Domestic and foreign newsreels (1929)

Views of the foothills of Afghanistan, along which units of British colonial troops advance in chains (top).

Soldiers climb a mountain.

A camel caravan with military equipment passes, soldiers lead loaded camels.

A caravan of heavily loaded mules moves along the road.

Residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian regions ride horseback to the opening of a new irrigation canal.

People ride by in carts.

A panorama of the rally on the occasion of the opening of the canal.

Views of the dam on the canal and the adjacent area (top), faces of the rally participants.

Representative of the regional committee of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) Andreyev A.A. ceremoniously cuts the red ribbon.

Raising the red flag, faces of women.

Water flows into the canal through the open sections of the dam.

View of part of the rally.

Views of the dam on the canal, faces of the rally participants.

Flow of water, a power line pole.

Views of the Akbash power station, built on the spillways of the canal, a sign with the name of the power station.

A saklya in a Kabardino-Balkarian village, an electric bulb in a saklya.

Oil fountains from new wells in the oil fields of the Azerbaijan SSR. A view of an oil puddle.

An oil rig that could not withstand the pressure falls, a fountain of oil spurts upward.

General view of the first furrow festival in the Kotlovskaya agricultural artel (above).

People with a banner are sitting on a tractor.

A column of tractors with plows is moving onto the field, people are accompanying it.

A view of the tribune of a festive meeting.

Tractors are making the first furrows in the field, a general view of part of the field.

Workers of Kashira are demonstrating the "Live Newspaper" to the collective farmers from the stage, singing, performing acrobatic numbers, faces of the spectators.

The arrival of a train at the station in Moscow.

Gorky A.M. looks at those meeting him from the window of the carriage, talks to them.

Gorky is met on the platform of the station, Gorky is among the people meeting him, Gorky's face.

View of part of the site in Izmailovo before the Osoaviakhim Day, faces of spectators.

Participants in the holiday release carrier pigeons from cages, pigeons in the sky, a child on a man's shoulders.

Demonstration of infantry actions in battle.

A rifle unit conducts a demonstration battle with a simulated enemy, faces of spectators.

Horse artillery changes firing positions.

A light tank moves to the starting line, planted land mines explode, planes fly by.

Red Army soldiers force a water obstacle in inflatable rubber boats.

Infantry crossing a water line on wooden footbridges, a machine-gun crew fires at a simulated enemy.

Participants in the physical education parade walk along the running tracks of the Dynamo stadium.

View of one of the stands of the stadium.

Karakhan L.M. on the stands.

A military brass band plays.

Columns of athletes walk along the stadium tracks, view of part of the stands, faces of spectators.

Parade participants line up on the stadium field.

View of part of the football field during the match between the RSFSR and Ukraine (above), episodes of the football match, view of one of the stands.