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Arise, Working People! 1917

Kalmanson's call to the workers, on a film poster.

What

A chromolithograph by Mikhail Kalmanson, printed by Pechatnik in Moscow in 1917, 107 by 71 cm, with the slogan "Organisation is our strength".

Why

The line is from the Workers' Marseillaise, sung through the streets that spring.

Notice

Song, slogan and film title share one sheet.

“The street song on the cinema wall”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

Film
Vstavai, podymaisya rabochii narod (1917)
Country / studio
Russia
Designer
Mikhail Kalmanson
Printer / stone
Pechatnik, Moscow
Format
Other
Poster published
Russian film poster, chromolithograph, Pechatnik press, Moscow, 1917
Source
Wikimedia Commons
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Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.

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