Foresee! (1980)

Advertising brochure of the resort in Pitsunda.

Photograph of one of the sanatoriums.

Seascape.

View of the sea coast and sanatorium buildings.

View of the building of one of the sanatoriums.

Sea surf, views of the coast.

Sculpture depicting dolphins.

Photographs and footage of the storm, texts of newspaper articles about storms in Pitsunda.

Photographs of the aftermath of the storm and destruction on the coast.

Concrete structures dumped in a heap on one of the beaches.

View of one of the beaches littered with concrete structures, people swimming in the sea.

View of part of a coniferous forest, the stump of a freshly cut tree.

Annual rings on a cut.

Taking a wood sample by drilling a tree core with a drill.

The scientist places the core under a microscope and examines it.

Layers of annual growth under a microscope.

Processing of measurement data using a computer.

Annual growth showing tree diseases.

Annual rings at the site of the cut.

Graphs of the decline in tree growth made on a computer.

Panorama of a section of pine forest near a railroad, exposed roots of one of the pines.

Panorama of part of a pine forest.

Distribution of telegraph and radio communications across the globe (animation).

Photographs of power lines.

Views of sections of high-voltage power lines.

Taiga flora, people walking through the forest.

Scientists are making a biological forecast for the impact of a future high-voltage power line on the environment.

Panorama of part of the taiga.

View of a forest anthill.

Ants in an anthill.

Anthills left by ants as a result of lowering the groundwater level.

Caterpillar on the needles of a coniferous tree.

View of part of the forest.

Dew drops on flowers.

Forest flora.

Ants in an anthill.

Photograph of a power transmission line mast.

Artificial effect of an electric field on an anthill.

Ants under the influence of an electric field.

View of part of a power transmission line mast with insulators.

Conducting an experiment with mosquitoes, mosquitoes under the influence of an electric field, voltmeter scale.

Mosquitoes that died under the strong influence of an electric field.

Photos of power transmission line masts.

Scientists take soil samples in the forest to predict the impact and influence of power transmission lines on the environment.

Candidate of Chemical Sciences G.E. Pashneva talks about studying the effects of ultra-high voltages on the soil, about the results of studying the soil cover within the power transmission line route, about the interaction of the soil electric field with the external field of the power transmission line, about the threat of wind erosion (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Taking a soil sample.

Conducting an experiment in the laboratory with the modeling of the influence of the electromagnetic field of the power transmission line on the soil.

Artificial creation of micro-vortex phenomena between the power transmission line wire and the soil in laboratory conditions, voltmeter scale.

View of the power transmission line mast.

Scientists conduct research on the future power transmission line route.

Measuring the thickness of a tree trunk.

Carrying out geodetic work.

A female geodesist maps the natural background of a forest area.

Maps of the natural background and diagrams of the ecological system of the area.

Map of a part of Western Siberia indicating the stress of areas in ecological and economic terms.

Map of the territory of the USSR indicating areas least capable of ecological self-purification (animation).

Panorama of a part of the Siberian taiga.

Computer control panel with toggle switches.

Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences A.D. Bazykin speaks about forecasting maximum permissible loads for nature using mathematics, about the existence of oscillatory modes in ecological systems, about foreseeing danger to an ecological system using mathematical modeling (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Airplane landing gear wheels during landing.

Front landing gear wheel of an airplane under maximum load (modeling), diagrams of a mathematical model of wheel destruction constructed by Keldysh.

Computer diagrams of ecosystem destruction during long-term treatment of forests with insecticides.

Diagram of a decrease in the fish population in a reservoir with an increase in fishing.

An animated film based on the parable of the overgrown pond.