Birobidzhan (Jewish Autonomous Region)

Identifier
irn1004092
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.474.1
  • RG-60.4588
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
  • Music
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (Krasnogorsk)

Scope and Content

Excerpt from a film extolling the merits of Birobidzhan, capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region, which was created in 1934 in the eastern USSR. Scenes in a classroom. A female teacher shows Hebrew letters to a young boy. The rest of the film, not shown here, shows construction of the settlement, gold mining, a marble quarry, natural resources, and various scenes of the city.

Note(s)

  • This is an excerpt. Total length of this film is approximately 325 meters.

Subjects

  • JEWISH LIFE (PRE-WAR)
  • SCHOOLS
  • CHILDREN
  • JEWS
  • SOVIET UNION
  • BIROBIDZHAN
  • CHILDREN (JEWISH)

Places

  • Birobidzhan, Soviet Union

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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