- Title: VM-1372
- Summary: MAP OF THE GREAT MOTHERLAND (PT.1): FILM SHOWS THE MANY DIVRRSIFIED REGIONS INCLUDINGTOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF LANDMARK AREAS AND POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE MANY SOVIET REPUBLICS, REGIONS. CAMERA TOUR OF SOVIET UNION (1980S ?). UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE, ANCIENT AND MODERN. INDUSTRIAL SITES, HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANTS, HOPUSENG, AGRICULTURE,
- Description:01:05:24 - TITLE: SUPER-IMPOSED OVER MAP OF SOVIET UNION. AERIAL PAN SOVIET WETLANDS. MS PILOT WITH HEADPHONES AT CONTROLS OF HELICOPTER, SCENE OF SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE WINDOW. AERIAL VIEW COLORFUL FARMLANDS AND FARM HOUSES, SCENIC WOODLANDS WITH LAKES. 01:06:08 - COLORFUL VIEW OF EARTH POV SPACE STATION. ABOVE PAN CENTRAL CONTROL WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE MONITORING A FEW OF THE HUNDREDS OF TV SETS. MCU COSMONAUT FLOATING AROUND IN SPACE STATION TAKING PHOTOS THROUGH PORT HOLE. MS SPACE VEHICLE MOVING AWAY FROM STATION (?). space travel, science. 01:06:35 - STATUE MAN AND WOMAN HOLDING HAMMER AND SICKLE (COMMUNIST SYMBOL) HIGH ABOVE HEADS. VARIOUS STREET SCENES INCLUDING WEDDING PARTY WITH BRIDE AND GROOM WALKING OUTDOORS. MS YOUNG WELL DRESSED WOMAN WALKING, LOOKS AT CAMERA. GROUP YOUNG STUDENTS, ONE ORIENTAL. TWO MEN IN BUSINESS SUITS TOWARDS CAMERA. PAN TREES WOODED AREA WITH GREEN PASTURES. 01:06:55 - YOUNG WOMEN WALKING THROUGH QUAINT VILLAGE WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC ON ITS NARROW SIDEWALKS, NARROW STREET BARLEY CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING THE ONE WAY HEAVY TRAFFIC. 01:07:19 - RUSSIA REPUBLIC COAT OF ARMS FOLLOWED BY VARIOUS VIEWS WELL-LANDSCAPED RED SQUARE AND KREMLIN, TRAFFIC, MANICURED AND FLORAL GARDENS, HISTORIC BUILDINGS INCLUDING MOSCOW UNIVERSITY. MLS SKY SCRAPERS APARTMENT HOUSES AND OLD HISTORIC TOWER IN DISTANT B/G ON CLOUDY DAY. 01:07:35 - MONTAGE VARIOUS STREET SCENES, LANDMARKS, POINTS OF INTEREST, PRECEDED BY SOVIET REPUBLICS COAT OF ARMS OF EACH OF THE 15 REPUBLICS OF THE SOVIET UNION. 01:07:47 - MS TILT UP OLD ANCIENT CHURCH (?) AND CLOCK TOWER IN LATVIA; CROWD STUDENTS WALKING DOWN STEPS ON SIDE MODERN GLASS WALLED SCHOOL BUILDING (?) IN BELARUS; ABOVE VIEW HEAVY AUTO, BUS, TRAFFIC IN WIDE AVENUE THICK WITH TREES IN UZBEKISTAN; 01:08:36 - SCENIC WATERFALL AND FOUNTAIN IN ARMENIA; 01:09:15 - CABLE CAR RISDING UP MOUNTAIN WITH SCENIC VIEW OF CITY BELOW IN KAZAKHSTAN. 01:09:23 - HUGE MAP OD SOVIET UNION WITH PHOTOS OF ITS VARIETY OF PEOPLES, CULTURES IN NATIVE DRESS. 01:09:33 - LS VIEW KREMLIN WITH LANDMARK BUILDINGS INCLUDING SPASSKAYA CLOCK TOWER AND RED STAR AT TOP. HEAVY TRAFFIC IN F/G (RED SQUARE). ZOOM IN RED FLAG ON STATE BUILDING. 01:09:41 - ABOVE VIEW DELEGATES FROM ALL SOVIET REPUBLICS FILL ALL SEATS IN AUDITORIUM OF STATE KREMLIN PALACE (?) AS MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME SOVIET, ADDRESS THEM FROM PODIUM. CU FACE SHOTS MALE, FEMALE DELEGATES. ABOVE VIEW ASSEMBLY POV BALCONY. 