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History of Russia in the Film Documents
2. Evgeny F. Krinko, Gennadiy S. Chumachenko
“My Life, Cinema, Black-and-White Movie”: Film Documents as Historical Sources
Russkii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 6–12.
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3. Irina N. Graschenkova, Emilia I. Kosmochevskaya, Irina G. NikitinaRusskii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 6–12.
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The article serves as introduction and presents the materials of a special issue of “Russian Archive”: the verbatim report and the resolution of the round table on the topic “The Newsreel Footage as a Visible Memory of the Epoch”, theoretical and applied articles (by G.N. Lanskoy, G.E. Malysheva, A.A. Babkin, A.A. Paramonova), archival documents (publisher G.S. Chumachenko), and director’s memoires of L.P. Korshik. Along with newsreel, popular scientific, educational, institutional films, and amateur movies are considered as historical sources. The authors analyzed the issues of documentary publication principles, as well as the facts of improper use of newsreels.
The article serves as introduction and presents the materials of a special issue of “Russian Archive”: the verbatim report and the resolution of the round table on the topic “The Newsreel Footage as a Visible Memory of the Epoch”, theoretical and applied articles (by G.N. Lanskoy, G.E. Malysheva, A.A. Babkin, A.A. Paramonova), archival documents (publisher G.S. Chumachenko), and director’s memoires of L.P. Korshik. Along with newsreel, popular scientific, educational, institutional films, and amateur movies are considered as historical sources. The authors analyzed the issues of documentary publication principles, as well as the facts of improper use of newsreels.
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The Newsreel Footage as Visible Memory of the Epoch Proceedings of the Round Table
Russkii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 13-50.
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Russkii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 13-50.
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Conference meeting in the Round table format on a theme “Newsreel Footage as Visible Memory of the Epoch” was organized by the Moscow Documentary Club Named after Gemma and Vladislav Mikosha “Window to Russia. Link of Times” at the Union of Cinematographers of Russia and was held in the Moscow House of Cinema. During the meeting there was an extensive discussion of the various problems of modern documentary filmmaking: creative and production issues, shooting of newsreel to create the film documents as a form of visible history, the screening of the film on television, replenishment of the film archives, storage of film as the most practical information carrier of historical data and as an original document. Documentary filmmakers, archivists, historians, pedagogues, scientific employees of archives and museums, representatives of mass media and public organizations attended this conference.
Conference meeting in the Round table format on a theme “Newsreel Footage as Visible Memory of the Epoch” was organized by the Moscow Documentary Club Named after Gemma and Vladislav Mikosha “Window to Russia. Link of Times” at the Union of Cinematographers of Russia and was held in the Moscow House of Cinema. During the meeting there was an extensive discussion of the various problems of modern documentary filmmaking: creative and production issues, shooting of newsreel to create the film documents as a form of visible history, the screening of the film on television, replenishment of the film archives, storage of film as the most practical information carrier of historical data and as an original document. Documentary filmmakers, archivists, historians, pedagogues, scientific employees of archives and museums, representatives of mass media and public organizations attended this conference.
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Articles and Reports
4. Grigory N. Lanskoy
Problems and Methods of Source Study of Cinema Documents
Russkii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 51-56.
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5. Galina E. MalyshevaRusskii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 51-56.
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The article is devoted to basic problems of analysis and interpretation of cinema documents in historical studies, with the possibility of shared approach to the study of cinema and paper documents, the using of art studies principles to the analysis of cinema documents and the efficacy of textual approach to the study of cinema documents among them. The forms of applying different scientific methods to the evaluation of cinema documents as historical sources are also discussed in the article.
The article is devoted to basic problems of analysis and interpretation of cinema documents in historical studies, with the possibility of shared approach to the study of cinema and paper documents, the using of art studies principles to the analysis of cinema documents and the efficacy of textual approach to the study of cinema documents among them. The forms of applying different scientific methods to the evaluation of cinema documents as historical sources are also discussed in the article.
