Documentary travelogue on the Altai mountains in Central Asia. A map of the area in Central Asia. Fog cover over a river in the mountains. Snow capped mountains in the background. A country bordering the river.
The Altai mountains in Central Asia (at convergence of Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan). Natives of the region in their tents. A woman milks a cow and grinds grain with a stone. Interior of a native tent. Activity in a tent village. The nomadic people move with all their belongings, family and animals to a new region. Children on sheep as they move along with a group. Skeleton structure of tents abandoned by natives.
The Altai mountains region in Central Asia (at convergence of Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan). A small village consisting of huts in the mountains. A village near a river. Native with a heard of cattle in fields. Men and women on horseback watch herd of cattle. Cattle at a water hole. A large bull. Herd of yaks in a field. A woman milks a cow. They pour milk into a large pail. A herd of sheep in field. Shepherd on horseback as he holds a lamb. Sheep, rams and goats in the field.
The Altai mountains in the Central Asia region of Gorno-Altaysk (or Gorno Altai, or Gorny Altai or Altay) in the south Siberian Soviet Altai Republic (convergence of Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan). The cattle graze on the mountains. A truck moves along a mountain road. Men and women walk through forest. People in canoes on a lake. People at a resort lodge near the lake. Gardens and flowers. Exterior views of the large resort lodge building and people walking on the grounds. A group in the lodge listens to a speaker as he delivers a lecture at a resort. Some of the men present wear Soviet military uniforms.