- Title: VM-1387
- Summary: PIONEERS:
- Description:00:35:58 - SOVIET YOUTH IN ACTION - SOVIET BOY AND GIRL SCOUTS (?) LINE UP BOTH SIDES OF LARGE CLASSROOM, STAND AT ATTENTION, SALUTE ( ALMOST LIKE NAZI SALUTE) AS TWO OF THEM MARCH WITH SOVIET FLAG. VARIOUS SHOTS BOYS AND GIRLS SALUTING. CU SERIOUS FACE SHOTS BOYS AND GIRLS AT ATTENTION, MCU BOY SALUTES OLDER FEMALE LEADER. VARIOUS SHOTS RUSSIAN YOUTH PICKING GRAPES IN VINYARD. CU PAN BASKETS OF HARVESTED GRAPES. 00:37:30 - VARIOUS SHOTS SOVIET YOUTH IN WORK SHOP BUILDING MODEL BOATS AND PLANES. BOYS IN SCHOOL YARD FLYING THEIR MODEL PLANES. hobbies, arts and crafts. BOYS, GIRLS AT WORK IN SCHOOL UNIFORM, SEATED AT DESKS IN CLASSROOM. CU BOYS, GIRLS STUDIOUSLY WORKING, WRITING. LARGE GROUP STUDENTS GATHER AROUND MALE TEACHER AT HIS DESK, LISTENING AS HE GIVES INSTRUCTION. VARIOUS SHOTS BOYS, GIRLS SCRUBBING DOWN RAILROAD PASSENGER TRAIN AT STATION. CU FACE SHOTS SMILING KIDS SCRUBBING SIDE OF TRAIN, WINDOWS. TWO YOUNG BOYS USE INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE DISTANCE BETWEEN TRACKS. BOY USES LARGE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLT ON TRACK, AND SWITCHING TRACKS AS ANOTHER BOY JOTS DOWN FIGURES IN PAD. MCU TRACK MOVING AS IT IS SWITCHED. BOY USES HAND HELD SIGNAL AS TRAIN PASSES TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:38:52 - YOUNG GIRLS AT SEWING MACHINE MAKING CHILDREN'S CLOTHING, OTHER GIRLS PACKING AND MAILING PACKAGES OF CHILDREN CLOTHING THEY MADE. PAN CHILDREN IN SCOUT UNIFORM STANDING AT ATTENTION IN ROOM DURING RITUAL. CU MONTAGE FACE SHOTS SERIOUS FACED CHILDREN STANDING AT ATTENTION. ALL RAISE HAND IN SALUTE. 00:39:55 - CU VARIOUS SHOTS SHOWING PHOTOS, DRAWINGS OF FAMED RUSSIAN ETHNOLOGIST, BIOLOGIST, ANTHROPOLOGIST NICHOLAI MIKMULHKO MAKLAI (1846 - 1888) TAKEN FROM HIS BOOK, DIARY, DEPICTING HIS TRAVELS TO NOTH EASTERN NEW GUINEA IN LATE 1870S. ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. VARIOUS SHOTS IN HIS BOOK, SHOW SERIES OF STORY TELLING EXPLORATIONS, DRAWINGS OF HIS INTERACTIONS WITH JUNGLE NATIVES OF NORTH EASTERN NEW GUINEA, MANY OF WHICH SHOW SIGNS OF WHITE MAN INFLUENCE IN THEIR FEATURES INCLUDING SHOCKING BLOND HAIR, AND THE LIFE STYLES OF THOSE NATIVES. PHOTO OF MAKLAI WITH NEW GUINEA NATIVE. PHOTO OF THREE MASTER SCHOONER HE SAILED ON. 00:41:00 - VARIOUS VIEWS RUSSIAN SHIP REVISITING THESE ISLANDS. MLS RUSSIAN FREIGHTER IN HARBOR. LS JUNGLE ISLAND SHORES. PAN DOWN LARGE PALM TREE TO GROUP OF NATIVE BLACK CHILDREN WITH SHOCKING BLONDE CURLY HAIR. PAN PICTURESQUE COCONUT PALM TREES ALONG SHORE. NATIVE MAN SHUCKING PILE OF COCONUTS WITH BLONDE CHILDREN, MOTHERS, (oddity), POSE BY THEIR GRASS HUTS. CU CUTE, SMILING NATIVE CHILDREN POSING. CU BUST STATUE OF MAKALI. CU closing TITLE IN BOOK SHOWS SCIENTISTS NAME AND DATED "1872 - `876 - 77". 