Third Treasure

The plot of the film tells about folk crafts in Dagestan. 1 part. Panorama over the mountains of Dagestan. People's poet of Dagestan Rasul Gamzatov talks about the main treasures of Dagestan, including: mountains, sea and people (sinhr.). The waves of the Caspian Sea, running ashore, break on the stones. Panorama from a blossoming tree to the rocky mountains. Panorama over the rocks, over the bridge (aqueduct). Newsreel footage: a general view of the consequences of the devastating earthquake that happened on May 14, 1970 in Dagestan. Panorama of destroyed houses in the settlements of Dagestan; residents on the ruins of their homes. Rapid shooting: young people - girls and boys working on clearing the rubble. Inhabitants of Dagestan auls - women of different ages are engaged in folk crafts: a young woman works on a potter's wheel, another woman sits at a table in the courtyard of the house, sculpts figures of animals and people from clay, sings something; her granddaughter Liza, dressed in national clothes, watches her from the window, the woman turns to her granddaughter (sync.) with the question: what to call the sculpted figurine of a man, she herself decides what she will call Mohammed. The shepherd drives the flock of sheep and goats. The boy helps his father to lead a team of 2 oxen harnessed to a plow. The man plows the land, the boy removes stones from the field. The oxen are resting after plowing. General view of the Avar aul Untsukul in the mountains of Dagestan, which is the center of the production of artistic wooden products with a notch made of silver or cupronickel. A woman with a little boy in the museum, where the showcases of the craftsmen are presented. The woman tells the boy, pointing to an ink set made of apricot wood, that the same one was presented to V. I. Lenin (sinhr.). Panorama of an old tree with spreading branches. An elderly woman at work on a wooden product - makes a metal notch: she puts a pattern on a wooden vase into which a wire (silver, cupronickel) is hammered, next to it is a grandson who helps his grandmother, knocks on one of the parts of the vase with a hammer. General view of the exposition of the museum of decorative and applied arts. Part 2. Grandfather and grandson are walking along the mountainside. The man is clearing the stream bed with a shovel, the boy is helping his grandfather. Grandfather and grandson wash in the stream, wash their hands. Mountain river view. Girls of the aul / Kubachi / go with jugs for water. A group of elderly women are sitting in the street, knitting. The girl ties a scarf on her head, hangs jugs over her back, goes to the source to fetch water. A group of girls with jugs at the source. Water flows from the source. View of the suspension bridge over the river. On the bridge, a couple - a boy and a girl. A group of aul residents are walking down the street, musicians are playing. In the center among women is a young girl in national dress and a headdress. The inhabitants of the aul are standing, watching. The drummer is playing. People are standing on the bridge. View of flowering trees in the garden. Shoes in a row are on the floor. The girls are husking corn cobs. Men are working on a plowed area of land. View of a young woman with a baby in her arms. Girls on the roof of the house, sweeping it with a broom. Girls at work: weaving a carpet on a loom. General view of the carpet market in one of the settlements. Sellers display their goods, buyers walk through the market, choose carpets. Construction of a hydroelectric power station in the mountains of Dagestan. Production processes in the workshop of one of the enterprises: a special unit cuts off a piece from a metal blank. Production processes at one of the textile enterprises in Dagestan. Harvesting grapes: manually and using combines in the vineyard. The harvested grapes are poured into the back of the truck. A festive demonstration in one of the settlements of Dagestan, dedicated to November 7. Performance by dance groups. A participant in the demonstration is dancing - performing lezginka, a little girl is dancing next to him. Rasul Gamzatov among the demonstrators. Children run along the street of the village. Panorama of the mountains, the aul / Kubachi /. General view of the products made by the hands of the Kubachin people. Among them are jugs of original forms for water. Craftsmen at work. One of them is holding a finished copper-hammered jug in his hands.

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V. Kachurin, V. Vlasenko, I. Belokopytova