Esther Shub - close-up (1972)

The book by E. Shub "Close-up".

Newsreel: Nicholas II with his wife and heir get into the carriage, the carriage moves off.

Nicholas II with his wife, heir, accompanying members of the Imperial family, representatives of the clergy and ranks of the Retinue walk through the Kremlin territory during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov in 1913. Views of the ceremonial procession with the participation of Nicholas II. Photograph of part of the city of Surazh.

Photographs of E. Shub in childhood and youth.

Fragments of silent Western films alternate with photographs of the director G. M. Kozintsev.

Photograph of E. Shub watching a film reel.

Boxes with film (panorama).

Watching a film reel on a light table.

Newsreel: Lenin V. I. in his apartment in the Kremlin with a cat in his arms talks with the American journalist L. Eyre in February 1920. Lenin sitting in a car before leaving Red Square on May 1, 1919. Photographs from the Lenin newsreel.

Poster for the documentary film "The Great Way".

Newsreel included in the film "Russia of Nicholas II and Leo Tolstoy": Tolstoy L.N. walks with his wife in the park in 1908. Tolstoy sits in an armchair in the park, reading.

Interview with film director G.M. Kozintsev about the work of E. Shub (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Newsreel included in E. Shub's film "The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty": Nicholas II and the heir inspect the formation of the crew of one of the ships.

Members of the Imperial family dance on the deck of the yacht "Shtandart" with the Grand Duchesses, daughters of Nicholas II. Diggers dig a ditch.

A peasant mows grain.

A woman ties sheaves in a field.

Threshing on the threshing floor with hand flails.

Production processes in factories and plants.

Miners working in the coalface with picks, rolling a coal car.

A miner-drag driver in the coalface.

Removing stones from the quarry in a horse-drawn car.

Peasant settlers read advertisements for land plots in remote provinces.

A passenger train at the platform.

Prisoners are led out of the prison car.

Prisoners under escort pass through the prison yard.

Loaders carry bales to the deck, stack them in a pile.

Continuation of Kozintsev's interview (synchronously).

Newsreel (fragments of the film "The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty"): searchlights illuminate the sea at night.

A shell explodes.

Military action on the fronts of World War I. A British tank in battle.

View of the terrain with troops stationed there (from above), a reconnaissance aircraft observer transmits information using an onboard telegraph.

An anti-aircraft gun mounted on a truck platform fires at an aerial target.

A downed aircraft falls.

The remains of the aircraft burn out on the ground.

Sailors of the Black Sea Fleet shell the Turkish coast from deck guns.

Deck artillery fires, a torpedo is launched.

Sinking ships, the crew of one of the guns during firing.

Shells exploding at positions.

Demonstrations and rallies in Petrograd during the February Revolution of 1917. Demonstration on Strastnaya Square in Moscow.

Distribution of leaflets on one of the streets.

One of the demonstration columns moves along the street, a military brass band goes in front.

Photo by E. Shub.

Photo by film director S.M. Eisenstein.

Photographs of Eisenstein on the deck of a steamship en route to New York.

Photograph by E. Shub, fragments of correspondence between Eisenstein and Shub are heard in the background.

Newsreel: view of the Statue of Liberty (panorama, from above).

The Statue of Liberty in Manhattan.

Washing and cleaning fragments of the statue by mountain climbers.

View of one of New York's skyscrapers (from above).

Dollar bills of various denominations.

Homeless people sleeping on benches and sidewalks.

Police dispersing a demonstration (from above).

Detained demonstrators are carried by the arms into police vans.

The head of the Statue of Liberty and the hand with the torch.

Photographs of Eisenstein during his stay in the USA.

Photograph of Esfir Shub at the camera.

Fragments of the film "KShE" ("Komsomol - Chief of Electrification"): a speech by a speaker at a rally in a plant workshop.

The plant orchestra performs "The Internationale".

Speeches by Komsomol speakers, views of the rally, alternate with photographs of E. Shub.

The orchestra performs "The Internationale".

Photograph of E. Shub.

Views of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station dam.

A speaker speaks from the rostrum at a rally to mark the launch of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station on October 10, 1932; reporters take notes in notebooks.

Faces of the rally participants.

Kalinin M.I. and Ordzhonikidze G.K. at the rostrum of the rally.

Views of the rally during the performance of "The Internationale".

Ordzhonikidze's face.

View of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.

Texts of newspaper reports on the military-fascist mutiny and military operations in Spain.

Text of the newspaper article by E. Shub "Notes of the Director".

Photos by cameramen Roman Karmen and Boris Makaseyev, who filmed the events in Spain.

Photo by E. Shub editing the film.

Photo by Vs.

Vishnevsky, scriptwriter of the film "Spain".

Newsreel (fragments of the film "Spain"): people on the streets of Barcelona.

Children swimming in the sea.

A seagull over the water, planes flying at high altitude.

A mother with children walking along the embankment.

A plane flying.

The beginning of the bombing of cities by Franco's aircraft, the dropping of bombs.

Victims of the bombing.

People fleeing from the air raid.

Cars driving along the streets of the city at high speed.

Leaflets being dropped from the roof of a bus.

Women with flowers during the farewell ceremony for the fighters of the International Brigades in Barcelona in 1939. A column of fighters of the International Brigades goes towards the port, with Dolores Ibarruri at the head of the column.

Residents of Barcelona saying goodbye to the departing fighters.

A flag with the coat of arms of Barcelona hung on a balcony.

Children on a lamppost.

International Brigades fighters marching through the city streets.

Republican demonstration in Barcelona.

Dolores Ibarruri on the podium of the rally.

Barcelona residents bid farewell to International Brigades fighters marching in formation.

View of part of the rally.

Armed Republicans march in formation along one of the city streets (top).

View of one of the streets leading to the port (top), International Brigades units moving along the street, leaflets flying from above.

Monument in Barcelona.

Faces of Republicans marching in formation.

Republican Army units marching through the city streets.

International Brigades fighters boarding a train.

People on the platform waving goodbye, seeing them off at the station.

Photograph by E. Shub in 1939. Photograph by writer A.A. Fadeyev.