Syrias Everyday Life

Syria. Damascus city. Transport, pedestrian traffic. Adjuster. Fountain. Mosque. The peasants cultivate the land with a hoe. Camels in the desert. Sheep in the pasture. Harvesting of cotton, peanuts. Landscapes. Newsreels: an Israeli military plane in the sky, militia fighters receive rifles. Partisan camp. Opening of the monument to the Unknown Partisan. Refugee camp from Palestine. Doctors examine children. Women embroider, prepare food. A woman gives interviews in Arabic (synchronously). Port of Tartous. The Soviet steamer "Metallurg Baikov" is at the pier. Unloading bags of sugar. Nitrogen fertilizer plant. The Euphrates River. Dam on the river. Soviet and Syrian surveyors at work.

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1970