Children of Russia

Duration: 7:00

Year Published: 1940

Creator: International Film Foundation

Complete Record: Julien Bryan directs a film about Russian children between 1930 and 1937. Shots of book pages with Cyrillic. Shows some shots of children in peasant hats around peasant house. Some shots of classroom with a child looking throw a microscope. Adults working in a communal garden. The children tour of a fine arts museum. Features Moscow and famous sights. Shows a fair with a crowded jungle gym, jousting, stilt walking, faux fishing and bumper cars. Shows for children including: traditional Russian dancing (Two men in aprons dancing to the accordion), a puppet show. Communist parade through the streets with a huge picture of Stalin, a statue and Russian propaganda. Bike riders/ Cyclists are part of the procession. There are more shots of people holding up large pictures of important Communist leaders Stalin and Marx. Also in the parade big white flags, a faux airplane and a marching band. The next scene is a camp of children in sailor suits doing exercises: swimming, jumping, doing arts and crafts, dancing. Around the camp are large pictures of communist leaders. Sound is flaky.