On the Banks of the Lower Volga

Part I. Landscapes of the Volga River. Movement of steamers and other vessels along the river. Fishermen on the shore. Sanatorium and pioneer camp on the banks of the Volga. Vacationers play volleyball. The pioneers are swimming. Passengers are resting on the deck of the ship. Caravan of cargo ships. Wood rafting. The dredger is working. The city of Volsk (view from the river). Production processes at a cement plant. Career. Camels graze. Harvesting wheat in one of the farms. Institute of Agriculture of the South-East. Experimental field. The building and premises of the institute. Institute staff A. Fomin, N. Dalsky, A. K. Gatko at work. Saratov city. Types of streets, buildings, pier. Revolution square. Department store building. Tram and car traffic. Part II. Saratov city. House-Museum of Chernyshevsky. Monument to N.G. Chernyshevsky. Chernyshevsky's granddaughter leads the tour. Saratov State University. Applicants at the university building. Monument to Radishchev. Art Museum named after Radishchev. Pictures in the exposition of the museum. Gas pipeline construction. Gas distribution point. Drilling rigs. Production processes at a ball bearing factory. Accordion production workshop. Masters K. Kostylev and V. Meshkov at work. The accordionists perform in an open area in the park. The folk choir is performing a song about Saratov (synchronously). Graduates of one of the Saratov universities are dancing on the deck of the ship. Rainbow in the sky. Fishing boats in the harbor. Part III. Passenger ships sail along the Volga. Captain A. D. Galanin on deck. Passengers on deck. The city of Stalingrad. River Station. Embankment. City squares. Building. Museum "Defense of Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad". Excursion. Monument to I. V. Stalin. The building of the Regional Party School. Students of the school in the classroom. Urban transport movement. Building. Bricklayers and a construction crane are working. Young people set up a park, decorate flower beds. Monuments to those killed in the defense of Stalingrad. Production processes at the Stalingrad Tractor Plant, the Red October metallurgical plant. Department store. Sellers serve buyers. Young workers of the Krasny Oktyabr plant move into a new apartment. Physical culture parade. Part IV. Volga-Don Canal. Gateways. Sculpture of V.I. Stalin. Movement of ships. Construction of the Stalingrad hydroelectric complex. Lake Baskunchak. Extraction and loading of salt. Volga-Akhtubinskaya floodplain. Cows graze in the meadow. Wind, thermal and electric pumping stations. Cotton and rice fields. Harvesting tomatoes, grapes, watermelons in the Astrakhan Fruit State Farm. School of collective farm gardeners. Artists of the Pyatnitsky choir on the deck of a passenger ship. Choir and dance group rehearsal. The city of Astrakhan. River station and pier. Part V. G. Astrakhan. River Station. Astrakhan Kremlin. The movement of vehicles and pedestrians along the streets of the city. Residents of the city on the boulevard. Green theater. Monument to the sailors of the Astrakhan-Caspian military flotilla. Monument to S. M. Kirov. Port work. Production processes at the Mikoyan fish canning plant. Caviar packaging. Astrakhan reserve. Herons. Blooming lotuses. Tourists in the reserve. Fish inspectors and gamekeepers go around the parts of the reserve. Ducks. Fishing boats at the mouth of the Volga. The mouth of the Volga (shot from above).

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B. Agapov (text), L. Hmara (announcer)