HISTORY 201: Film & Censorship in the Soviet Union (Fall 2025) : Primary Sources
Primary Sources
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Rzhevsky Collection of Soviet FilmsCollection held at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater ResearchThe Rzhevsky Collection is one of the largest collections of Soviet films in the United States, with over 280 titles from the Soviet Union produced between 1925 and 1982. The bulk of the collection is made up of feature-length narrative films from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, one of the richest periods in the history of Soviet cinema. Most of the feature films in the collection are on 35mm film and have not been subtitled; however, a number of films have English subtitles or English voiceover narration.
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Socialism on FilmA collection of documentary, newsreel and feature films from Soviet, Chinese, Vietnamese, East European, and Latin American filmmakers. Ranging from the early 20th century to the 1980s, material encapsulates the themes of war, revolution, news, current affairs, culture and society.This collection was put together by the British communist Stanley Forman in the years after the Second World War. This is a resource for the study of propaganda, communism, the Cold War era and its conflicts, and the Soviet Union.
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Slavic and Eastern European Studies in VideoAlexander Street Press video collection
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Academic Video OnlineAlexander Street Press collection of almost 70,000 streaming videos spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
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Films on DemandEducational streaming videos on a variety of academic areas.
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Soviet Cinema: Archival Documents from RGALI, 1923-35Predominantly in Russian, occasionally in other European languages. Archive of materials related to the activities of the Soviet film company Sovkino and its relations with various other companies in the film industry in the Soviet Union and abroad from 1923 to 1935. Based on materials held in the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (RGALI).