01:10:08 - CU COAT OF ARMS EMBLEM AND LARGE LETTERS "CCCP" (UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS), AND 15 COATS OF ARMS (EMBLEMS ?) OF EACH REPUBLIC PAN MANT LANDMARK BUILDINGS BEHIND KREMLIN WALL. ZOOM IN LARGE MULTI-STORY BUILDING WITH PEDESTRIAN, AUTO TRAFFIC IN BUSINESS DISTRICT, TO LARGE SOVIET EMBLEM AT TOP. 01:10:43 - LONG LINE OF NEW TRUCKS ON ASSEMBLY LINE IN AUTOMOTIVE PLANT. CU YOUNG MALE WORKER. 01:10:56 - ABOVE VIEW TEACH IN HUGE THEATER-TYPE CLASSROOM WRITING ON ONE OF MULTIPLE BLACKBOARDS, POV BACK OF CLASS. VARIOUS SHOTS STUDENTS AT DESKS TAKING NOTES. LS ABOVE VIEW LARGE ICE SKATING RINK WITH HUNDREDS STUDENTS SKATING, MOUNTAIN RANGE IN B/G. MS GROUP ENTERS (?( WATCH AS DOCTOR EXAMINES BACK BARE CHESTED MALE PATIENT IN HOSPITAL BED, WITH STETHOSCOPE. 01:11:13 - YOUNG FEMALE TEACHER MARCHES BACKWARDS, FACING CHILDREN, WHO FOLLOW HER IN A SORT OF DANCE STEP. COLORFUL RUG IN ON FLOOR. TWO YOUNG WOMEN WITH BABIES IN BABY CARRIAGES. CU CHILD IN STROLLER PUTS FOOT, WITH SHOE, TO HIS MOUTH CU LITTLE BOY WITH GLASSES ON HIS BIKE. TWO BOYS SQUATTING, FIXING WHEEL OF SCOOTER. ANCIENT OLD FORTRESS-LIKE STRUCTURES IN B/G. 01:11:41 - MS TILT DOWN FROM FRUIT TREE TO ELDERLY MEN IN TRADITIONAL COSSACK UNIFORMS, PERSIAN WOOL HATS, DAGGERS CLAPPING THEIR HANDS, YELL, AS TWO OF THEM PAIR OFF, DANCE LIVELY COSSACK FOLK DANCE. PAN MEN CLAPPING IN RHYTHM. ethnic costume, ethnic traditional dance. CU TILT UP STRINGS RED HOT PEPPERS DRYING ON WOOD FENCE. 01:12:15 - VARIOUS SHOTS TRACTOR ASSEMBLY PLANT, WORKERS ASSEMBLING TRACTORS. FREIGHTOR AT DOCK IN HARBOR, AERIAL PAN MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE (HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT SITE), DUMP TRUCKS. DERRICKS SCOOPING UP BUCKETS DIRT. MLS THREE WORKERS, BACKS TO CAMERA, AT CONTROL DESK IN HUGE CONTROL ROOM, FACING WALL OF GAUGES AND SWITCHES, PAN TO WORK AREA IN PLANT, GENERATORS, ETC. 01:12:50 - MS WOMAN WORKER IN PLANT SURROUNDED BY MACHINES. SPLIT SCREEN SHOWS VARIETY OF PREVIOUSLY SHOWN SCENES. VODOZVODNAYA TOWER BUILT IN 1488 IS ONE OF THREE THREE CORNER TOWERS OF THE KREMLIN WALL. TOURISTS CHECKING OUT LANDMARK KREMLIN CHURCHES, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE SAVIOR (L). MS SERIES OF CHURCH SPIRES. MS TILT UP LANDMARK IVAN THE GREAT BELL TOWER IN KREMLIN, TOURISTS, BACKS TO CAMERA IN F/G. MS TOURISTS STAND IN FRONT OF HUGE ANCIENT TZAR PUSHKA CANNON, CIRCA 1586. ZOOM IN MONUMENT HUGE CHURCH BELL (17TH CENTURY TSAR BELL, BIGGEST IN THE WORLD) WITH GAPING HOLE. oddity. LS UPPER HALF SPASSKAYA CLOCK TOWER WITH STAR AT TOP. RUSSIAN HONOR GUARD PERFORM THEIR CHANGING OF GUARD AT LENIN MAUSOLEUM IN RED SQUARE AT BASE OF KREMLIN WALL. 01:13:32 - VARIOUS PHOTOS OF STREET DEMONSTRATIONS, RALLIES WITH HUGE BANNERS, CROWDS IN STREETS IN FRONT PALATIAL BUILDING. FOLLOWING RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (?) CIRCA 1917 (?). MLS LARGE STATUE LENIN STANDING, POINTING HIS HAND, IN FRONT STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM, IN ST PETERSBURG. CU STATUE. 