- Title: VM-1370
- Summary: THIS WAS NOT ON THE MAP (PT.1): HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT AND LARGE COMMUNITY WITH HOUSING PROJECTS IS BUILT IN AREA NOT YET APPEARING ON MAP (SIBERIA?). MODERN LIFE STYLES SOVIET PEOPLE 1960s-1970s
- Description:01:07:44 - OPEN BOOK AND OTHER MEMORABILIA ON DESK (LENIN), PAN TO LARGE MAP ON WALL. ZOOM IN ON UNIDENTIFIED AREA ON MAP (IN SIBERIA ?). CU PHOTO FACE SHOT LENIN, AND WORDS QUOTING HIM. 01:07:47 - RUSSIAN TITLE "HA KAPNE". GLOBE OF WORLD SHOWING TINY FLASHING LIGHTS THROUGHOUT SOVIET UNION AND ELSEWHERE, AERIAL PAN LARGE AREA HOUSING PROJECTS AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE. LS PAN MODERN APARTMENT HOUSE COMPLEX, SCHOOLS (?) WITH WELL-MANICURED LANDSCAPE, TREES AS SEEN BY MOVING CAR. 01:09:20 - ZOOM IN WINDOW OF MULTI-STORY APARTMENT HOUSE. CU URN, HAND POURING TEA INTO BOWL. YOUNG FAMILY OF SOVIET CRANE OPERATOR (?), MOM WITH FOUR CHILDREN RANGING IN AGE FROM YOUNG ADULTS, TWO KIDS, SEATED AT DINNER TABLE SIPPING TEA, SOUP. MS BOY STIRS SOUP. LITTLE GIRL WIPES MOUTH WITH NAPKIN, MS SMALL RADIO ON BUREAU. MOM, WEARING SCARF, CLEARS TABLE AFTER DINNER. SMALL TABLE TV IN B/G. ZOOM IN LIBRARY BOOKS ON BOOK SHELVES, INCLUDING A BOOK ON WINES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS, OTHER TECHNICAL BOOKS. PAN FROM CAMERA ON TABLE TO STACK OF PHOTOS AND ALBUMS. CU PHOTO TWO KIDS HUGGING. OTHER SHOTS OF KIDS AND USUAL FAMILY AND GROUP SHOTS IN PHOTO ALBUM AS HAND FLIPS PAGES. MS PHOTO GROUP MEN (EXECUTIVES ?) IN WOOL ANTS AND COATS POSING AT WORK SITE IN FRONT OF DERRICK. 01:11:20 - CU SERIOUS LOOK ON FACE YOUNG CRANE OPERATOR AT CONTROLS OF HUGE DERRICK AT WORK SITE (HYDRO-ELECTRIC DAM ?). VARIOUS SHOTS OPERATOR AT CONTROLS HIGH ABOVE WORK SITE. CU HUGE DERRICK SCOOP LOOSENS TAKES HUGE SCOOPS DIRT AND ROCK ROCK FROM HILLSIDE, POURS THEM INTO TRAIN HOPPER. MLS LONG STRING HOPPERS FULL OF DIRT BEING CARTED OFF DOWN TRACKS. LS ABOVE VIEW DUMP TRUCKS, TRAIN LOADED WITH DIRT LEAVING SITE. ZOOM AWAY OFFICE WINDOW OVERLOOKING SITE TO YOUNG ENGINEER (?) AT HIS DESK WATCHING WORK THROUGH BINOCULARS. HE PICKS UP PHONE, CALLS DERRICK OPERATOR TO GIVE HIM INSTRUCTION. MS DERRICK OPERATOR ANSWERS PHONE. TWO COMMUNICATING. CU ENGINEER REFERS TO CHARTS ON DESK AS HE SPEAKS ON PHONE. CU PA SYSTEM. VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS VAST WORK SITE. TRAINS SLOWLY MOVING HOPPERS OF DIRT ONE WAY FULL, THE OTHER WAY EMPTY. LS HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT TAKING SHAP WITH CRANES AT TOP. VARIOUS SHOTS PLANTS IN OPERATION AT HUGE SITE. CU SIDE OF HOPPER CAR OPENS, DROPS HUGE CARGO OF ROCKS AND DIRT, TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:15:05 - FEMALE WORKER ANSWERS TWO PHONES AT A TIME INSIDE HYDRO-ELECTRIC CONTROL ROOM WALL OF GAUGES IN B/G. SHE MAKES ADJUSTMENTS TO GAUGE. 