[RUSSIAN 0001 footage]

Year Published: 1920s

Description: Duration: ~3:38 | Format: Black & white, silent film A silent-era Russian propaganda or fiction film from what appears to be the early Soviet period (1920s). The opening scene shows workers at a construction or machinery site. An intertitle card appears early reading "Who is for Co-operation?", establishing a collectivist political theme. Another key intertitle reads "Bolshevik tricks" around the midpoint, suggesting the film may be either pro-Bolshevik agitprop or an anti-Bolshevik counter-narrative. Scenes include a close-up of a weathered peasant face, a group of elderly bearded men (likely village elders or religious figures), and a large outdoor crowd gathering where men stand on an elevated platform speaking to the assembly — consistent with revolutionary-era political rallies. The imagery draws on the visual language of Russian cinema from the early Soviet era.

Complete Record: Duration: ~3:38 | Format: Black & white, silent film A silent-era Russian propaganda or fiction film from what appears to be the early Soviet period (1920s). The opening scene shows workers at a construction or machinery site. An intertitle card appears early reading "Who is for Co-operation?", establishing a collectivist political theme. Another key intertitle reads "Bolshevik tricks" around the midpoint, suggesting the film may be either pro-Bolshevik agitprop or an anti-Bolshevik counter-narrative. Scenes include a close-up of a weathered peasant face, a group of elderly bearded men (likely village elders or religious figures), and a large outdoor crowd gathering where men stand on an elevated platform speaking to the assembly — consistent with revolutionary-era political rallies. The imagery draws on the visual language of Russian cinema from the early Soviet era.