Bridgeman Arts
Navy soldiers on board a ship. Diploma ceremonies. USSR, 1973
Clip 7 from the 1973 propaganda film The Soviet Army. Soviet navy soldiers on board a ship engaging in training and problem solving. Water gushes through the ship wall as students try to block it. Soldiers under water and operating naval...
Hearst Metrotone News
Russian leader Vladimir Lenin dies in 1924.
Russian leader Vladimir Lenin dies in 1924.
Bridgeman Arts
City scenes, natural landscapes of Kiev and the Black Sea, and wildlife of Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 2 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Medium close up of woman in folk Ukrainian dress and hairstyle talking to camera. Shots of street in Ukrainian...
Curated Video
Russia Before the 1917 Revolution
A war within a war. The 26th installment in a 32-part series on the Great War investigates the fall of the Russian Empire. Scholars analyze a short video clip leading to a discussion of the failure of Czar Nicholas II to hold together a...
Crash Course
Soviet Montage
Why are film montages in movies so compelling? Learn about the origins and effectiveness of the Soviet montage, as well as discontinuity editing and other filmmaking techniques—and political statements—that arose from the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Communism
A discussion of capitalism, socialism, communism, and the philosophies of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. [15:04]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World War I Eastern Front
Why did Russia leave WWI early? This video uses maps and pictures to explain how and why Russia was involved in the war and what the political climate was like in Russia that led to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Also included is a...