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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221190-09
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1960
Country: Russia,USSR
Location: Petrograd
TC Begins: 04:19:53
TC Ends: 04:28:13
Duration: 00:08:20
Memoir of Lenin Reel 2 of 2 Scenics: sunrise over still river. Boat among reeds. Birch trees in sunshine. Kettle cooking over fire outside straw house. 04:21:09 Archival footage of early demonstration w/ business men & military VIPs (GOOD). Interior of building w/ staged shot of man writing. Staged cavalry riding. Straw hut & rain. 04:21:58 CU of steam engine racing along rails, wheels, tracks (metaphor of revolution). LS of train. Moving shot looking down on port. 04:22:21 Interior of empty house w/ books, table, bed. 04:22:49 Military army tanks past camera & CU steam whistle. Staged passing out rifles to protect Petrograd during revolution. Empty house w/ newspapers on table, more added. 04:23:57 Archival of steam engine into station towards camera. Empty city from moving camera. Interior of room after Lenin moved out. Cavalry thru streets; empty apartment buildings, streets & moving camera. More of same w/ cavalry, staged arrival of troops in cars. 04:27:29 Entering large hall to cheering crowds. The End. Russian Revolution; Biographical; Loneliness; Emptiness;