Where Rivers Are Lost

The film tells about the irresponsible attitude of people towards the water resources of Uzbekistan. Part 1 Moscow Region, Star City. Pilot-cosmonaut of the SSR, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General of Aviation Vladimir Alexandrovich Dzhanibekov in his office says (sinhr., Off-screen) about the unreasonable attitude of people to water. Uzbek SSR. Sand dunes. Tumbleweed in the steppe. Aral Sea: rusty ships on the shore. Agricultural machinery works in the field. Cotton field with irrigation canal. Dam on an irrigation canal. Syrdarya river. Sardob is an ancient water storage. Uzbek SSR, Khoremz region, Khiva. The old city of Ichan-Kala: fortress wall; minaret Islam Khoja. Uzbek SSR, Gulistan city. Blooming trees. Dried poplars. Saline soil. Reinforced concrete hydraulic trays in cotton fields. Cotton grower, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR Minavar Mirbabayeva talks with irrigators in a cotton field. M. Mirbabayeva speaks (sinhr., Behind the scenes in Uzbek, narrated translation into Russian) about bad reclamation systems, about irrigators' mistakes in their work; cleaning work in collectors; about the amount of saline lands in the region. Uzbek SSR, Kashkadarya region. Karshi cascade of pumping stations on the Amu Darya river. The minibus passes over the pumping station dam bridge. Reservoir. Cotton picking: cotton pickers in the field. Wheat harvesting: combine in the field at work. Dried saline soil. Uzbek SSR, Karshi. Dried saline soil in a cotton field. Reinforced concrete hydraulic trays in the fields. The foreman of the cotton growers Savarbay Khashibov speaks (sync., Behind the scenes in Uzbek, Russian voice-over) about salinization of lands (position origin - 270.6 m). 2 part of the Uzbek SSR. The shallow Aral Sea. Uzbek SSR, Khoremz region. Mosaic panel on the building of the Tuyamuyun hydroelectric station. Amu Darya river; reservoir. Drainage system in the field; construction of a drainage system. Water-flooded fields. Cleaning the collector from silt using an excavator. Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Representatives of the Uzbek SSR, scientists, irrigators, invited to the hall of the film studio to view the footage, talk with a reporter. Among them: Director of the Institute "Uzgiprovodkhoz" Turgun Dzhuraevich Abidov, Doctor of Economics Kayumov, Honored Irrigator of the Uzbek SSR Deushev, Director of the Central Asian Institute of Water Problems Viktor Abramovich Dukhovny. V.A. Dukhovny speaks (sinhr., Behind the scenes) about the optimization calculations done at the institute to solve the problem with the republic's water resources. T.A. Abidov says (sinhr.) About the water reserves in the republic. Deushev speaks (sinhr.) About methods of saving water in the republic. Kayumov says (sinhr.) About solving problems with water resources in the republic. Uzbek SSR, Gulistan city. M. Mirbabayeva speaks (sinhr., Behind the scenes in Uzbek, narration translation into Russian) about the irrational use of funds for poor saline lands. Uzbek SSR, Khoremz region. Khlobkorob Harisma Ovlaibaltaeva speaks (sinhr., Behind the scenes in Uzbek, Russian voiceover) about the poor development of the drainage system in the fields of the region; on the negative impact of the Tuyamuyun hydroelectric power station on the yield; on methods of saving water. In the second part, c / t plans are used: 1985, Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. International Exhibition "Irrigation-85"; visitors examine the exhibits of the exhibition (pos.orig. - 237.2 m).

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scriptwriter M. Ganiev, sound engineer B. Gafurov, editor L. Samartseva, editing S. Papazyan, picture director R. Ismailov