Agro-Joint colony of Maxim Gorky

Identifier
irn1000625
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.27.2
  • RG-60.0403
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1936
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Betty Troper Yager

Scope and Content

MCU of boys and girls of Maxim Gorky Colony, most boys wearing no shirts. LS of electrified pumping station. Two women baking bread at outdoor oven, taking out loaves. LS of flock of sheep, shepherd and young boys. LS of solid large long buildings, perhaps workshops or stables. Intertitles provide statistics and further information about the scenes.

Note(s)

  • See also Film ID 2569, Story 3468 for outtakes/similar scenes from this film. See also NCJF's holdings under the title: "Founding a New Life: A Story of Rehabilitation" on USHMM Film IDs 2291, 2309, 504, and 522. Some of the scenes Morris Troper shot on his 1936 trip were used in this film.

Subjects

  • COOKING
  • FARMERS/FARMING
  • SHEEP
  • BREAD
  • SOVIET UNION
  • CHILDREN
  • JDC (JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE)
  • JEWISH LIFE (PRE-WAR)

Places

  • , Ukraine
  • , Soviet Union
  • , Crimea

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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