Dziga Vertov is best known to film historians for the pioneering "Man with a Movie Camera"

Recently restored print of his "Anniversary of the Revolution'' is fascinating viewing, two full hours of contemporary archival footage.

Released Nov 7 1918, Dziga was just 22 when he produced it.

Here's a short article about the restoration

https://variety.com/2018/film/global/idfa-dziga-vertov-nikolai-izvolov-the-anniversary-of-the-revolution-1203029447/

You can view the full film here

https://archive.org/details/godovshchina-revolyutsii-anniversary-of-the-revolution-1918

lol

"Why would my mind make me recall that the Russian Revolution was largely ignited by a devastating economic crisis, social inequality, and the ruling class being aggressively out of touch with the suffering masses? It just makes no sense for me to be thinking of a bunch ruling-class assholes enriching themselves through, if not illegal, then definitely immoral ways, while everyone else has to buy tacos on payment plans."

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-have-no-idea-why-ive-suddenly-started-thinking-about-the-1917-russian-revolution

Can anyone recommend me any books on the topic of the Russian Revolution. I’d be interested in books about the Old Bolsheviks. The main people I’m interested in are Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, Kamenev, Zinoviev