Volga Thoughts (1975)

The surface of the river, the glare of the sun on the water – general.

Volga landscapes – general; sunrise and sunset over the Volga – general.

A flock of birds rises from the sandbank – general.

The motor ship "Mikhail Kutuzov" is sailing along the river – general; "rocket" - general, panorama from the top; other ships, barges – various.

Motor ship at the city pier – general.

Volgograd embankment – general; city streets – general (from the top).

Work on dredging the river bed – cranes scoop sand from the bottom – general, panorama, medium, short.

Barge at the pier – general, panorama.

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor M.M. Kamshilov in the laboratory of the Institute of Biology of Inland Waters A.N. The USSR in the village of Borok near Yaroslavl says that the Volga should contain not only water, but also living entities (synchronously) - cf.

Algae in vessels - kr., Poland.

Poland from an aquarium to a scientist - cf.

Scientists-biologists of the institute take samples, conduct experiments, study the inhabitants of the Volga underwater fauna and flora in the laboratory of the institute and on a research vessel - misc.

Research vessel on the river - general.

The outstanding polar explorer, scientists, Admiral I.D. Papanin and other scientists are walking in a birch grove - cf., general, Poland. I.D. Papanin - the founder and first head of the Institute of Biology of Inland Waters of the USSR Academy of Sciences in a laboratory with other scientists.

Newsreel of 1937: Snow, ice, blizzard - cf.

A tent with the inscription: "USSR. Drifting expedition of the Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route" is being set up on an ice floe - Wed; Papanin and other members of the expedition are by the tent - Wed.

Newsreel of 1938 - the Papanin four are at the North Pole - general. I.D. Papanin - short.

Seagulls over the water - Wed, a panorama from above.

Metallurgical shop - smelting and rolling of metal.

A worker at the control panel of a rolling machine, a bar of hot metal is moving - Wed.

A shop of an automobile plant in the city of Tolyatti - general.

VAZ conveyor - Wed (from movement).

Water treatment service at an automobile plant in the city of Tolyatti.

Treatment facility - general, panorama.

Sedimentation tanks of the treatment facility - general; internal installation of the treatment facility - Wed, panorama.

Device - Wed.

Employees observe the technical process of water purification – Wed, ed.

State water supervision inspectors T.G. Churikov and P.A. Smirnov – ed.

Treatment facility, T.G. Churikov and P.A. Smirnov are walking – general, panorama from the top point.

Landscapes of the Volga – various.

Barges, motor ships, launches, boats floating along the Volga River – various.

The Kinel water treatment plant-vessel - general, medium, panorama.

Equipment of the biological treatment plant, where water is enriched with oxygen and returned to the river again.

Employees of the State Water Supervision and Sanitary Inspection at work at the station – short, panorama, medium.

Scientists studying the living conditions of microorganisms that purify water are conducting an experiment – short, medium, panorama.

On the surface of the river, devices are visible under water – short, panorama.

Sunset on the Volga – general, medium.

Hunters and fishermen by the campfire; cooking fish soup – general, short, panorama (evening).

An old fisherman by the campfire talks about cooking fish soup from Volga fish (synchronously) – medium.

A hunting dog by the fire – Wed.

Fishing boats on the Volga – general (morning).

Doctor of Biological Sciences V.I. Lukyanenko speaks about methods of preserving valuable fish species (synchronously) – cr.

Employees of a specialized institute (sturgeon-farming) at work – Wed, cr, Poland.

Sturgeons in the water – cr, Wed.

Power lines – Wed, general, Poland.

Turbine hall of the Volga Hydroelectric Power Station named after the XXII Congress of the CPSU – general.

Dam of the Volga Hydroelectric Power Station – general, Poland.

Special fish elevator of the Volga Hydroelectric Power Station named after the XXII Congress of the CPSU – general, PRN (from traffic).

An employee at the control panel – Wed, Poland.

Doctor of Biological Sciences A.D. Poddubny talks about the tasks facing ichthyologists working on the Volga and its reservoirs, related to the reproduction of fish stocks (synchronously) – Wed.

Girl at the microscope – cr., panorama of another employee.

Construction of a dam-water divider near Astrakhan: an electric welder (high-altitude worker) is working – Wed, general.

Water divider – panorama of the river, a motor ship is sailing by – general (from the top point).

Fishery protection boat on the Volga – general, Wed, panorama.

Fishery protection inspector on the boat and with fishermen.

Fishermen catch fish with a net – various.

Fish in the net – Wed, panorama; on the deck – cr., Wed, panorama.

Sunrise over the forest – Wed (from the movement).

Seagulls over the water – Wed.

Clearing the Volga delta and its channels of marsh plants.

Special machines are working – short, medium, panorama.

Autumn landscapes of the Volga – various.

Birch trees – red; panorama along the treetops – moderate.

The eroded banks of the Volga with exposed roots – moderate, panorama.

The steppe of the Trans-Volga region, a hot dry wind – red, moderate (from the top).

The dried-up, cracked earth – red (from the top).

Employees of the Volgograd Research Institute for Afforestation work in laboratory plots.

Shelterbelts – moderate, panorama.

Trees on the bank of the Volga River – general (from the top).

Willow branches – moderate, panorama.

Chief landscaping engineer I.P. Dudarev – red; at work on an experimental plot, walking among the green spaces.

Children who came to the experimental plot to I.P. Dudarev – red, moderate, panorama. I.P. Dudarev on the river bank – general; supervises work to strengthen the bank – women, children lay bundles of branches, among them I.P. Dudarev.

River flood, trees in the water – general.

Schoolchildren carry young fish in buckets from the drying up channels of the river to the big Volga – general, medium, short.

Sunset on the Volga – general.

Reflection of trees, sun in the river – general, panorama, medium (from the movement).

A flock of birds is flying – general.

Ships on the Volga – various.