Northern Lights R 1 of 5

Northern Lights R1 of 5 Leningrad Studios of Documentary Films English narration Silhouette shots of reindeer & indigenous people of far north USSR w/ Aurora Borealis in BG. CUs faces of young people, students from North studying in Leningrad / St. Petersburg watch fireworks display on banks of river Neva & walk thru nighttime streets lit up by fairy aka Christmas lights. Dawn or dusk shots of bridge raising; students paint scene from riverbank; scenic shots of city reflections. Catamaran-type tourist boat along river. Groups of students on sunny street, pedestrians. 03:02:38 Students into geography class; lecturer points to map of Northern USSR; VO says region familiar as all students born there - from tribes inc. Eskimo, Yakut, Sami. Aerial view snowy wilderness in North. Ice. 03:04:04 Explosion; mining on Yamal Peninsula in Northwest Siberia; train carries iron ore thru snowy landscape. POV from train. Monchegorsk ? complex - heavy industry, smelting, blast furnaces etc. Faces lighted by furnaces; pouring molds. 03:05:46 Statue of moose; shots of new towns w/ parks, apartments built on northern tundra & industrial landscapes. Oil pipeline; refinery. 03:07:14 People hike thru snow & up mountainside; group of geologists studying area. Reindeer herd; nomadic people breaking camp ready to move on. Russia / USSR; Travelogues; Ethnography; Extreme Weather; Arctic Landscape; Lapland; Geography; Soviet Natural Resources; Ethnic; Polar Cold; Climate; 1960s; 1968;