A survey of the many different nationalities that make up the people of the USSR, from the city dwellers of Moscow and Leningrad to the primitive but proud tribes of the Caucasus and Siberia. Photographed in the 30's when unrestricted travel was still permitted in Russia, this film contains invaluable material available nowhere else and probes into areas of Soviet life the Communists have neglected- or refused- to film. A remarkable document. (1964 IFF catalog)
Films » Peoples of the Soviet Union
Peoples of the Soviet Union
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Summary:
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: Soviet Union
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Cinematographer: Julien Bryan, Jules Bucher
Production Company: IFF
Running Time: 38 min.
Years Filmed: 1930-1937
Decade Produced: 1930s (shot), 1950s (edited)
Years Distributed: 1960s-
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 1406'
Sound: Narrated
Notes: Footage shot before WWII. 16mm reduction prints made from the 35mm nitrate negatives (no 35mm prints ever made). This 2nd Ed. was distributed by McGraw-Hill from 1952 until around 1957; they made IFF re-do the narration of the 1st Ed. because it was determined to be too "pro-U.S.S.R.". Julien Bryan withdrew the title from McGraw Hill after the contract expired and distributed with IFF in the 1960's. All footage for Children of Russia, How Russians Play, A Russian Children's Railway, and Peoples of the Soviet Union was shot during the same expedition.
