“Mother’s Day” - story by G. Vieru, illustrated by V. Dranishnikova (diafilm, 1978)
(Russia celebrates Mother’s Day on the last Sunday of November.)
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
Children setting up their diafilm projector (USSR, 1950s)
Slides from “The Whole Year” diafilm by Samuil Marshak, illustrated by Tamara Zebrova (1969).
“In October, in October in rains a lot. Grass on the fields is dead, grasshopper is silent. We prepared firewood for the winter.”
Children setting up their diafilm viewer (1950s)
Soviet diafilms (filmstrip stories) about bicycles.
Masha and the Bear, diafilm (filmstrip) illustrated by R. Bylinskaya (1968)
“The Kitten”, filmstrip (1954). Story by Leo Tolstoy, artist L. Khodakov.
50 new diafilms listed in the shop! I put together little collages to represent each film. There were a couple that I couldn’t find at all in the entirety of the Internet, so they’re going to be ~mystery rolls~. I did try to find someone to scan the film, but I only found this guy who asked to cut the film in shorter strips so he could scan it. Well, thanks but no thanks. Mystery rolls it is!
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“Where Has Winter Gone” by Vladimir Orlov, illustrated by V. Scherbinin (Soviet filmstrip, 1989)
You can see it in full here.
Educational filmstrip about mushrooms. Illustrated in by T. Bagina, published in 1988.
Soviet Moomin filmstrips illustrated by Boris Diodorov. You can watch them in full here: 1, 2.
Listed these diafilms (filmstrips) today: , , ,
Mukha-Tsokotukha - vintage filmstrip illustrated by B. Stepantsev (1963). Story by Kornei Chukovsky. You can see the whole filmstrip here.