A film about an amazing experiment by Soviet primatologists, who released two groups of primates (chimpanzees and macaques) on islands in the area of Lake Yazno in the Pskov region in order to observe their behavior and lifestyle in the climate of central Russia.








Pskov region, panorama of Lake Yazno, view of a small island in the middle of the lake.
A boat is sailing on the lake.
The frame shows views of the lake, ripples on the water, sun glare.
Reeds, grass near the shore, scientists are walking along the island, along the shore.
Panorama of trees, scientists are in the frame.
Chimpanzees in the trees.
The monkey is screaming, angry.
Scientists led by the head of the expedition, Professor L. A. Firsov, are walking along the island, filming the monkeys with a hand-held camera.
Monkeys are sitting on a branch, one of them is screaming loudly.
A man with a movie camera climbed a tree.
The chimpanzees get down from the tree, jump into the grass, run into the depths of the island.
The monkeys are screaming, getting excited, climbing a tree.
The frame shows a man with a movie camera in a tree, a group of chimpanzees is located around him.
The chimpanzees approach the man, the man with the camera strokes them.
A man stands near a tree, looks at monkeys through binoculars.
Chimpanzees climb down from the tree, walk along a path one after another, across a field.
Monkeys are sitting in a clearing.
Wildflowers in a meadow.
Trees, a clearing, a lake is visible in the background.
Water lilies on the lake.
Monkeys are sitting in a tree, looking for edible leaves, etc.
Close-up - a chimpanzee is eating leaves.
A member of the expedition walks along the island, through the thickets, stops by the water in the reeds, looks through binoculars.
Close-up - a man is looking through binoculars.
The frame shows trees, macaques are jumping along the branches.
Various shots with macaques in trees.
A macaque is sitting on a branch, eating leaves.
A macaque in a tree, eating some fruit.
A monkey is looking for insects and larvae in the bark of a tree.
A macaque is tearing off leaves on a branch.
A monkey comes to a rotten stump, looking for something there.
Close-up - anthill, ants, larvae.
Monkeys near an anthill, feasting on insects.
Close-up - a macaque near a stump.
Macaques near an anthill, looking for food, feasting on insects, tearing off bark from a stump, etc.
Panorama of a clearing, thickets of grass, members of the expedition with a camera and a photo camera are in the frame.
Panorama of the tree crowns, you can see macaques sleeping on the branches.
Close-up - macaques resting on a tree branch.
View of a lake.
A monkey near the water, moving along a dry branch.
Another monkey is hiding in the thickets near the shore.
A macaque near the water, looking for edible leaves of aquatic plants, tries and eats juicy sedge.
Two macaques in the water, sitting on dry branches.
A macaque is sitting on a log that is sunk into the water.
An expedition member in a rowboat approaches the shore, a panorama of the water, the shore.
A macaque in a tree.
The macaques jump from the tree, run to the shore at the sound of a whistle, across the water, and then along a log and branches they make their way to the boat for a treat.
Various shots of monkeys in a boat, a man treats them with raisins, they take the treat straight from his hands.
Then the boat sails away, one of the monkeys remains in the boat, but then jumps into the water and swims to the shore.
Close-up - a wet monkey sitting on a log.
The boat with the expedition members approaches the shore, the monkeys approach the boat at the sound of a whistle, the scientists treat them with treats.
The macaques sit in the boat, eat treats, then jump back to the shore, climb trees, swing on branches, etc.
Close-up - a monkey on a branch.
Men feed macaques from their hands.
Close-up - a tape recorder, recording.
Macaques in a boat with expedition members.
Close-up - a macaque opens a human palm and takes out a treat.
A macaque sits on a branch, combing itself.
A boat with scientists sails away from the shore, the monkeys jump out of the boat and swim to the shore.
A scientist sits on a log, takes notes, a group of macaques approaches him.
A macaque in a tree.
A scientist sits on a log, takes notes, macaques are sitting next to him.
One of the monkeys climbs into the scientist's arms, checks his pockets, the man strokes it, gives it a treat, gets up and leaves with it.
The frame shows a clearing on an island, thickets of grass, a path is visible.
The macaques walk one after another along the path.
A boat on the shore, a camera on a tripod stands nearby, a man in a boat surrounded by macaques, strokes them, etc.
One of the macaques explores the camera, not at all afraid of the cameraman standing nearby.
A macaque in the arms of a scientist.
The monkeys interfere with the operator's work, he drives them away with his hand.
Experiment.
The scientist ties a candy to a rope and throws it up a tree.
The macaque first jumps from the ground and tries to reach the candy.
Then it climbs a nearby tree, jumps from it onto the rope and gets the candy.
Close-up - the monkey eats the candy.
Now the rope with the candy is located further from the trunk.
The macaque climbs the branches of the tree, gets to the rope, pulls it up and takes the candy.
The macaque sits in the tree and eats the candy.
Two men hang a rope with an orange on a tree branch to see how the chimpanzee will act in this case.
First, the chimpanzee Taras tries to get the orange with a stick, but it turns out to be too heavy.
Then Taras finds another stick, dry and light, and also tries to knock down the orange.
After numerous attempts, the chimpanzee throws the stick, climbs a tree, jumps from it onto a rope and gets an orange.
