Contemporary Number 47

Special issue of the newsreel "Old Steamship". The movement of river vessels along the Volga river. The Pamyat Azina steamer, built at the beginning of the 20th century, during a voyage along the Volga. Passengers on deck. Engine room, recreation room, captain's cabin of the ship. The captain of the steamer V. D. Meleshkin on the captain's bridge, at the telegraph office, talking with the mechanic. The story of V.D.Meleshkin about the old Volga steamers is played off-screen. Decommissioned steamers. Volga landscapes.

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Sound by I. Nifonov, text by A. Solonitsyn