On River Ships to the Arctic

A passenger ship is sailing along the river. A tug steamer pulls rafts along the river. Port cranes load timber onto barges. Construction of river vessels at the Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard in Gorky. Preparation of river vessels in the Arkhangelsk port for ferrying at the mouth of the Ob and Yenisei rivers along the Northern Sea Route. Minister of the river fleet of the USSR ZA Shashkov, head of the expedition Nayanov check the readiness of river vessels for the Arctic passage. The passage of a caravan of ships across the seas - White, Barents, Karskoe. Solemn welcomes of river vessels on the Yenisei and Ob rivers. Meeting to mark the meeting of the expedition members in Salekhard.

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Text by E. Maryamov, sound by D. Ovsyannikov