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FILMS BY DZIGA VERTOV

Program 1 

1st May in Moscow

1923, 11 min. 25 sec.

The building of Sevzapkino. Columns of demonstrators are moving along Bolshaya Dmitrovka, Dzerzhinsky square, Pushkinskaya (Strastnaya) square, Kamenny Most (The Big Stone Bridge) and Red Square. Decorated cars and trucks. This is a Military parade on Red Square. L.D. Trotsky, N.I. Muralov, S.S. Kamenev are among the commanders. The demonstrators are carrying the models of a boat, plane and globe. The theatrical march. The members of the government and guests including K. Tsetkin are watching from the tribunes. There are lots of planes on the airdrome and square. M.M. Litvinov, N.I. Rikov and others stand near the plane. The plane builds up speed, soars in the air, leads for landing and lands. Hordes of people gathered at the aerodrome. Camera operator is shooting. The church on the corner of Ulitsa Myasnitskaya (Kirovskaya), the building of GUM (State Department Store) and  Khamovnichesky (Frunzensky) Council. Illuminated building.

Give Us Air!

1923, 29 min. 15 sec.

Aircrafts and aeronautic vehicles (airplanes, aerostats, airships, hot air balloons, hydroplanes) rest on the airfield, fly or lead for landing. Preparation of aircrafts for the flight. Testing and maintenance.  Different models of planes. Pilots including representatives from foreign countries. Passengers inside aircrafts. A plane flies above Red Squire. Air view of Moscow.  Staged performance of abdication of emperor Nikolai II. Demonstration and parade. People celebrate and dance in the streets. Speech of M.V. Frunze. L.D. Trotsky with a group of people stands near the building. Streets and squares of Moscow.

Goskinokalendar

1923, 5 min.  

Goskino (USSR State Committee for Cinematography) takes under patronage school “Ogne-Vzriva” (Fire-Explosion). Parade of school cadets. Professors Minkovsky, Ferster, Kozhevnikov cure Lenin. Palm Sunday in Moscow (GUM). Send-off of work delegation to Ruhr (Germany).

Goskinokalendar

1924, 5 min. 30 sec.

Moscow. Stadium on Leninskye Gory (Lenin Mountains): tribunes full of people, parade of athletes and youth, horse-racing competitions and shows, S.M.Budyonny is one of the guests. Meeting and parade on one of the city’s athletic fields.

 Goskinokalendar

1925, 5 min. 25 sec.

Moscow. Polish priest and diplomat Usas gets to the station on the way to Leningrad provincial court. Sessions of IV Krasnopresnensky regional conference of Komsomol. Buses of Moscow municipal services in Tver street during manifestation. Housewives of Baumansky district during elections into the Moscow City Council: meeting and manifestation near the Moscow City Council.

Program 2

Kino-Pravda No 1

1922, 8 min.  

Preparation of the plane for start-up, Red Cross plane takes off. Hand out of lunch to street children. Representatives of Pomgola (Famine Relief) Central Committee examine confiscated church values and draw inventories. Construction of the factory and oil derricks. Demonstration near Vindavsky station in Moscow in support of right socialist-revolutionaries.

Kino-Pravda No 2

1922, 7 min. 45 sec.

Meeting on the occasion of Kashirskaya powerstation opening. On the tribune are A.I. Rykov, A.S. Yenukidze, V.V.Schmidt.  P.A. Bogdanov, A.S. Yenukidze and A.I. Rykov take the floor. Participants of the meeting listen to their speeches. Treat for the workers. Participants drink tea at the big table. Military wind band is playing. The children swing on the swings.

The trial on right socialist-revolutionaries. House of Unions. Defendants, associate justices, prosecutors and advocates enter the building. Among them: Konoplyova, Semenov, Tager, Ratner, Galkin, N.A.Krylenko, A.V.Lunacharsky, T.Libkneht, K.Rosenfeld. A courtroom. The defendants stand. The board of justices sit behind desks. The Members of Supreme Tribunal sit at the table. G.L.Pjatakov pleads.

Kino-Pravda No 3

1922, 5 min 25 sec.

At the trial of socialist-revolutionaries: the Supreme tribunal sitting, discussion meeting of defenders. There are some foreign defenders on the sitting: E.Vandervelde, K.Rosenfeld and others. Defendants talk to defenders.

Meeting on Red Square. The columns of demonstrators go along Red Square with banners. G.L.Pjatakov, N.V.Krylenko, N.I.Bukharin make the speeches.

Kino-Pravda No 4

1922, 6 min. 50 sec.

Moscow. The trial on left socialist-revolutionaries. The Members of Supreme Tribunal, prosecutors. The advocate Muravieva makes a pleading. Among those present are N.V. Krylenko and A.V.Lunacharsky. Airmobile rally “Moscow-Sevastopol- Moscow”. Aeromobile at the start and on its way. Moscow. Delivery of bread to starving areas by barges. Loading of bags onto the barges. Sochi. A resort “The Caucasian Riviera”. Premises, resort area, beach. Ancient fortress ruins. The vacationers. Tuapse. Outdoor cafe. Men around small tables are playing backgammon.

Kino-Pravda No 5

1922, 5 min. 55 sec. 

The commissioner of agriculture V.Yakovenko during expedition across Siberia talks to peasants. Tilling by plow and by tractor. Sochi. Sanatorium “The Caucasian Riviera’. Buildings, park territory, vacationers. Anapa. Sanatorium of doctor Budinsky. The vacationers take medical seances. Gelendzhik. Treatment of children in children's sanatorium on the cape Solntsedar. Moscow. “Red Derby” at Moscow hippodrome. Horse heats, public on the tribunes, the winners.

Kino-Pravda No 6

1922, 4 min. 35 sec.

The tram after the accident at Zamoskvoretsky bridge. Workers in the workshops of 1st motor and armor factory. Armored units of the Red Army on tactical training exercise.

Kino-Pravda No 7

1922, 8 min. 15 sec.

Moscow. The Supreme tribunal sitting on the case of Usov who was assigned to kill V.I. Lenin. Usov gives evidence. Among those present are: G.L.Pjatakov, And. V.Lunacharsky. Siberia. Village Taseevo. Houses burnt by troops of  V.Kolchak. Construction of households. Lake Baikal. Railway station Slyudyanka. Micaceous deposit. Sochi. The botanical garden (Khudyakov's park). Blossoming trees. Tuapse. Vacationers toast on a beach and bathe in the sea. Persia. A city of Enzeli. Loading of silk for the Baku fair. Afghanistan. The city of Kabul. A market. Celebrations of a religious holiday of Uraza. Caucasus. The sight of village Krasnaya Polyana (Red glade).

Kino-Pravda No 8

1922, 10 min. 25 sec.

The participants of judical trial over socialist-revolutionaries are in a courtroom of Supreme Tribunal. The prosecutors are M.N.Pokrovsky, V.Lunacharsky, N.V. Krylenko, the defenders N.I.Bukharin and F.Y. Kon are on a tribune. Billposter fixes on a board a newspaper with the text of the decision of Presidium of All-Russian General Executive Committee (VTSIK) on the case of right socialist-revolutionaries.

The group of men examines fragments of aeroplane after the crash on Khodynskoye field in Moscow. Workers do restoration works of Moscow tram line, section “Moscow - village Vakhvjatskoye”. Passengers go in a tram along one of Moscow streets.

Tractor and tank perform ramming works at Khodynskiy airdrome.