01:15:23 - CU LITTLE BOY AT DESK IN CLASSROOM WITH OTHER GIRLS AND BOYS. CU LITTLE GIRL WRITING. ALL IN SCHOOL UNIFORMS. 01:15:33 - LS SMALL VILLAGE ALONG SWAMP-LIKE WATERWAY IN F/G. WOMAN CHILDREN IN FIELD FARMING TURNIPS OR CARROTS (?) CU LITTLE GIRL ON KNEES CLEANS OF CARROT, PUTS IT IN PAIL. CU MAN HOLDS SCREEN FULL OF BEES TAKEN FROM HIVE. CU MAN WEARING PROTECTIVE HEAD HAT WITH VEIL, SPRAYS HIVE WITH VAPORIZER. BEES FILL SCREEN. MS MAN HONEY FARMERS , WOMAN STACK HIVES IN FIELD. AERIAL PAN THOUSANDS SMALL HOMES IN OPEN FLATLANDS. 01:16:38 - PAN TO MAP ON WALL IN LENIN HISTORIC APARTMENT TO ANOTHER UNCHARTED AREA DESTINED FOR DEVELOPMENT. PAN BARREN DESERT-LIKE EXPANSE, WITH WEEDS GROWING THROUGH SAND, TO TREES AND PASTURE WITH CATTLE GRAZING, MAN ON HORSEBACK WATCHING THEM, CONTINUE PAN HUGE PIPE LINES ALONG SIDE OF ROAD, FARM LAND WITH CROPS, MASSIVE INDUSTRIAL PLANTS IN B/G, ALL SEEN FROM SPEEDING VEHICLE. 01:18:12 - VARIOUS VIEWS HUGE INDUSTRIAL PLANT BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE. LAYERS OF PIPELINES INSIDE PLANT. MS TWO WOMEN IN WHITE LAB COATS WORK ON ONE OF LONG LINE OF HUGE VAT LIKE UNITS (WINERY ?) IN PLANT. BAGS OF FERTILIZER (?) ROLL DOWN CONVEYOR BELT FROM PLANT, TOWARDS CAMERA. "NO SMOKING" (IN RUSSIAN) SIGN ON WALL IN B/G. WOMAN MONITORS WALL FULL OF GAUGES IN CONTROL ROOM (AUTOMATED PLANT ?), MAKES NOTES. ORIENTAL WOMAN SEATED AT CONTROL PANEL IN CONTROL ROOM, JOTTING DOWN FIGURES ON CHART. CU FACE SHOT EURASIAN YOUNG MAN TILT DOWN TO HIS HANDS ON LARGE VALVE WHEEL. MS WOMAN OPENS VALVES ON PIPES WHICH CONTROL FLOW OF WATER (?) AT PLANT. YOUNG COWBOY ON HORSEBACK WATCHING CATTLE GRAZING IN PASTURE, INDUSTRIAL PLANT IN DISTANT B/G. MLS PAN HUGE HOUSING PROJECT COMPLEX WITH MANY HI-RISE APARTMENT HOUSES. MEN, WOMEN WALKING THE CAMPUS. WATER TRUCK SPRAYING STREET POV DRIVER THROUGH WINDSHIELD. MS MAN RIDING BURRO, FOLLOWED BY TWO CAMELS, MAN RIDING ONE OF THEM AS THEY RIDE BY HOUSING PROJECT. 01:20:37 - MS TWO MEN SEATED ON PARK BENCH, DEEPLY ENGROSSED IN NEWSPAPER THEY READ. MS WOMAN WITH COLORFUL GARMENT HEAD WEAR (ISLAMIC) CARRYING LARGE SHOPPING BAG ON SHOULDERS. PAN SPACIOUS SUPERMARKET TO PEOPLE IN ISLAMIC GARMENTS SHOPPING IN SUPERMARKET MEAT COUNTER. CU PAN BIN FULL MELONS. PAN GLASS SHELVES WITH CHRYSTAL GLASSES AND VASES. MCU MS ELDERLY MUSLIM MAN IN TURBAN CHECKING OUT ITEMS IN CURIO SHOP. MS VARIOUS SHOTS MUSLIM WOMEN SHOPPING. 