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Soviet Elections

Scenes from the 1937 Soviet elections. The footage is split into three sections. "On the Eve", features scenes of people studying the election and the proposal of candidates. "Election Day" shows people casting their votes, including members of the Red Army and Lenin's widow, Nadezhda Krupskaya. Footage of Kalinin and Stalin casting their votes is then shown. "The Soviet Meets" features scenes from the first meeting of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, and from an ice festival held in honour of this session.

Credits

Society for Cultural Relations Between the Peoples of the British Commonwealth and the U.S.S.R (sponsoring body)

Complete catalog record
Original source: The British Film Institute | Archive Reference: N-508129. | Sponsored by Society for Cultural Relations Between the Peoples of the British Commonwealth and the U.S.S.R. | Reproduction of: USSR; United Kingdom, c.1937. 16mm Comb BW pos.
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:24:42) : sound, black and white | monochrome
Subjects: Elections -- Soviet Union -- History | Political participation -- Soviet Union -- History | Politics and government | Political participation | Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953 | Soviet Union | Communist Party (USSR) | Elections | Government | Politics | Education | Women | Workers | Red Army | Celebrations | Political demonstrations | Speeches | Festivals | Khabarovsk | Tajikistan | Tashkent | Moscow | USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) | Stalin, Josef (1878-1953) | Stakhanov, Alexey (1906-1977) | Moskvin, Ivan (1874-1946) | Gromov, Mikhail (1899-1985) | Lyapidevsky, Anatoly (1908-1983) | Krupskaya, Nadezhda (1869-1939) | Kalinin, Mikhail (1875-1946) | Molotov, Vyacheslav (1890-1986) | Newsreel/Cinemagazine | 1925-1939 | 1936-1953

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Sources

  1. UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record

Record added 2026-11-08 20:56:11