Shocked Soviet Visitor Details California and Hollywood (1936) // Ilf and Petrov's US Expedition
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The episode discusses the impressions of Soviet visitors Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov during their 1936 expedition to the United States, focusing on California and Hollywood.
Get your free trial of MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers: an extended, month-long trial, FREE. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 2,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Text taken from 'Revival: Little Golden America' (1944) (Routledge Revivals) by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. https://www.amazon.com/Revival-Little-America-Routledge-Revivals/dp/1138567515 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: The Prelinger Collection at Internet…
People in this episode
Host: HLV
Topics covered
- Soviet Union
- California
- Hollywood
- cultural exchange
- historical accounts
- documentary
Keywords
- Soviet visitor
- California
- Hollywood
- Ilf and Petrov
- 1936
- cultural observations
- documentary
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Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Revival: Little Golden America
Places: California, Hollywood
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