00:42:49 - CU CARTOON OF BUSINESS-TYPE MAN WITH DERBY HAT AND MOUSTACHE, PAN TO DARKENED CLASSROOM WITH KIDS WATCHING. WHEN CARTOON ENDS, MALE TEACHER CALLS ON BOYS AND GIRLS TO DISCUSS THE CARTOON. VARIOUS FACE SHOTS BOYS, GIRLS COMMENTING ON THE CARTOON (?), LAUGHTER AND GIGGLING FROM STUDENTS. 00:45:07 - #1 (1971) 00:45:32 - LS YOUNG MAN TRAVELLING ON CROSS -COUNTRY SKIES IN FIELD OF SNOW. ONSTRUCTION SITE IN WILDERNESS, DUMP TRUCKS, CRANES. PAN FIELD OF SNOW, FOREST IN B/G. MS GROUP YOUNG BOY, GIRL (STUDENTS) USING METAL DETECTOR OR GEIGER COUNTER AS THEY IN SNOW FIELD (ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENTS LOOKING FOR ANCIENT ARTIFACTS (?). STUDENTS FOLLOW BOY WITH INSTRUMENT IN STRAIGHT LINE THROUGH SNOW. VARIOUS SHOTS YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS PERUSING DISPLAYS OF VARIETY OF ROCKS AND GEM STONES (?) IN GALLERY. PAN STONES, WRITTEN PAMPHLETS, MANY WITH FACE OF LENIN ON THEM. 00:48:00 - SEA GULLS NOISILY TAKING OFF FROM RICKS IN RIVER, PAN TO RIVER, CITYSCAPE IN ANCIENT CATHEDRAL B/G. VARIOUS SHOTS TWIN BOYS HAVING SNOW BALL FIGHT IN PARK WITH OTHER BOYS AND GIRLS. HIDE BEHIND TREE DURING HIDE AND SEEK GAME. ONE TWIN BOY PEEKS OUT FROM LEFT SIDE OF TREE, THE OTHER FROM THE RIGHT. TWO GIRLS CHASE TWINS UP STAIRS IN PARK. FOUR WALKING HOME. MCU TWIN BOYS AT HOME LOOK AT PORTRAIT OF COMPOSER BEETHOVEN (?) ON PIANO. TWIN BOY PLAYS VIOLIN AS HIS VROTHER ACCOMPANIES HIM ON PIANO. PICTURESQUE SCENES OF QUAINT VILLAGE SHOWN AS SOUND OF VIOLIN IS HEARD. ZOOM IN AS TWIN ON PIANO PLAYS SOLO. CLASSICAL MUSIC 00:50:16 - FRIENDLY REINDEER - LS PAN WINTER WONDERLAND SCENES WOODS SNOW BOUND TREES, BUSHES. CU SNOW ON PINE TREE LEAVES. MCU MAN CUPS HIS HANDS TO CALL OUT TO FRIENDLY DEER TO MAKE APPEARANCE. CU DEER WALKING IN SNOW TO CAR WITH OPEN DOOR. MAN IN CAR FEEDS BEER. TRUCK DRIVER OPENS DOOR TO FEED FRIENDLY DEER, THEN BOTH TRUCK AND DEER MOVES ON. CU WILD DEER EATS OUT OF HANDS OF CHILDREN AS HE LETS THEM PET HIM. MAN CALLS FOR DEER WHO GOES TO HIM, LETS MAN PET HIM. LS MAN, DEER WALK OFF IN SNOW, BACKS TO CAMERA. animal antics. 00:52:25 - MS MECHANICAL TOY ROOSTER ON TOP CHRISTMAS TREE GIVES OUT FAMILIAR WAKE UP CALL. CU FACE SHOT LITTLE BOY LOOKING UP IN AWE AT ROOSTER. ANOTHER BOY LOOKS THROUGH SPYGLASS AT SAME. PAN FROM ROOSTER TO DISPLAY OF UNUSUAL MECHANICAL COO COO CLOCKS SOME WITH CARTOON CHARACTERS AND PUPPET CHARACTERS. LARGE GROUP CHILDREN LOOKING UP AT DISPLAY. CU CLOCK WITH MENAGERIE OF MOVING CHARACTERS. OTHER ANIMAL CHARACTERS, CLOWNS, PUPPETS, ON DISPLAY. VARIOUS VIEWS COWBOY, SPANISH SENORITA DOLLS. MONTAGE CU MORE CHILDREN WATCHING IN AWE. 00:54:12 - PAN CHILDREN PERUSING DISPLAYS REAL CHIRPING, SINGING BIRDS IN CAGES, SMALL FISH IN AQUARIUM. ABOVE VIEW CHILDREN, PARENTS, IN THEATER SEATS APPLAUDING PUPPET SHOW. VARIOUS SHOTS MECHANICAL PUPPET SHOW IN PROGRESS. 