend has it that this was included because Soviet TVs had a nasty habit of exploding and starting house fires when they were left on overnight.

I translated and uploaded this USSR TV startup video for fellow anthem-enthusiasts and it is NOT a political endorsement/message of any kind. Please keep the comments civil. Furthermore, Russian copyright law declares that all Soviet state symbols including this anthem are in the public domain.
Credits to Macheath
for making a Californian frame-by-frame remake of this very video: https://youtu.be/XvlqiUoIIJs
- Nick

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