Roma in the Soviet Union
Overview
- Description
- Excerpt from a film which compares traditional Roma life unfavorably with the life of the Roma under the Soviet system. Intertitle in English and French reads, "Awards for the Best Workers." Romani people on a kolkhoz (collective farm) receive awards at a ceremony. People clap and cheer as a woman is awarded three geese and a young boy receives a pig. A woman and a man lead a bull through a crowd of cheering people. A large portrait of Stalin hangs from the building. Intertitle in English and French reads: "The Century-Long Wanderings of the Gypsy." A Roma woman dances in front of a large crowd. Shots of individuals in the crowd.
- Film Title
-
The New Gypsy
- Duration
- 00:01:15
- Date
-
Event:
1935
- Locale
-
Soviet Union
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Russian Archives of Documentary Films and Photographs
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Propaganda.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:04:18:00 to 01:05:33:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2833 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2833 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2833 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2833 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL- Preservation
Preservation 2833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (Krasnogorsk)
- Conditions on Use
- Contact the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive at Krasnogorsk at filmarchives@aha.ru for permission to reproduce and use this film.
- Copyright Holder
- Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (Krasnogorsk)
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased a copy of this footage from the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (RGAKFD) in Krasnogorsk, Russia in August 2006.
- Note
- This is an excerpt. Total length of this film is approximately 268 meters.
- Copied From
- 35mm
- Film Source
- Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (Krasnogorsk)
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4941
Source Archive Number: 3990 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:00:18
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1004098
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