Over on the other side of the world in the U.S.S.R., is a land called Georgia, the capital of which is Tbilisi. Here the Bryan cameras have recorded for American children the story of one of the fifteen Children’s Railways build by the Soviet Government, not as a pure entertainment device, but as a motive for furthering interest of youngsters in railroads, thus helping solve one of Russia’s major problems - transportation. The film is primarily for elementary schools but older students and adults will also enjoy it. (IFF promotional material)
Films » Russian Children's Railway, A
Russian Children's Railway, A
Alternative Title: Russian Children's Rail Road, A
Summary:
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: Russia
Tribe or Group: N/A
Cinematographer: Julien Bryan and Jules Bucher
Production Company: IFF
Running Time: 8 min.
Years Filmed: 1930-1937
Decade Produced: 1930s (shot), 1940s (edited)
Years Distributed: 1946-49
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 268'
Sound: Narrated
Notes: Footage shot before WWII. 16mm reduction prints made from the 35mm nitrate negatives (no 35mm prints ever made). 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.
