Soviet Siberia and Central Asia: America's New Gateway to Asia Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This documentry film on Soviet life features scenes of Vice President Henry Wallace's journey to China and Soviet Asia. Reel 1 shows Vice President Wallace as he is greeted in Yakutsk; a commissioner observing children in library; Wallace inspecting Irkutsk state farm and Lake Baikal scientific station; a political leader escorting Wallace and Col. Kite on an inspection tour of a collective ranch; local inhabitants entertaining the entourage; Wallace visiting Chitinskaya (Chita) Oblast; and the inspection of an airplane factory at Novosibirsk. Reel 2 shows Wallace addressing a gathering at Novosibirsk Opera Building; Turkic decendants displaying horsemanship; mining operations; Mexican and Chinese ambassadors inspecting cotton production in Tashkent; irrigation canals; the wine industry; the Soviet film industry; and airmen in Alma-Ata (Almaty). Presented by the Office of War Information and photographed by the Central Documentary Film Studios of the USSR, with narration by Owen Lattimore.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Information Agency

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities