Movie A story about our cities. (1975)
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0:08:52A story about our cities (1975)
Annotation:
The film tells about new developments in urban development in the cities of the USSR: Moscow, Zelenograd, Sochi, Khiva, Navoi, Suzdal.
Annotation:
1st part. Construction of apartment buildings in Moscow. Beginning of construction: newsreel footage. The city of Zelenograd: design of social and domestic facilities. 2nd part. The problem of mass housing construction after the war: newsreel footage. Definition of the social and architectural environment for city residents using the city of Vilnius as an example: where is it more convenient to live, in the old town or in new buildings. 3rd part. Features of the architecture of Central Asian cities using the cities of Khiva and Navoi as an example. Old Russian architecture of Suzdal.
Reel №1
Panorama of new buildings.
Moscow, the Kremlin.
One of the Moscow squares, blooming tulips.
A girl walks by.
People on the street.
People walk along Red Square.
Newsreel of the 1920-1930s: Red Square, streets of Moscow.
An excavator works.
Demolition of an old house.
A crane operator works.
Builders at work.
Construction of new houses.
New houses.
Resettlement of residents to new buildings.
New settlers in a new apartment.
Workers in the canteen, in the reading room.
People play volleyball, ride boats.
Contemporary shooting – Zelenograd.
A wedding cortege drives along a city street.
The bride and groom inspect new buildings in Zelenograd.
Passers-by on the streets, buildings of the cinema, the Ocean store, the Russian Forest restaurant in Zelenograd.
Schoolchildren walk by, children play.
A modern apartment in Zelenograd - a kitchen, a bathroom, a room.
Sochi - new houses on the seashore, vacationers.
Cafe in the "Russian style".
Visitors in the cafe, children eat ice cream.
Vacationers in the bar.
Reel №2
Vacationers on the beach in Sochi - different shots.
Newsreel from the 1920-1930s: The sign "Peasant resort Livadia".
Vacationers arriving.
People getting out of the car.
Vacationers reading, sunbathing, a woman knitting.
Contemporary shooting: New buildings in Sochi.
Schoolchildren passing by.
Pioneer camp "Sokol".
Children doing exercises on the seashore.
Children in the treatment room.
Canteen.
A girl eating a pear.
Children playing with a ball on the seashore, building buildings from sand.
Newsreel from 1945. Cities destroyed during the war (shot from an airplane) - different shots.
Children studying in a destroyed school.
A woman with a child is standing.
Contemporary shooting - Construction of new houses.
A car passing by.
Vilnius - a city street, panorama of a building, people passing by, children in strollers.
The new district of Vilnius Lazdynai.
Schoolchildren passing by.
New street, new houses, a store.
Children in a nursery playing with toys.
Children playing on the playground in the courtyard of the house.
Interview with Lenin Prize laureate architect V. Chekanaskas (synchronously).
Panorama from the Neris River to the new Lazdynai district.
New houses in the district.
The bank of the Neris River, view across the bridge to the Lazdynai district.
Reel №3
The city of Khiva – panorama.
One of the city streets, residents walking by.
Bazaar in the city of Khiva – melons and grapes sold.
Old people walking along the street.
Desert (shot from a zoom out).
The city of Navoi – shot from a zoom in.
Monument in the park.
Fountains.
New buildings in the city.
Streets of the city of Navoi, children walking by.
Residential areas of the city.
Panorama – the city of Moscow, the Kremlin.
Church, old mansion.
A girl buys flowers, people walking along the street.
Girls talking, a girl walking with ice cream.
Transport on the streets of Moscow.
Kalininsky Prospekt (shot from a zoom out).
The city of Suzdal – panorama.
Cathedral.
Student restorers working – general, close-up, medium plans.
General plans of the city.
Church, cathedral.
Tourists watching.
The Nativity Cathedral, the Bishops' Chambers, the Tsar Constantine Church.
Tourists watching.
Moscow - new city districts, streets, new houses.
Children are walking along the street.
Red Square - general plan.
Moscow - filmed from above (general plans).