- Title: URS 26
- Description:01 39 45 00 Russian Archives XX-th century. 1916. Boat on the Volga, interminable. Transport, communication. Seen on banks with ports, boats, houses. The 20s. Poverty, misery. Refugee camp. Family camps in front of camp. Mother feeds her children. Village under the snow. Isbas, typical wooden houses. Child pulls some water with well. Poster in Russian on construction of motor factory, call to the recruitment proposes flat in sheds. Volunteers' recruitment. Seen on group of men who wait with their bags, poster in Russian behind them. They queue up in front of camp. Text: in May, 1930 official opening of the construction site of what will be the biggest automobile factory in Europe. Construction site, arrival of lorries with voluntary employees, in cycle, motorcycle, side-car. Crowd, group of employees. Typical Russian faces with beard and cap. First stone deposited in foundations. Man reads speech on stage. Employees with posters and banners, remove cap. On banner: " We shall build the motor factory in 15 months ". Construction site, camp in the snow, looks like Gulag. Workers show card to guard in the entrance with barbed wires.
- Collection: Clips and Footage
- Genre:Historical
- Producer:Clips and Footage
- Decade: 1910s
