简介：Inthespringof1918VertovmetMikhailKoltzov,whoofferedhimachancetoworkinthecinema,andthustoextendhismontageexperimentstovisualmaterial.Vertovacceptedandbecameaneditor(soonsenioreditor)oftheMoscowFilmCommittee’sfirst regularnewsreel.Kino-nedelya(CinemaWeek)usedmaterialfilmedbySovietcameramenwhocoveredthewarfromagit-trains,alongwithallkindsofotherdocumentarymaterial.Theintentionwasalwaysasmuchpropagandistasdocumentary,andthenewsreelswereintendedtoshowthatdespiteinvasionsandcivilwar,thenewSovietgovernmentwasspreadingitsauthoritythroughoutthevastterritoriesoftheUSSR.Vertovputtogethertwenty-nineissuesofKino-nedelyabetweenJune1918andtheendoftheyear,andtenmoreinthefirst halfof1919.Itwasinvaluableexperienceforayoungfilmmaker,andsomeissuesofthenewsreelshowhimbeginningtodeveloptouchesoforiginalityinhishandlingofthematerial,especiallyinhisuseofrapidcutting.VertovceasedtoworkonKino-nedelyainJuly1919,but usedthenewsreelmaterialalreadyaccumulatedtoassemblealonghistorical(andpropagandist)document,Godoushchinerevolyutsii(AnniversaryoftheRevolution,1919)…