00:55:46 - #2 (1971) 00:56:16 - MLS ABOVE SHOT PEOPLE, MOSTLY KIDS PERUSING GADGETRY, ROBOTS, NEW TVS, AUTOMOTIVE, AND OTHER MODERN INNOVATIONS AT LARGE INDOOR (DEPARTMENT TORE-TYPE SETTING) FAIR. MS PAN KIDS WATCHING TV SETS WITH TEENAGE GIRL MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS TO STUDIO SETTING SHOWING HOW IT IS DONE. PAN INDOOR FAIR WITH PEOPLE PERUSING DISPLAYS OF ALL KINDS. FACE SHOTS YOUNG KIDS ENJOYING WHAT THEY SEE. YOUNG BOY WORKING TV CAMERA ON TRIPOD. PAN TVS WITH IMAGES HE IS TAKING. 00:57:35 - YOUNG SNOW WITH MIC SHOWS, EXPLAINS FULL SIZE ROBOTS. CU ROBOT DOING TASKS. BOY WITH TV CAMERA TAKES SHOTS CROWD CHILDREN WATCHING ANIMATED ROBOT WALKING AND MOVING AROUND TO COMMANDS OF BOY. CHILDREN FASCINATED WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICES. BOY WORKS CONTROLS. OF MODEL RAILROAD TRAIN. . MS YOUNG BOY CLIMBS INTO COCKPIT OF SMALL PLANE ON DISPLAY, WORKS THE CONTROLS. PAN VARIETY SCOOTERS, GO-CARTS, GAS POWERED BIKES. MS BOY SITS IN GO-CART TRIES OUT THE FEEL. TEEN BOY GIVES RIDE THROUGH STORE TO BOY AND GIRL, IN MOTORIZED SMALL CAR. CU PAN DISPLAY SPACE OUTFIT WORN BY COSMONAUTS AND THEIR PHOTOS. KIDS VIEW OLD MACHINEGUN. 01:00:45 - BOY TAKES SHOTS WITH TV CAMERA OF LARGE GROUP KIDS WATCHING DISPLAY OF SCALE MODEL CARS TRUCKS, CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES. MS NEW TRUCK ON ROTARY DISPLAY. 01:01:15 - KIDS ARE FASCINATED BY GIANT PUMPKIN. PERUSE DISPLAY OF LUSCIOUS FRUIT, AND WHEAT PLANTS. FACE SHOT BOY FASCINATED WITH ONIONS, AND ONION DOLL WITH ONION CAP OM HEAD. MS STRAW MAN AND STRAY GIRL WITH FARM IMPLEMENTS. PAN CHOIR OF DOLLS. FURRY ANIMAL BAND WITH TINY INSTRUMENTS. CU SMILING BOY HAS TO TAKE PHOTO WITH HIS CAMERA. DISPLAY CHILDREN AND PARENTS PHOTOS. LARGE GROUP KIDS DRAWING, PAINTING ON CANVASSES ON EASELS. CU SOME OF THEIR WORKS. 01:04:50 - BOY DEMONSTRATES RADIO CONTROLLED MOON VEHICLE AS CROWD KIDS WATCH. GROUP BOYS LOOK OVER SCALE MODEL OF LAUNCH PAD AND ROCKET USED BY YURI GAGARIN (FIRST MAN IN SPACE). VOICE OVER BOY EXPLAINING. MORE RADIO CONTROL TOY VEHICLES. BOYS, GIRLS DOING TV STUDIO SHOTS. PAN CHILDREN ON TV. 01:06:27 - #6 (1970) 01:06:55 - CHILDREN'S DAY IN SOVIET UNION. VARIOUS SHOTS LONG LINE OF TEEN-AGE TRUMPETERS PLAYING INTRODUCTION, ON STAGE OF HUGE AUDITORIUM OF THE STATE KREMLIN PALACE WHERE CONGRESS OF COMMUNIST PARTY OF SOVIET UNION IS MEETING. THOUSANDS OF DELEGATES AND DOZENS LEADERS ON DAIS IN BACK OF TRUMPETERS STAND AT ATTENTION. ABOVE VIEW SHOWING THOUSANDS IN AUDIENCE STANDING, CLAPPING TO RHYTHM OF MUSIC, AS YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS IN NATIVE COSTUMES REPRESENTING ALL THE SOVIET REPUBLICS MARCH DOWN THE AISLES TO THE STAGE. ALL SIT AS CHILDREN AT PODIUM TAKE OVER THE MEETING. ethnic, traditional native costumes 01:07:36 - CHILDREN MAKING