Desert Overboard

A film about the construction of the Karakum Canal. Turkmenistan. The Karakum Desert. Desert landscapes. Sandstorm. Camels in a sandstorm. The movement of cars in the desert. The car is slipping. Dunes. Construction of one of the sections of the Karakum canal. Bulldozers, excavators, and a dredger are working. Exquisite work. Settlement Karamet-Niyaz. Poplar alley on the bank of the canal. Movement of boats, barges. Barge at the shore. Unloading saxaul. Shepherd A. Avezov with a flock of sheep. Builders cook soup on the bank of the canal, listen to the radio, ride a boat. Evening plans of the channel. Sunset. State farm "Karakum Canal". Cotton plantations. Harvesting cotton with a combine. Agronomist Babakuli Sazakov in the field. Drying cotton. Gardens.

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1961