INSIDE RUSSIA Part 1

Description

Summary: In the Caucasus: Scenes from moving train. People leaning out windows at way station and buying food from peasants. People at train stop buying food from peasants from rough wooden stands. Scenes from train, showing markets, farmlands. LS, Caucasian Mt range. VSs, luxurious villas in Maryam, formerly the homes of Russian nobility, now used as a health resort. LS, streets in Maryam. People drinking mineral waters at spring. Xoman tossing medicine ball to group of little children. Shot of ox cart. Mountaineers dancing. CU, mountaineers watching. Scenes of mountains in Georgia. Steamroller repairing road. Horses pulling carts on mountain roads. LS, mountain gorges. Tourists in cars. Scenes in Georgia: Boy feeding a bear cub. Tourists and Georgians. Tourists watch a trained bear climbing pole. HS, LS, tourists walking on mountain path. Interior: Georgian natives in cafe, drinking and talking. CUs, natives. Group of Georgians listening as one of them addresses the group. Tourists leaving in buses. Scenes of mountains in Georgia.(Note: This was shot at 16 frames.)

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities