Northern Lights R2 of 5

Northern Lights R2 of 5 Reindeer herders travel by sleds across icy tundra to set up new camp - good shots of herd. Herders arrive on snowy hillside overlooking industrial town; VO says they can spend their vacation in town - escape from harsh conditions. Street scenes; port of Murmansk on Barents Sea. Catamaran hydroplane. Sailors’ wives wait on dock as ship arrives. 03:12:11 Fishing trawler at sea, ice coating; nets hauled in - fishermen working in freezing conditions. 03:13:19 Sailors’ wives board ship to greet husbands; cargo unloaded. Arctic tundra at sunset. Nighttime street scenes in town - piles of snow on sidewalk - neon lights - traffic & pedestrians. 03:15:11 INT swimming pool - race in progress; kids learning to swim; kids play in ‘beach’ room w/ sand & lights simulating sun’s rays, nurse puts special goggles on child, suntanning. (GOOD) Operating theater. Heated greenhouse, cactus. Woman waters vegetable plants. 03:17:29 Various rooms w/ people practicing musical instruments in small groups. Ships in dock - blizzard raging - fishermen watch sky for signs of Spring. 03:18:50 Ice breaking up, heaving & pushing; piling up, pressure ridges. Sun over horizon. 03:19:36 Reindeer sled race - celebrating first day of Spring; camera on speeding sled - good shots. Russia / USSR; Travelogues; Ethnography; Extreme Weather; Arctic; Lapland; Siberia; Soviet Winter Recreation; Polar Cold; Climate; 1960s; 1968;