Odinnadtsatyy (1928)
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A rapid visual survey of machinery, labor and the Dnipro River presents technological development in the young Soviet Union.
The story
A rapid succession of images surveys technological development in the young Soviet Union. The footage gives particular attention to construction of the Dneprostroy hydroelectric power station, gigantic machines, and men and women working in a coal mine and a village. Close-ups of the Dnipro River recur, alongside images emphasizing moving wheels, pistons and other machinery. Russian-language intertitles provide propaganda statements, some apparently added later: their different typeface and lack of relevance to the footage suggest they may not have belonged to the original presentation. The film is a documentary-style presentation of recent technological achievements and their claimed contribution to growing material prosperity.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
A rapid succession of images shows mainly technological developments, especially the construction of the Dneprostroy hydroelectric power station, as well as men and women at work in a coal mine and in a village, other gigantic machines, and repeated close-ups of the waters of the Dnipro River. The film’s subject is a presentation of the technological achievements of recent years, which had contributed to a considerable rise in material prosperity in the still-young Soviet Union. In some scenes, particular attention is paid to machines and people in motion—turning wheels or pistons. There are also several dissolves from the flowing waters of the Dnieper over individual sequences. The Russian-language intertitles contain propaganda statements, some of which seem to have been added later, as indicated by their differing typeface and by the obvious irrelevance of these texts to the footage.
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