Андрей Тихомиров
From the history of cinema
"In ten years (1929-1939), the country's cinema network was not only switched to sound equipment, but also increased more than 2 times: the number of film installations reached over 30 thousand. The number of film installations in rural areas increased 25 times by 1939, reaching 20 thousand. The newly created and reconstructed film copying factories produced more than 80 million copies of films in 1938. The circulations of the best films in the late 30s exceeded 1,000 copies. The total number of moviegoers in 1940 reached St. Petersburg. 1 billion" (The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, the State Scientific Publishing House "The Great Soviet Encyclopedia", 2nd edition, editor-in-chief B.A. Vvedensky, volume 50, 1957, p. 636). During the first five-year plans, the film industry was created, which began to provide film studios with filming, laboratory and other equipment and freed Soviet cinematography from foreign dependence. The methods of color filming were successfully mastered, first using two-color, and then using a three-color hydrotype method.
Vintage films are an artistic heritage, they carry great value and the experience of generations. We must not forget that progress in cinema became possible only after the first difficult discoveries.
Used literature
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, The State Scientific Publishing House "The Great Soviet Encyclopedia", 2nd edition, editor-in-chief B.A. Vvedensky, volume 20, 1953
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, The State Scientific Publishing House "The Great Soviet Encyclopedia", 2nd edition, editor-in-chief B.A. Vvedensky, volume 50, 1957
Tikhomirov A.E., The Hard Times of Russia: 1916-1919. Chronicle of events. "Ridero", Yekaterinburg, 2019
Tikhomirov A.E., Soviet Russia in 1920. Ridero, Yekaterinburg, 2021
