Summary

First scenes shown in America of Petrograd since Soviet rule showing pedestrian, sleds, school children in winter 1921

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # SIL 3776
Clip SR003594_03_01.mov
Date 1/1/2021
Title First scenes shown in America of Petrograd since Soviet rule showing pedestrian, sleds, school children in winter 1921
Description cameraman shoots film on streets of Petrograd, bystanders watch / VS pedestrians on snowy sidewalks and street / single horse drawn sleighs on city street / MS women shovel ice / MS man and woman shovel snow / MS baked goods in bakery window display / MS sausages and cheese in window display / Soviet flag flies over Winter Palace, formerly the home of Czar Nicholas now a museum of art and history, sleigh drives past / WS Alexander Column in Palace Square / VS ballet students and adult women climb onto sleigh / CU ballet students and older women on sleigh / MS two sleighs full of ballet students come toward camera, other students walk in snow; several wave / Note: exact month/day not known
Country Soviet Union
City Petrograd

Keywords

archival
newsreel
snow
winter
windows
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bakeries
bread
cheese
sausages
delicatessens
sleighs
girls
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women
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Soviet flags
flags
cameramen
movie cameras
shovels
ice
monuments
students
children
Winter Palace
street scenes
St Petersburg
Alexander Column
Palace Square
ballet
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