Chimpanzee Taras sits on the ground and eats an orange.
The scientist hangs his jacket on a tree trunk and leaves.
A macaque sits on a tree, watches the scientist, then jumps down.
The scientist goes to the shore of the lake, puts a treat in the hollow of a stump.
The macaque tries to get the treat out of the hollow, but does not reach it.
A macaque approaches the tree on which the scientist's jacket is hanging; she examines the pockets of the jacket, finds raisins and nuts.
The macaques continue to try to get the treat out of the hollow, but they do not succeed.
A man stands by the shore, in the thickets of reeds, taking pictures of monkeys.
The scientist puts a stick in the hollow to help the macaques get the treat, but the macaques do not use the stick, they throw it away.
Sunset, lake, view of the island.
A female scientist sits in a clearing, next to her is a chimpanzee named Chita.
The woman takes out a pocket mirror, looks into it, then hands the mirror to the monkey.
Chita looks into the mirror and recognizes herself in the reflection.
A large mirror is installed in the clearing, the chimpanzees approach the mirror and look into it.
Chimpanzee Taras begins to behave aggressively, hitting the mirror, screaming, etc.
Close-up - Firsov lies in the grass, takes pictures of the monkeys.
Taras shakes the mirror, hits it, swears.
Various shots with monkeys near a large mirror - scientists observe their behavior, take pictures.
Close-up - a chimpanzee sits on the ground.
Monkeys near a mirror.
It shows how female chimpanzees react to the mirror - they examine themselves with interest.
The chimpanzee puts on a cape from the mirror.
Various shots with monkeys near the mirror.
The chimpanzees leave the clearing.
Panorama of the clearing, trees.
The monkeys are sitting on a branch, Firsov comes up to them with a microphone, the monkeys are interestedly studying the microphone, trying to taste it.
A scientist is in a clearing, lying on the grass, recording sounds made by chimpanzees on a tape recorder.
General plan - a clearing, scientists are located on it, chimpanzees are next to them.
Close-up - chimpanzees.
Chimpanzee Taras is in a clearing, nervous, screaming - unhappy with something.
Chimpanzees are fighting.
A group of scientists are walking along a path, chimpanzees are following them.
The chimpanzees come out into a clearing, there is a horn loudspeaker on the grass through which music is broadcast.
Close-up - horn loudspeaker.
The monkeys are calmly sitting on tree branches, listening to music, not showing any emotions.
Close-up - chimpanzees.
Chimpanzees are sitting on a branch, combing each other, catching fleas, etc.
Close-up - chimpanzee yawning.
Scientists in a clearing, near a tape recorder, turn on the loudspeaker sound of chimpanzee aggression.
The monkeys in the clearing begin to get nervous, run in different directions.
A scientist with a loudspeaker in his hands walks around the clearing, the monkeys run away from him.
The chimpanzees leave the clearing, move towards the shore of the lake, approach the water.
The lake, scientists are sitting in a boat, filming the monkeys on camera.
Chimpanzees by the water, carefully enter the lake, stand in the water, try the water, etc.
Panorama of the lake, in the frame - a neighboring island.
Macaques on the shore, going to the water.
Close-up - a water lily in the water.
Macaques in the water, catching various aquatic insects.
Close-up - a macaque sitting on a stone, looking for something in the water.
A macaque is swimming in the water, scientists are standing nearby on a raft, watching him, taking pictures, filming on camera.
The macaque Plut climbs onto the raft, approaches the scientists, climbs onto a tripod, studies the camera.
The leader macaque climbs a branch of a dry tree.
The rogue plays with scientists on a raft, near the camera.
The leader macaque is nervous, jumping on a branch.
Two macaques explore the camera on the raft, then jump into the water and swim to the shore.
Two macaques lie on a tree branch, bask in the sun, look for insects from each other.
Macaques on the shore.
Evening, stormy sky, clouds, view of the lake.
Lightning in the sky, thunderstorm, thunder.
It starts to rain, panorama of trees, shore, lake.
View of stormy sky, clouds, lake.
Leaves in raindrops.
A group of scientists in raincoats with equipment walks on the water, along the shore, panorama of chimpanzees who are watching people.
Chimpanzees meet people, climb into their arms, onto their backs, hug them, etc.
Scientists with equipment approach the tree on which the chimpanzees are sitting.
Scientists take off their raincoats, settle down below, monkeys sit above.
Close-up - pine branch with cones, in raindrops.
Close-up - chimpanzee on a tree.
Scientists warm themselves by the fire, dry their clothes.
A man lights a fire.
Macaque on a branch.
Fire - the fire flares up.
Macaques carefully approach the fire, sit down not far from it.
Sunset, view of the lake.
Island, scientists with chimpanzees in a clearing.
Chimpanzees in the trees.
The scientist films Firsov communicating with the chimpanzees.
Firsov puts on a stethoscope, listens to the monkeys, checks their health.
Panorama of the lake and the island.
The boat with scientists sails away from the island.
Chimpanzee Taras stands on the shore, screams, sees the scientists off.
View of the island from the sailing boat.
Monkeys, primates, chimpanzee, macaques, lake, island, primatologists, scientists
Firsov L. A. - Soviet and Russian primatologist
ethologist
Doctor of Medical Sciences
professor
Pskov region
Summer