01:21:15 - MS MAN AND BOY EACH RIDING BURRO IN STREET, MAN WAVES TO CAMERA AS HE RIDES BY, PASSING MODERN APARTMENT HOUSES IN B/G. VIEW AREA PARKING LOT PLENTY LATE MODEL CARS, BUSES AND PEDESTRIANS IN LOT. 01 20 28 MLS PAN SPACIOUS MODERN RESTAURANT, WELL-LIT WITH MANY LARGE PICTURE WINDOWS, PEOPLE SEATED AT SMALL TABLES BEING SERVED BY WAITRESSES. MS WAITRESS TAKES ORDERS FROM YOUNG AFFLUENT GROUP AT TABLE. CU CEILING FAN ROTATING, TILT DOWN TO GROUP YOUNG ADULTS PERUSING PHOTOGRAPHY COUNTER, CONTAINING MANY PHOTOGRAPHS, SMALL PAINTINGS. CU PAINTING MUSLIM MAN WITH TURBAN, BEARD, PAN TO LARGE STORE WINDOW SHOWING APARTMENT COMPLEX ACROSS STREET. MS WOMEN WITH HEAD SCARVES RAKING LANDSCAPE IN FRONT OF THE APARTMENTS. BUS TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:22:22 - MS WELL DRESSED YOUNG EURASIAN MOM CARRYING HER CHILD IN ARMS AS SHE LEAVES APARTMENT HOUSE, PUTS CHILD DOWN, WALKS HAND IN HAND WITH HIM. VARIOUS VIEWS CHILDREN, UNDER SUPERVISION BY ADULT WOMAN, PLAYING IN PLAYGROUND IN FRONT OF MODERN APARTMENTS. KIDS SQUAT TO PLAY IN SMALL MAN-MADE POND, THROWING BALL IN IT. CHILDREN SEATED ON SOFAS PLAY WITH RAG DOLLS. CU LITTLE GIRL IN HIGH CHAIR, BIB, LOOKS DOWN AT HER PLATE OF FOOD. CU LITTLE BOY WITH LARGE SPOON IN MOUTH, ANOTHER DRINKING FROM CUP, THEN TAKES BITE OF HIS DOUGHNUT. ABOVE VIEW CHILDREN SEATED EATING AT SMALL TABLES IN CAFETERIA (?) 01:23:43 - YOUNG MALE MUSIC TEACHER ON STAGE, AT PIANO, ACCOMPANIES YOUNG BOY STANDING NEXT TO HIM, PLAYING BANJO. ZOOM AWAY THE TWO ON STAGE IN SPACIOUS, EMPTY AUDITORIUM. music. 01:24:05 - ZOOM AWAY APARTMENT HOUSES TO ABOVE VIEW HOUSES AND LARGE COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL WITH KIDS SWIMMING. VARIOUS SHOTS KIDS SWIMMING IN OLYMPIC SIZE POOL. MS KIDS IN POOL ALL LINED UP AGAINST EDGE, SIMULTANEOUSLY KICKING THEIR FEET. CU ABOVE SHOT PAN SMILING AT CAMERA AS THEY KICK THEIR FEET WHILE HOLDING ONTO EDGE, HAVING GLORIOUS TIME. GANG OF KIDS DIVING INTO POOL. aqua sports 01:24:36 - MLS MEN, TEENS (?) PLAYING SOCCER. PAN CROWD, MANY WITH MUSLIM SKULL CAPS WATCHING, CHEERING, SMILING. LS APARTMENT HOUSES ALL LIT UP AT NIGHT. YOUNG BOYS, GIRLS ON CAMPUS AT NIGHT. YOUNG GIRLS IN LAB WORKING WITH TEST TUBES. LARGE FAMILY (?) YOUNG COUPLES SITTING AROUND DINNER TABLE HAVING SPIRITED PARTY. MAN HANDS EURASIAN GIRL AT TABLE FANCIFUL WRAPPED GIFT. FACE SHOT PARTY GIRL AND OTHERS. ALL AROUND TABLE HAVING A TOAST WITH WINE GLASSES
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1370