INSIDE RUSSIA Part 1

Description

Summary: Scenes in Georgia: People waving from train. LS, coal dines. Interior, miner drilling for coal. CU, miner digging, using pick digging for coal. LS, fireman speaking to visitors. Men pushing coal cars. Several scenes showing the primitive method of screening and washing coal. Scenes on the coastline of the Black Sea: Scenes of the countryside. :Native women taking their ease in yard of convent. Scenes, curing tobacco in open air. Woman leading a team of oxen, followed by farmer. Scenes of sheep grazing on mountain slope. Woman of the Mohammedan faith walking uphill. Ceremony of the unveiling of women (emancipation). Speakers before the ceremony telling the women to cast aside their face veil. CUs, unveiled women. Dancing after the unveiling ceremony. Scenes in Batum: crowded streets; people at vegetable store; men at outdoor cafe; people at pavilion; people at bench. LS, freighter in harbor. Scenic views of the countryside at Yalta, Crimea. Scenes of the south shore of the Black Sea. LS, former Czar's palace. LS, another palace. Landscaped gardens; workers playing volleyball. HLSs, luxurious villa, "Swallow's Nest" built on edge of cliff overlooking the sea.(Note: Shot at 16 frames.)

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities