The Northernness in the Film Documents: “Our Great North” (1925)

Abstract

Visual anthropological materials, in particular, documentary films, played a significant role in forming the perception of in the 20th century. In the 1920s in the USSR, the North was one of the main locations of the shooting of ethno-geographic films. Created in the region, they literally became the discovery of this territory for the capitals and the central regions population. Based on the analysis of archival materials, periodicals and newsreel data, the article introduces into scientific circulation information about the film “Our Great North” by L. K Verigo-Dorovsky. The method of analysis of the film was its research interpretation –presentation in the form of a film text. The author demonstrates potential of a film document as a tool for recording and broadcasting the ethno-cultural and economic potential of the region as a multi-layered historical source.