Higher than the Highest Mountains

Mountains, gorges, ruined fortresses, Buddha statues; desert; there is a camel caravan. Mountain river, waterfall. Jalalabad oasis: palm trees, sugar cane, fruit trees grow. The city of Kabul. King's palace. King of Afghanistan Mohammad Zahir Shah. Meeting of the Council of Ministers; Prime Minister M. Daoud is present. Session of Parliament. Newsreel: NS Khrushchev's reception of the King of Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah; the signing of the Soviet-Afghan documents. Stay of NS Khrushchev in Afghanistan (March 1961); Soviet-Afghan documents signed by NS Khrushchev and M. Da ud. Economic assistance from the USSR to Afghanistan: supplies of road equipment for the construction of the Kushka-Herat-Kandahar highway; Soviet specialists and workers are working on the construction of a highway, hydroelectric power plants, and a reservoir; Researchers at the Leningrad Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering are testing a model of a hydroelectric power station to be built in Afghanistan. Production of turbines at the Gidrouralmash plant for power plants under construction in Afghanistan. The grand opening of the Dzhengalak auto repair plant. Speakers: King Mohammed Zahir Shah, Minister of Mineral Resources and Industry Dr. Yusuf. Specialists of the Gorky Automobile Plant train the workers of the Dzhengalak Automobile Plant in production processes. Rally on the occasion of the opening of the construction of the Jalalabad Canal. Present: M. Daud and USSR Ambassador S. F. Antonov. Soviet engineer Petrov acquaints the participants of the meeting with the project and plan for the construction of the canal. Construction of a cement plant in Puli Khumri with the help of Czechoslovak specialists. Production processes at the Kabul bakery, built with the help of the USSR. Construction of an air terminal at the Kabul airport. Says (synchronously) the chief architect of the construction SA Vorobiev. Afghan oilmen, together with Soviet, Czechoslovak and Romanian specialists, are exploring oil fields and working on oil rigs. Afghan students study at the higher educational institutions of the USSR. Professor Voronin conducts classes with students of Kabul University.

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Music by S. Balasanyan, text by I. Shpikovsky