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- BFI identifier101665
- Date1968 (Copyright)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom, Hungary
- Production company
- SynopsisA series of Russian language teaching films in 12 parts. Presents scenes of arrival in Moscow, shopping, exloring a cafeteria, a trip on the Moscow river, activities in the Kremlin, the Bolshoi Ballet, a ride on the underground and an outing to Gorki Park. (Synopsis)
- Work history12 reel mute version on film loops by Longman. Also released in four parts with Russian voiceover.
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- Subject
- CreditsDirector: John Halas
Production Company: Halas & Batchelor
Production Company: Pannonia Film Studios
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A Martian in Moscow (Original)
Category
Non Fiction- Collections
- Film / VideoFor details of BFI holdings, see individual episodic Works in the Hierarchy Display.
- Scripts / DocumentsMartian in Moscow - A series of four animated Russian language teaching films. Directed by John Halas. A joint Halas & Batchelor and Pannonia Film Studios production; Script: B.P [Bert] Pockney; script adviser: L.N. Saharova The films were made between 1964 - 1968 and reissued in 1983. Episode titles include the Arrival In Moscow; In the Clothing Department; In the Toy Department; In the Cafeteria; a Trip on the Moscow River; At the Health Centre; a Balloon Chase Over Moscow; In the Kremlin; At the Bolshoi Ballet School; a Ride Out in the Moscow Underground; An Outing in Gorky Park; Return to Mars Papers include pressbook, student guide book, information sheet and a file relating to expired contracts - HAB-1-73
Document: publicity - File containing: - small pressbook [two copies] giving a brief list of titles in the series, synopsis and distribution details c. 1964 - 1968 - HAB-1-73-1
Ephemera - 'Russian film student guidebook' published to accompany the series [publication date of 1978, so possibly a re-issue after the original 1960s release?] text by B.P. Pockney in collaboration with L. N. Saharova - HAB-1-73-2
Document: distribution - Single sheet giving a brief synopsis of the film; episode titles; main credit details [Probably produced for distribution purposes] - HAB-1-73-3
Document: distribution - File marked 'expired contracts' including: - agreement between EFC [Educational Film Centre Ltd] and International Film Bureau Inc, regarding US distribution, 1 June 1976 - certificate issued by Department of Trade regarding international distribution, 17 September 1979 - correspondence between Halas & Batchelor and International Film Bureau Inc re distribution in the US and also discussing possible series of films teaching Chinese [this may have been developed as Alice in Chinaland. See unrealised projects HAB-2-44] January - February 1992 - HAB-1-73-4
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Series Work - 101665 - 1968 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
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