String over Kama (2002)

Views of the Kama River, river landscapes, ships on the Kama.

Photograph of a crossing of a water obstacle during the Great Patriotic War.

Automobile transport in a queue to cross the Kama River near the Sorochi Mountains and Murzikhy.

Entrance to the ferry.

The ferry is crossing the Kama River.

Seagulls over the water.

People throw pieces of bread to the seagulls from the ferry.

The ferry moors to the shore.

The ramp opens.

Automobiles drive ashore.

Automobiles pass by the queue for the ferry.

Automobiles enter the vacated ferry.

View of part of the ferry deck departing from the pier.

The ferry is heading to the opposite bank.

Seagulls over the water.

The ferry captain and the helmsman in the wheelhouse.

Passengers on board the ferry.

The minibus of the film crew enters the bridge across the Kama River.

View of the bridge receding into the distance.

View of the roadway of the bridge.

Newsreel from 1999: a winch drum rotates during the construction of a bridge across the Kama River.

Construction of bridge supports.

Welding work during bridge construction.

Manufacturing of bridge metal structures at the Zelenodolsk Shipyard.

Transportation of a new bridge span.

View of one of the bridge supports.

President of Tatarstan M.Sh.

Shaimiev and his entourage during a visit to the bridge construction site.

Shaimiev listens to the explanations of the construction manager.

View of the bridge under construction.

A truck from the Bridge Construction Crew passes.

Earthmoving equipment during bridge construction.

Faces of concrete workers.

Construction of the road section of the Kama overpass.

Construction of bridge supports.

Welders at work.

Production processes during bridge construction.

Giving signals to the crane operator.

A self-propelled barge passes under the bridge.

Panorama of the installed spans of the bridge over the Kama River.

Views of the bridge under construction.

View of the bridge spans (from below).

A seagull over the water.

Faces of the participants in the grand opening of the bridge on October 18, 2002. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev delivers a speech at a rally to mark the opening of traffic on the bridge (synchronously).

Panorama of the rally.

Ceremony of presenting the symbolic key.

A self-propelled barge moves along the Kama.

Shaimiev and his entourage enter the bridge.

Memorial plaque in honor of the opening of the bridge.

Ceremony of driving in a symbolic rivet.

Panorama of the bridge across the Kama.

Views of the Kama, ships on the river.

Panorama of the Kama, people on the bridge.

Shaimiev's face.

The first bus passes over the bridge.

A column of buses moves across the bridge.

View of the bridge, a sign with the name of the river at the entrance to the bridge.