Somalia Is a Republic on the Equator

Landscapes of Somalia: palm trees on the seashore, camels in the desert, blooming cacti. Everyday life of the inhabitants of Somalia: a woman rocks a child, a boy drives a flock of sheep, a young man grazes calves, a girl drinks camels. Residents of one of the cattle-breeding tribes move to new pastures: they load things onto camels, go with a caravan along the savannah, spend the night in huts in the trees, and water the cattle by the well. Somalia's tropical landscape: tropical plants, banana plantations, coconut groves. View of the Italian agricultural farm "Romana". Types of Mogadishu - the capital of Somalia: streets, the Sultan's palace, mosque minarets, military barracks, a prison building. Newsreel of the liberation uprising against the colonialists (1960): the descent of English and Italian flags from the administrative buildings of the city, a meeting of the Parliament of the Republic, the swearing-in of the President of Somalia Aden Abdullah Osman. View of one of the Somali villages: women work in the field, cook food, collect water from a well. Construction of the seaport in Kismayu. Seeing Somali students to study in the USSR. Construction in Somalia with the participation of Soviet specialists of a dairy plant. Construction of a hospital, printing plant. The fauna of Somalia: ostriches, monkeys, antelopes, elephants, roe deer in the savannah. Development of savannah lands: tillage with tractors, work of brushcutting machines, drilling of wells. View of the first wheat field. The development of a national script by Somali scientists. Speech by the Prime Minister of Somalia, Ali Shermark. Moscow. A.I. Mikoyan receives the Prime Minister of Somalia in the Kremlin, Dr. Abdrashid Ali-Shermark.

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1964