1. "Towers Among the Sands" - about the development of an oil field in the Kara-Kum desert. 2. "Miklouho-Maclay" - the story is dedicated to the Russian traveler N. N. Miklouho-Maclay, who lived for many years among the Papuans in New Guinea. 3. "Chincha Islands" - about the Peruvian Chincha Islands, which serve as a haven for millions of birds. The islands are used to collect the most valuable fertilizer - guano (bird droppings). 4. "Cable Car" - about the suspended cable car in the Baksan Gorge.
1. Derricks among the sands.
Oil field development in the Karakum Desert.
Tractors carry equipment, pipes, derricks.
Oil derricks; a pumping station is working.
The town of Nebit-Dag, houses, green spaces, buses on the streets (Turkmenistan). 2. Miklouho-Maclay.
Drawings, diary, scientific works, letter (to Prince Meshchersky) by Miklouho-Maclay.
Exhibits of the Leningrad Museum of Ethnography, brought by N. N. Miklouho-Maclay from New Guinea.
A modern New Guinea village; Papuans near their huts.
The coast of New Guinea, named after Miklouho-Maclay.
Oil industry, City transport, Public utilities, Improvement, Science, Geography, Nature
Leningrad Papua New Guinea
Summer
CAPTION: Chincha Islands.
A boat approaches the shore.
Birds in the sky.
Seals lie on top of a small cliff.
Penguins climb down from the cliff.
Boats approach the shore.
A man climbs a rope ladder from a boat.
Birds on an island.
Cormorants.
Guano mining on the island.
Loading bags of guano onto a truck.
Unloading bags of guano.
CAPTION: Cable car (Caucasus).
Snow-covered mountains.
Forest at the foot of the mountains.
Pine trees.
Ski resort cabins.
Mountain river.
Skiers.
Tourists with skis on their shoulders return to the base.
Cable car.
Skiers descend from the summit.
Peru Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
Caucasus
Summer