01:13:54 - PHOTO BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN IN ST.PETERSBURG HARBOR, SYMBOL OF REVOLUTION. MS PAN DOWN ARCH (LIKE ARCH DE TRIOMPHE) LEADING TO PALACE SQUARE WITH ALEXANDER COLUMN AND PALACE IN B/G (ST.PETERSBURG). CU BOY AIMING CAMERA. LARGE FOUNTAIN. OTHERS TOURISTS TAKING PHOTOS OF EACH OTHER BEFORE FOUNTAINS AND OTHER LANDMARK SITES. ZOOM AWAY ABOVE SHOT TOURISTS IN SCENIC GARDENS, WITH FOUNTAINS, ZOOM IN SEVERAL STATUES FAMED RUSSIAN ARTISTS, MUSICIANS (?) 01:14:35 - MLS BOLSHOI THEATER BUILDING. INSIDE BOLSHOI WITH ITS MAN TIERS OF BALCONIES, ORCHESTRA, POV STAGE. VARIOUS SHOTS STAGE, BALLET IN PROGRESS..russian culture, music, ballet, theater. 01:15:11 - HUGE SOVIET ROCKETS BLAST OFF FOR MANNED SPACE SHOT, TRAILING FIERY STREAM AS IT SLOWLY LIFTS OFF PAD. CU PHOTO FACE SHOT YURI GAGARIN IN SPACE GEAR. 01:15:30 - PEOPLE IN ART GALLERY PERUSING FINE ART PAINTINGS BY MASTERS. CU WOMAN MESMERIZED BY PAINTING OF CHRIST, PAN TO PAINTING. 01:15:47 - ROW BOAT ROWS TO ELDERLY MAN THREADING WATER IN SEA OFF SNOW COVERED BEACH. 01 15 55 CROWD CHILDREN IN SNOW COVERED PARK WATCH, FOLLOW ALONG ON SLED WITH BOY SITTING ATOP CHIMLEY ALA SANTA AS OTHERS PUSH THE FLOAT. YOUNG KIDS HAVE GRAND TIME SLIDING DOWN ICY HILL IN PARK. HORSE DRAWN SLED WITH SEVERAL RIDERS, RIDING THROUGH SNOW BOUND WOODS. 01:16:53 - MAP OF SOVIET UNION STARTS BY SHOWING PHOTO WITH LANDMARK BUILDING IN MOSCOW, THEN PHOTOS OF LANDMARKS AND POINTS OF INTEREST IN OTHER PARTS OF VAST COUNTRY, UNTIL MAP IS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH PHOTOS. ZOOM IN NORTHERN MOST REPUBLIC OF SOVIET UNION AND IRIS SHOT FREIGHTER, ICE BREAKER RIDING THROUGH ICY COVERED WATERS OF ARCTIC (?) MS SEAL RESTING ON ICY, SNOW BOUND SURFACE. PAN ICE COVERED TUNDRA, HERD OF REINDEER. 01:17:31 - MAP SHOWING CENTRAL AREAS OF SOVIET UNION. VARIOUS SCENIC SCENES, MOUNTAIN AREAS GREAT ROCK FORMATIONS, LAKES, WOODS. 01:17:46 - MS MAN STANDING IN HIS SPEED BOAT AS HE SPEEDS ALONG SCENIC ROCKY SHORES. PAN ROCKY SHORE. 01:17:54 - LS SAIL BOAT ON GIANT LAKE, WITH MOUNTAINS IN B/G, ZOOM AWAY TALL GRASS IN F/G. VARIOUS SCENIC WATERWAYS IN NORTH EASTERN SOVIET UNION. 01:18:04 - PAN LARGE LAKE WITH BOATS IN HARBOR, TALL CLOCK TOWER WITH LONG NEEDLE-LIKE SPIRE AT TOP ON SHORE AMID LAKE SIDE VILLAGE. MAPS SHOEING VARIOUS OTHER REGIONS. ABOVE PAN SERIES TALL ANCIENT CHURCH-LIKE TOWERS AND BUILDINGS, (russian architecture) TO LARGE WATERWAY LONG BRIDGE CROSSING TO MODERN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON OTHER SIDE OF RIVER. ZOOM IN APARTMENT COMPLEX. 01:18:51 - GIANT STATUE MAN IN MEDIEVAL DRESS, RAISING SWORD AND SHIELD, IN CHALLENGING WAY. ZOOM BACK LARGE STATUES THREE MEDIEVAL KNIGHTS (?), WITH SPEARS BACKS TO CAMERA, STANDING IN VIKING-LIKE BOAT, FACING CHALLENGING MAN ON SHORE WITH RAISED SWORD. 