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Film, Video Last known home of Czar Nicholas

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About this Item

Title

  • Last known home of Czar Nicholas

Summary

  • Camera pans the home of a merchant named Ipatiev, where Nicholas II, last Russian emperor, and his royal family were executed in Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), July 1918. Second sequence is views of men, identified by interior title as Bolshevik prisoners, standing behind barbed wire as guards patrol.

Names

  • Rainey, Paul James, 1877-1923, camera
  • Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : [s.n., 1918?].

Headings

  • -  Nicholas--II,--Emperor of Russia,--1868-1918--Assassination
  • -  Prisoners of war--Russia (Federation)--Siberia
  • -  Ekaterinburg (Russia)
  • -  Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Prisoners and prisons
  • -  Siberia (Russia)--History--Revolution, 1917-1921

Genre

  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films
  • Newsreels

Notes

  • -  Copyright: no reg.
  • -  Duration: 1:05 at 18 fps.
  • -  Last 22 frames of film printed upside down.
  • -  Roosevelt Memorial Association number: RMA 315-06-03.
  • -  MAVIS 1808024; Last known home of Czar Nicholas.
  • -  Sources used: Martin, John S., A picture history of Russia, 1945, p. 211; P&P portrait file; Roosevelt Memorial Association list.
  • -  Photographer, Paul Rainey.
  • -  viewing print, non-viewing pos; Received: May 1968 from USDA lab; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.
  • -  Received: 1967; transferred to LC from NPS, NPS acquired from RMA, gift to RMA from Church of All Nations; last 22 frames of film printed upside down; transferred to safety from LC nitrate at USDA lab: May 1968.

Medium

  • viewing print. 1 film reel of 1 (47 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • non-viewing pos. 1 film reel of 1 (47 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FAB 0744 (viewing print)
  • FRA 5796 (non-viewing pos)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mp76000069

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Rainey, Paul James, Camera, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Last known home of Czar Nicholas. [United States: s.n., ?, 1918] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000069/.

APA citation style:

Rainey, P. J. & Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. (1918) Last known home of Czar Nicholas. [United States: s.n., ?] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000069/.

MLA citation style:

Rainey, Paul James, Camera, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Last known home of Czar Nicholas. [United States: s.n., ?, 1918] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mp76000069/>.