PATRIOTIC SPEECHES. FACE SHOTS KIDS IN VARIETY COSTUME. LITTLE BOY MAKING INSPIRING SPEECH. ABOVE VIEW CHILDREN IN AISLES DOING CALISTHENICS TO COMMANDS OF LITTLE BOY ON STAGE. GIRL MAKING SPEECH. IS KISSED ON CHEEK BY LITTLE BOY. BOY IS CARRIED DOWN AISLE ON SHOULDERS OF TWO ADULTS, TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:09:34 - KIDS, BACK TO CAMERA, SALUTE HUGE PICTURE OF LENIN ON BACKDROP OF STAGE. KIDS PRESENT BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS TO LEADERS ON DAIS. 01:09:53 - CU OLD BELL IN MEMORIAL TOWER (OBELISK) SOUNDS AS PEOPLE ,MOURN VILLAGE BURNED TO GROUND BY GERMAN INVADERS DURING WWII. VARIOUS ANGLE SHOTS MEMORIAL, OBELISK. GROTESQUE STATUE OF MAN HOLDING DEAD CHILD IN ARMS. PEOPLE, CHILDREN, LAYING FLOWERS AT BASE OF MEMORIAL. WWII FILM SHOWING BURNING OF VILLAGE BY GERMANS. 01:11:30 - VARIOUS SHOTS KIDS EXITING SCHOOL. THREE LITTLE GIRLS INCLUDING PROMISING BALLERINA MARINA, WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA ON WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL. VARIOUS SHOTS MARINA IN STUDIO DOING BALLET EXERCISES WITH OTHER GIRLS. MATRONLY INSTRUCTOR FORCES MARINA'S LEG UP HIGH OVER HER HEAD AS MARINA HOLDS ONTO EXERCISE BAR. INSTRUCTOR CIRCULATES AS MARINE AND OTHER DO BALLET EXERCISES. MARINE SHOWS HER RESILIENT BODY DURING EXERCISES. CU MARINE DOING FULL SPLIT, AND GRACEFUL HAND MOVEMENTS. MARINA DOES FOLK SANCE AS OTHERS WATCH. MARINA DANCES GRACEFULLY WITH HULA HOOP. MARINA AND GROUP DANCE WITH TWIRLING RIBBONS AS. classical dance. 01:13:25 - DOG SHOW, RUSSIAN STYLE - VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE SEATED AROUND BEAUTIFUL. FOUNTAIN IN PARK. COUPLES ROWING IN PARK LAKE. VARIOUS SHOTS GROUPS INDIVIDUALS, CHILDREN WALKING VARIETY THEIR DOGS IN PARK. BOY HOLDING BIG BLACK DOG ON LEASH IS PULLED ALONG BY DOG, TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:13:40 - TEEN AGE BOYS IN UNIFORM PARADE WITH DOGS, FOLLOWED BY POLICE WITH THEIR K-9S, FOLLOWED BY SOLDIERS MARCHING THEIR DOGS, FOLLOWED BY LARGE GROUP CIVILIANS MARCHING THEIR DOGS OF ALL SORTS. CU VIEW DOGS OD ALL SPECIES, MOSTLY LARGE DOGS. CU CAMERAMAN POINTS CAMERA TOWARDS CAMERA. CU FACE SHOTS DIFFERENT SPECIES DOGS HANGING TONGUES. CROWD WATCHES DOZENS PEOPLE PARADING DOGS FOR JUDGES. 01:14:30 - CU LARGE BLACK POODLE. JUDGES MARKING SCORES. DOG LIFTS WEIGHT WITH TEETH. VARIOUS SHOTS DOGS JUMPING HURDLES. ONE DOG CRAWLS UNDER HURDLE. ANOTHER TRIES TO DO SAME, HE'S TOO BIG. DOES IT ANYWAY. DOGS SCALING WOOD WALLS. FOR ONE ITS NOT THAT EASY. TWO DOGS JUMP HURDLER SIMULTANEOUSLY. TWO GERMAN SHEPHERDS JUMP HURDLES SIMULTANEOUSLY IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. ATTACK DOG ATTACKS BOY WITH PROTECTIVE COAT. MAN WITH DALMATION GETS PRIZE. MORE GETTING PRIZES.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-1387