Lithuania Today
Lithuanian Film Studios, Dir. A. Krisciunas Dedicated to 50 Years of Soviet Friendship.
English narration.
07:34:27 Views of gnarled tree. Aerial views Lithuanian lake & countryside inc. castle on island in lake. Pan & aerial over capital city, Vilnius. University; INT library; views across rooftops of old city from high tower. Young people gathered in courtyard.
07:36:57 INT woman sits at large computer w/ concentration - pan up complex bank of wires & cables - VO re increase in production of electric power, chemicals, shipbuilding under Soviet government - workers in electrical machine tool factory w/ equipment. Gold medal on wall of machine tool manufacturer. INT synthetic fiber plant in Kaunas, tracking shots past female workers & stacks of colored thread on spools.
07:38:25 Women model clothes made from man-made synthetic fibers in very 1960s setting. Pan across wall covered in film or theater posters; range of amber necklaces, jewelry.
07:39:12 Water & sand. Port of Klaipeda, industrial scenes, cargo ships & liners in dock. New highway w/ very little traffic. Aerials of apartment complex under construction; VO “an apartment is built in Lithuania every half hour”. Tracking shot thru empty new restaurant w/ ‘1960s style interior design. Tracking shots past & under new apartment blocks, some built across roads. Nitrogen fertilizer plant. Aerials farmland & farming villages.
07:42:10 Tracking shot past several open refrigerators filled w/ Lithuanian produce inc. milk, cheese, meat, wine & canned goods. VO Lithuania’s “achievements were made possible by its industrious people and the friendly Soviet nations”, more aerials farmland & countryside.
07:42:55 Bizarre musical hunting montage w/ moose running & shots of men shooting guns intercut w/ shots of deer, rabbits & birds. Pan across rural river valley & city rooftops to ancient tower w/ sound of church bells ringing.
Baltic States; Soviet; USSR; Travelogues; Tourism; Industrialization; Progress; Agriculture; Good Life;
1960s Dress Fashions; Kitsch; Gag;
NOTE: One continuous minutes sold at per reel rate.
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Lithuania Today Lithuanian Film Studios, Dir. A. Krisciunas Dedicated to 50 Years of Soviet Friendship. English narration. 07:34:27 Views of gnarled tree. Aerial views Lithuanian lake & countryside inc. castle on island in lake. Pan & aerial over capital city, Vilnius. University; INT library; views across rooftops of old city from high tower. Young people gathered in courtyard. 07:36:57 INT woman sits at large computer w/ concentration - pan up complex bank of wires & cables - VO re increase in production of electric power, chemicals, shipbuilding under Soviet government - workers in electrical machine tool factory w/ equipment. Gold medal on wall of machine tool manufacturer. INT synthetic fiber plant in Kaunas, tracking shots past female workers & stacks of colored thread on spools. 07:38:25 Women model clothes made from man-made synthetic fibers in very 1960s setting. Pan across wall covered in film or theater posters; range of amber necklaces, jewelry. 07:39:12 Water & sand. Port of Klaipeda, industrial scenes, cargo ships & liners in dock. New highway w/ very little traffic. Aerials of apartment complex under construction; VO “an apartment is built in Lithuania every half hour”. Tracking shot thru empty new restaurant w/ ‘1960s style interior design. Tracking shots past & under new apartment blocks, some built across roads. Nitrogen fertilizer plant. Aerials farmland & farming villages. 07:42:10 Tracking shot past several open refrigerators filled w/ Lithuanian produce inc. milk, cheese, meat, wine & canned goods. VO Lithuania’s “achievements were made possible by its industrious people and the friendly Soviet nations”, more aerials farmland & countryside. 07:42:55 Bizarre musical hunting montage w/ moose running & shots of men shooting guns intercut w/ shots of deer, rabbits & birds. Pan across rural river valley & city rooftops to ancient tower w/ sound of church bells ringing. Baltic States; Soviet; USSR; Travelogues; Tourism; Industrialization; Progress; Agriculture; Good Life; 1960s Dress Fashions; Kitsch; Gag; NOTE: One continuous minutes sold at per reel rate.