BB17-131 — THIS IS RUSSIA!
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YEAR: 1958
FILM STUDIO / PRODUCTION: Universal-International Pictures
TAGLINE: “Inside Story! Of the land of mystery and contrast that produced the Earth Satellites!”
DIRECTOR: Sid Feder
NARRATOR: Carey Wilson
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sid Feder
PRODUCERS: Sid Feder and Carey Wilson
MUSIC: Heinz Roemheld and Herman Stein
GENRE: Documentary / Travelogue / Cold War
POSTER PRINTER: F. Cunningham & Co. Pty. Ltd.
FORMAT: Australian Daybill

This Is Russia! is a feature-length Cold War documentary filmed inside the Soviet Union by Sid Feder, covering Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, Siberia and other locations. Universal-International acquired Feder's footage and released the finished 67-minute documentary theatrically in 1958.

POSTER DESIGN FEATURES: Striking mid-century Australian Daybill using oversized red typography with blocks of yellow, pale blue and dark teal. A small cameraman illustration and silhouette of Moscow's St Basil's Cathedral reinforce the documentary theme. The reference to “THE EARTH SATELLITES!” places the advertising firmly within the early Sputnik-era fascination with the Soviet Union.

COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This is an unusually interesting piece of Cold War and Space Race-era cinema advertising. Feder reportedly travelled some 20,000 miles through the Soviet Union over several trips, carrying his own camera equipment because he was not permitted to bring a film crew. AFI records that he used a right-angle viewfinder to secretly photograph subjects his official Soviet guides did not want filmed.VIEW THIS POSTER: See the current price and availability in our Vintage Movie Poster Collection.