Leonid Khmara

A tribute to Soviet cameraman Vladimir Sushchinsky, killed in the liberation of Breslau in 1945, featuring his funeral and final footage by fallen...

Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.

The history of the Soviet space program and the flight of the world's first manned spacecraft "Vostok" piloted by Yuri Gagarin.

Documentary about preparation for Vostok 2 space mission, launched on August 6 of 1961 with cosmonaut Gherman Titov on board.

Documentary about preparation for Vostok 3 abd Vostok 4 space missions, with cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich on board.

Documentary footage of Soviet Air Forces parade held on 9 July 1961 on Tushino airfield.

Documentary about East Berlin, commemorating 20th anniversary of German Democratic Republic formation.

About the partisan movement during the Great Patriotic War.

Documentary recounting the story of the Cuban Revolution and its impact on the young people of Cuba.

A film about documentary filmmakers. Newsreels from different years were used.

A documentary film about the Karelo-Finnish SSR.

A story of the exploits carried out by the oil technicians of Baku for the exploitation of the black gold deposit of the Caspian Sea.

A documentary about the reopening of Moscow's GUM, the largest department store in the Soviet Union.

The tour of the French singer Yves Montand and actress Simone Signoret to the USSR in 1956.

The Crimean (Yalta) conference of the leaders of the three powers - allies in the Anti-Hitler coalition was held from February 4 to February 11, 1945...

Aleksandr Pokryshkin

A popular science film about the exploration of one of the planets of the solar system - Mars.

Follows the Helsinki Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in 1975

About the history and traditions of the Kabardian people, formation and transformations in the land of Kabarda.

About the industrial history of the Urals and the contribution of the industrial enterprises of the Urals to the struggle against Nazi Germany.

On the visit to the Soviet Union in April 1965 of the party and government delegation of the Mongolian People's Republic, headed by the First...

The film is about the encirclement and defeat of the Iasi-Kishinev group of German troops during the Second World War by Soviet troops.

Reminiscing the 1917 Russian October Revolution, a time when the films' director was 14 years old.

A documentary film, the hero of which travels through the countries of Europe, to the places where his father fought 20 years ago...

A full-length documentary film directed by Alexander Medvedkin tells about the nature of Maoism, the events in China in the 1960s and early 1970s

A Soviet documentary chronicling the final assault on Nazi Germany’s capital. More than forty frontline cameramen from the 1st Belorussian and 1st...

The whole world knows the immortal feat of the residents of besieged Leningrad, accomplished during the Great Patriotic War. The tragic story of the...

A Soviet documentary surveying the liberation of France, from D-Day landings and partisan actions to the entry into Paris. Edited at TsSDF from...

A color documentary on the latest advancements in molecular biology and genetics.

A documentary dedicated to the great Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure Taras Shevchenko. Featuring animated sequences by...

A film adaptation of Rodion Shchedrin's ballet staged by the USSR State Ballet Theater.

Filmmakers from the Central Studio of Documentary Films track down the children who starred in the Pioneeria documentary series a decade earlier.

A film essay about the daily experiences of schoolchildren across the Soviet Union.

Documentary film about the town of Kuban oil workers (Akhtyrsky village, Abinsk region), filmed in 1953.

A documentary on the history of the Red Army, from the Russian Civil War to the end of the Second World War.

Young ballet artists from across the Soviet Union showcase their skills at the All-Union Festival of Choreographic Schools.

An overview of the history of Moscow from the October Revolution to postwar reconstruction.

Moscow during the Sixth World Festival of Youth and Students. Performances by circus artists from different countries on various stages: at the...

A short documentary on life in Soviet-era Dagestan.

Soviet documentary about customs and nature of the people's Republic of Mali

About the struggle of the South Vietnamese people against American aggression.

A scenic documentary sketch about Moscow that tells about its landmarks, enterprises, and the residents of the capital.

A rare Soviet documentary film from 1951, directed by Pavel Klushantsev. It explores the history of humanity’s study of the universe, from ancient...

A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated...

This film consists of three parts. The first dramatizes the life of the founder of Soviet astronautics, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky; the second describes...

A popular science film on the physical properties of matter and nuclear physics, which simply and clearly presents complex phenomena. From Democritus...

The film explores how human understanding of the structure of the universe has evolved, drawing on the examples of notable scientists from different...

About Nadezhda Rusheva, a young artist who has created illustrations for the myths of Ancient Greece, as well as works by Alexander Pushkin, Leo...

A feature on Soviet space exploration on the 50th anniversary of the Russian Socialist Revolution.

The 1961 Nominee of the Palme d'Or as the Best Short Film.