Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi arkhiv kinofotodokumentov (RGAKFD)

[Russian State Archive of Documentary Films and Photographs]

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GENERAL REFERENCE AIDS:

Stranitsy zhivoi istorii: Ocherk-putevoditel' po Tsentral'nomu gosudarstvennomu arkhivu kino-foto-fonodokumentov SSSR.
Compiled by L. D. Aksel'rod et al.
Edited by S. S. Ginzburg.
Moscow: GAU, 1961. 152 p.
[IDC-R-10,741]

  • Contains subject articles in chronological order with description of selected materials. There are indexes of geographic names, films and photo albums.

    • SPECIALIZED FINDING AIDS:

    Kino i fotodokumenty po istorii Velikogo Oktiabria, 1917–1920.
    Edited by V. P. Mikhailov and N. P. Abramov.
    Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1958. 354 p.
    [IDC-R-10,742]

  • Provides an extensive catalogue of the holdings from the period 1917–1920 covering the Russian Revolution and Civil War, divided into separate sections covering film (pp. 19–92) and still photographs (pp. 95–332). Geographic and personal name indexes are included.

    • Sovetskaia kinokhronika, 1918–1925 gg.: Annotirovannyi katalog. Vol. 1: Kinozhurnaly.
    Edited by S. V. Drobashenko and Iu. A. Poliakova.
    Moscow: TsGAKFFD, 1965. 152 p.
    [IDC-R-10,826]

  • Lists newsreels classified by the year of issue and producing agencies. Gives annotations and technical data about the films, including archival call numbers. Includes personal and geographic name indexes.

    • Khodorkovskii, Valentin Ruvimovich.
    "Kinodokumenty po istorii sovetskogo kino, khraniashchiesia v Tsentral'nom gosudarstvennom arkhive kinofotofonodokumentov (1917–1945)."
    Iz istorii kino: Materialy i dokumenty     3 (1960): 165–206.
    [IDC-R-10,827]

  • A catalogue of film footage and other materials for the history of the Soviet cinema, providing technical information and catalogue numbers for the entries listed.

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