REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA 1917 [Main Title]

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  • Title: REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA 1917 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1094
  • Other titles: WORLD WAR I [Series Title]
  • Summary: Documentary on the Russian Revolution of 1917 using maps, still photographs, actuality footage and reconstructions by Eisenstein.
  • Description: Eastern Front - Russian soldiers "in disarray". Shots of soldiers marching across snow, being blessed by priest. Artillery. Army in retreat, destroying communications. Refugees. Narrator tells of Russia's "overstretched economy" - shots of munitions factory, people queuing for supplies. Petrograd in winter - "two million freezing for lack of fuel". March l917 - prelude to revolution - shots of people marching, armoured cars on streets. Provisional government formed out of Duma - shots of Lvov and Kerensky. Desertions on war front. Shots of Tsar Nicholas and family prior to abdications. Footage/stills of Trotsky, Plekhanov and other revolutionaries. Zurich - shots of Lenin. Finland Station, Petrograd, to which Lenin arrives by sealed train. Losses on war front - shots of soldiers in retreat. Opposition erupts in Petrograd and Kerensky's troops open fire on crowd (scenes from Eisenstein's OCTOBER). Attempted right-wing coup - shots of soldiers in Red Square and on the march - Kerensky appeals to Lenin and others for help. Shots of Lenin speaking. Bolshevik takeover of key installations, scenes of popular rejoicing as the revolution continues. Russians under Lenin leave war - scenes of Trotsky arriving at Brest Litovsk to sign treaty. Final shots of doomed Tsar and family.
  • Alternative Title: WORLD WAR I [Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: IWM 1094
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM: PROJECTION PRINT ONLY - NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1964
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: Encyclopedia Britannica (Production sponsor) CBS News (Production company) Kleinerman, Isaac (Production individual) Shanik, John (Production individual) Collinson, Robert (Production individual) Wood, Douglas (Production individual) Benjamin, Burton (Production individual) Butterfield, Roger (Production individual) George, Frank (Production individual) Vose, Kenneth (Production individual) Jensen, Howard (Production individual) Reichenthal, Lee (Production individual) Toughill, Sally Cist (Production individual) Novik, William (Production individual) Stevens, Arthur (Production individual) Azzarella, D Ross (Production individual) Nissenson, Marilyn (Production individual) Chambers, Anne (Production individual) Halliday, Frederick (Production individual) Jackson, James (Production individual) Bruno, Si (Production individual) Edwards, Albert (Production individual) Gould, Morton (Production individual) Huber, Ethel (Production individual) CBS Orchestra (Production individual) Antonini, Alfredo (Production individual) Neroda, Emil (Production individual) Ryan, Robert (Production cast)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich (person) TROTSKY, LEON (person) Kerensky, Alexander Fyodorovich (person) Lvov, Gyorgi Yevgenyevich (person) Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (person) Alexandra, Tsarina of Russia (person) Plekhanov, Georgi V (person)
  • Keywords: 08/3(47) [1917 October Revolution] (event) Russia & Petrograd <Finland Station> (geography) Russia & Moscow <Red Square> (geography) Russia & Brest Litovsk (geography) Switzerland & Zurich (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 655 ft; Running time: 18 mins
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