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Russian State Archive of Film and Photo: Problems of Scientific Processing of Audiovisual Documents and the Possibility to Counter the Falsification of Historical Newsreels
Russkii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 57–64.
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6. Aleksandr A. BabkinRusskii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 57–64.
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The article is devoted to the study of film documents of the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive restoring the initial cut and its descriptions, editing assembling sheets, creating a system of film catalogues. Several case studies illustrate the falsification of the historic chronicles in the early 20th century and contemporary cinema and TV production.
The article is devoted to the study of film documents of the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive restoring the initial cut and its descriptions, editing assembling sheets, creating a system of film catalogues. Several case studies illustrate the falsification of the historic chronicles in the early 20th century and contemporary cinema and TV production.
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Fairs in the RSFSR During the Period of the New Economic Policy (1921–1929) in the Documents of the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive
Russkii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 65–72.
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7. Alevtina A. ParamonovaRusskii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 65–72.
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The article characterizes the film documents of the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive on the history of fairs in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic during the period of the New Economic Policy (1921–1929). The article elaborates on the contents of the archive film documents about the renewal and work of the Nizhny Novgorod and Sverdlovsk Fairs during the Soviet period.
The article characterizes the film documents of the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive on the history of fairs in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic during the period of the New Economic Policy (1921–1929). The article elaborates on the contents of the archive film documents about the renewal and work of the Nizhny Novgorod and Sverdlovsk Fairs during the Soviet period.
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The Use of the Newsreel and Aerial Photographs for Creating the Map “Borodino Battlefield During the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945”
Russkii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 73–81.
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Russkii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 73–81.
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The author presents the results of how newsreel and aerial photographs as valuable historical documents were jointly used for creating the map “Borodino Battlefield During the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945”. Particular attention is paid to the use of the frames of the German newsreel for the detection and identification of anti-tank earthen barriers and military fortifications of the Mozhaisk defensive line at Borodino battlefield.
The author presents the results of how newsreel and aerial photographs as valuable historical documents were jointly used for creating the map “Borodino Battlefield During the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945”. Particular attention is paid to the use of the frames of the German newsreel for the detection and identification of anti-tank earthen barriers and military fortifications of the Mozhaisk defensive line at Borodino battlefield.
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Publication of Sources
8. Gennadiy S. Chumachenko
Documentary Film as a Document of History: Unknown Pages of Soviet Arctic Air Expeditions 1948–1950
Russkii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 82–95.
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9. Lyudmila P. KorshikRusskii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 82–95.
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This is the first publication of unknown archival materials from the scientific documentary film “To the Center of the Arctic” about Soviet High Latitude Air Research Expeditions (HLAE) called “North” in 1948–1950. Comparative analysis of the footage and text documents from other archives, has allowed revealing new facts, expanding and clarifying information about a secret military-technical expeditions’ Program and its participants.
This is the first publication of unknown archival materials from the scientific documentary film “To the Center of the Arctic” about Soviet High Latitude Air Research Expeditions (HLAE) called “North” in 1948–1950. Comparative analysis of the footage and text documents from other archives, has allowed revealing new facts, expanding and clarifying information about a secret military-technical expeditions’ Program and its participants.
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Personal Chronicle of the Time of Troubles: Memories of the Documentary Director
Russkii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 96-100.
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10. Russkii Arkhiv, 2016, Vol. (11), Is. 1, pp. 96-100.
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The paper presents the memoirs of the documentary director about her work in the Sverdlovsk Film Studio in the turbulent times of Perestroika, the collapse of the USSR, and destruction of the Soviet cinema traditions. The story of the filmmakers’ desire to reflect the truth about the changes in the social and political life of the country and the causes of social and national conflicts in their creative work is shown.
The paper presents the memoirs of the documentary director about her work in the Sverdlovsk Film Studio in the turbulent times of Perestroika, the collapse of the USSR, and destruction of the Soviet cinema traditions. The story of the filmmakers’ desire to reflect the truth about the changes in the social and political life of the country and the causes of social and national conflicts in their creative work is shown.
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