This film adopts a novel approach to Lenin’s Russia by using a debate between two university students on the use of book and film resources to investigate the period. The film includes authentic newsreel footage. It is involved in examining problems of historical methodology. Suitable for upper secondary level.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322004
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Archival resources
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism - Soviet Union
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Books
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education, Higher - Great Britain
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Teaching - Methodology
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
History → History - Methodology
History → Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich, 1870-1924
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)