Kult'kino Documentary
department of Goskino headed by Vertov
Lenin Enrollment Large-scale admission of front-rank
workers into the Russian Communist Party in 1924, after Lenin's death
Map The following cities
and rivers can be seen on the map presented in this issue:
Top left: Нижний [Новгород] – Nizhnii [Novgorod]
[River
flowing through: Волга – Volga]
To the east: Казань – Kazan'
Further east: Пермь – Perm'
River in between:
Кама – Kama River
South of Nižnij: Пенза – Penza
South of Penza: Саратов – Saratov
South of Kazan':
Симбирск – Simbirsk
Southeast of Simbirsk: Самара – Samara
South of Samara: Уральск – Ural'sk
In between: Сызрань
– Syzran'
East of Samara: Уфа – Ufa
On the right side: Екатеринбург – Ekaterinburg
Encircled: Чехословаки –
CzechoslovaksRCP Russian Communist Party
Reconstruction
The longest existing version of
Kino-Pravda No. 21 (Length: 821m), reconstructed by the Munich Film Museum, is available
on
DVD, as well as
Tri pesni
o Lenine, for which Vertov drew extensively from
Kino-Pravda No. 21.Red Terror A period
of political repression and mass killings carried out by Bolsheviks after the beginning of the Russian Civil War in 1918.
Smychka A political term in Soviet Russia meaning "alliance," most often used in reference to the "alliance
of the city and the village" (between workers and peasants)
02:13–02:21
1918, Czech troops, allies of the
White army, captured the Volga region of Russia
02:26–03:39
1919, retreat of the Czech troops
05:46
[Intertitle:] The Comintern
18:44–18:49
[In this shot:] Lenin's sister Anna
22:14–22:17
[In this shot:] Lenin's sister Marija
22:18–22:22
[In this shot:] Lenin's sister
Anna
32:07–32:10
"Alliance" [The alliance is
smychka]
Further
information