North Caucasus Number 25

The newsreel consists of two plots. 1st plot. A story about ethnographers of the Kabardino-Balkarian Research Institute of History, Philology and Economics, who collect and classify ancient songs of the peoples of the North Caucasus. Kabardino-Balkaria. The car drives along a mountain road. Kabardian, performer of old songs A. Gonov and the chorus of the oldest from the village of Nartan sing in the courtyard of the house (sinhr.). Institute staff record the song on a tape recorder. The building of the Kabardino-Balkarian Research Institute of History, Philology and Economics. The head of the folklore laboratory ZM Naloev, the laboratory staff listen to the sound recordings. Cover of the first volume of the book by Z.M. Naloev from the series "Folk songs and instrumental tunes of the Circassians". Musicologists ZP Karangushev and V.Kh.Baragunov in the laboratory. Employees of the institute are recording a folk epic performer in one of the mountain villages (sync). Illustrations in the book "The Legend of the Narts". The car drives on a mountain road. 2 nd plot. North Ossetia, Ordzhonikidze. Evening dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Boris Mikhailovich Druzhnova, actor of the North Ossetian Republican Russian Drama Theater, Honored Artist of North Ossetia. Participants of the evening in the theater hall. BM Druzhnov on stage accepts congratulations. Photographs of scenes from the theater performances. Fragments from the performances "Intervention", Oedipus the Tsar "with the participation of BM Druzhnov (sinhr.) BM Druzhnov makes up before the performance. BM Druzhnov photographs in the forest, resting near the fire. Photos of BM Druzhnov. BM Druzhnov rides a bicycle along a forest path.

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V. Guluev, Y. Pritula, P. Finkelberg