01:18:57 - LARGE STATUE, BACK TO CAMERA, MAN (CHRIST) CARRYING CROSS OVERLOOKING RIVER AND APARTMENT COMPLEX ON OTHER SIDE. 01:19:01 - MS OFFSHORE OIL RIGS. MAP NORTH WESTERN REGION - BARGE-LIKE BOAT WITH CRANE TRAVELLING ON RIVER. LONG OIL-TANKER LIKE FREIGHTER OR RIVER-BOAT, SPEEDING R TO L ON RIVER ALONG GREENERY ON SHORE IN B/G. CATHEDRAL WITH THREE DOMED STEEPLES, CROSSES AT TOPS. russian architecture AUTO, TROLLEY TRAFFIC IN BUSY TOWN. EXCURSION BOAT ON RIVER, R TO L. 01:20:14 - MLS TOUR GUIDE LEADS TOURISTS TO LANDMARK HOME OF LENIN. PAN HOME TO LARGE STATUE WOMAN SEATED WITH ARM AROUND SON'S SHOULDER. (YOUNG LENIN ?). CU PHOTO LENIN. PHOTO LENIN IN SUIT WITH HIGH BUTTON COLLAR AND TIE. CU PHOTO YOUNG ADULT VLADIMIR LENIN WITH HAIR. PHOTO LENIN'S PARENTS WITH FIVE CHILDREN INCLUDING VLADIMIR. MS YOUNG MAN AIMING CAMERA TO GROUP POSING IN FRONT LENIN HOME. VARIOUS PATRIOTIC STATUES WOMAN WITH SWORD RAISED, MUSCULAR SHIRTLESS MAN WITH MACHINE GUN (BURP GUN) IN HAND. TWO BOYS PLAY ATOP TANK MONUMENT. TOURIST PERUSING WWII SOVIET FIGHTER PLANES. AT AIRFIELD. MONTAGE IRS SHOTS PHOTOS WWII BATTLE SCENES, SOVIET SOLDIERS ON OFFENSE SOUNDS OF WAR HEARD, BULLETS RICOCHETTING SOUNDS. MS MEMORIAL STATUE OF WOMAN HOLDING CHAINS (?) IN OUTSTRETCHED HANDS. PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD, SOME WEEPING, LAYING FLOWERS AT GRAVE OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER. ELDERLY VETERANS, CHESTS FULL OF MEDALS, PLACE FLOWERS. 01:21:50 - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE PARADE CELEBRATING 40TH ANNIVERSARY END WWI, DOWN WIDE AVENUE (MOSCOW) WITH ENORMOUS CROWDS WATCHING. BANNER STRETCHED OVERHEAD ACROSS AVENUE (1945 - 1985). 01:22:37 - VARIOUS SHOTS LARGE EXCURSION BOATS PASSING THROUGH LOCKS OF CANAL, SOME SIDE BY SIDE. MAP SOVIET UNION, ZOOM IN NORTH WESTERN REGION. ABOVE PAN SHOTS SCENIC, GREEN PASTURES, WITH PLUSH TREES, LAKE. AUTO, TRUCK TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY ALONG FOREST LAND. RAPIDS. ZOOM IN MONUMENT ALONG ROAD. MAP, HIGHLIGHT N. CENTRAL REGION. PAN WIND BLOWN BARREN REGION, HILLS IN B/G. MS MONUMENT LARGE SPHERE AND PYLON (ALA USA 1939 WORLD'S FAIR, FLUSHING MEADOWS). 01:23:48 - ABOVE VIEW MODERN SCHOOL BUILDINGS, CAMPUS (?). YOUNG GROUP STUDENTS WALKING CAMPUS. MAP EAST CENTRAL RUSSIA. PAN FOREST AREA, POV SPEEDING TRAIN, PAN TO TRACKS SOUND CLACKING TRAIN WHEELS. MS UNIFORMED ENGINEER AT CONTROLS. ABOVE PAN MODERN CITYSCAPE, AT BASE HILLS. MAP ZOOM IN HIGHLIGHTED SOUTH WESTERN REGION. VARIOUS SCENES LARGE LAKE AMID SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN RANGE. VARIOUS SCENES SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS. WATER RUNNING OFF INTO SNOW COVERED STREAM. PAN FRIGID MOUNTAIN RANGE. IRIS SHOT PICTURESQUE SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN RANGE, PAN SAME. 01:25:35 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1980
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1980s
- File Name: VM-1372