From Congress to Congress R3 of 5
Combine harvesters off factory production line during 8th Five Year Plan, VO gives statistics re improvement in Soviet production means - 1.5 million tractors delivered to farms in past five years. Various shots farm machinery at work in fields plowing aka plowing, harvesting, spraying etc. Various specialized machines.
12:22:47 Land reclamation projects w/ irrigation canals being dug, pipelines laid.
12:23:08 1920s footage of construction of Fergana Canal in Central Asia, Uzbekistan; workers swarming over site w/ shovels. Opening ceremonies for irrigation canals. VO says 6 million hectares of reclaimed land put to use during 8th Five Year Plan. Aerial views rivers & dams; once arid region of Turkistan now lush w/ trees; farmer releasing water from pipe into irrigation channels.
12:24:39 Grapes cut from vine; orchard; mechanized cotton pickers in Central Asia. Flock of sheep w/ herder; high pan across modern collective farm - production on industrial scale. INT large barn w/ automated cattle feeder; milking barn & dairy; bottling milk; packaging food on conveyor; newborn chicks out of incubator; huge flock of geese crowded into pond; pan across vegetables growing in hothouse - 36 hectare area.
12:27:33 Prefabricated apartment blocks assembled w/ crane. Bricklayer at work. Kids into school on collective farm site; INT theater / cinema; library; social club. Comfortable housing in village where “living conditions differ little from those in town”. Interior w/ modern amenities inc. television, bathroom suite etc. Pan across apartment complex - VO says 154 million square meters of housing built in rural areas in previous five years.
12:29:07 “Hero of Socialist Labour” Vasily Cherdinsov, Deputy to Supreme Soviet of USSR, behind desk; shows him still operating combine harvester in fields, good shots threshing grain at harvest time. Chemical plant - potash, minerals mined for fertilizer. Fertilizer plant recently opened - industrial complex.
Russia / USSR; Travelogues; Heavy Industry; Farming / Agriculture; Communism; Communist Propaganda;
Harvesting;
NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.
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From Congress to Congress R3 of 5 Combine harvesters off factory production line during 8th Five Year Plan, VO gives statistics re improvement in Soviet production means - 1.5 million tractors delivered to farms in past five years. Various shots farm machinery at work in fields plowing aka plowing, harvesting, spraying etc. Various specialized machines. 12:22:47 Land reclamation projects w/ irrigation canals being dug, pipelines laid. 12:23:08 1920s footage of construction of Fergana Canal in Central Asia, Uzbekistan; workers swarming over site w/ shovels. Opening ceremonies for irrigation canals. VO says 6 million hectares of reclaimed land put to use during 8th Five Year Plan. Aerial views rivers & dams; once arid region of Turkistan now lush w/ trees; farmer releasing water from pipe into irrigation channels. 12:24:39 Grapes cut from vine; orchard; mechanized cotton pickers in Central Asia. Flock of sheep w/ herder; high pan across modern collective farm - production on industrial scale. INT large barn w/ automated cattle feeder; milking barn & dairy; bottling milk; packaging food on conveyor; newborn chicks out of incubator; huge flock of geese crowded into pond; pan across vegetables growing in hothouse - 36 hectare area. 12:27:33 Prefabricated apartment blocks assembled w/ crane. Bricklayer at work. Kids into school on collective farm site; INT theater / cinema; library; social club. Comfortable housing in village where “living conditions differ little from those in town”. Interior w/ modern amenities inc. television, bathroom suite etc. Pan across apartment complex - VO says 154 million square meters of housing built in rural areas in previous five years. 12:29:07 “Hero of Socialist Labour” Vasily Cherdinsov, Deputy to Supreme Soviet of USSR, behind desk; shows him still operating combine harvester in fields, good shots threshing grain at harvest time. Chemical plant - potash, minerals mined for fertilizer. Fertilizer plant recently opened - industrial complex. Russia / USSR; Travelogues; Heavy Industry; Farming / Agriculture; Communism; Communist Propaganda; Harvesting; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.