City of Bakhchisaray in Crimea, Soviet Union. Views of Crimean mountains and landscape in the countryside in Crimea. Ruins of an ancient Jewish city of Chufut-Kale, which means "Jews Rock." Various structures, walls, buildings, and caverns seen in the ancient city in the mountains of Crimea. Exteriors of Hansaray in Bakhchisaray. Mosques and minarets in the city of Bakhchisaray. Views of Ottoman architecture of the Khan's Palace. Civilians and children in the city. Men and women in traditional clothing of the time and place. Close-up views of faces of people of the city. Bullock carts and horse carriages being driven through the city. Wide landscape views of cave towns and white marble monasteries and palaces nestled into high cliff faces of nearby mountains. Castle on a mountain top.
Life of people and developmental efforts in the Ukraine. Views of a village. Native men and women dance to the tunes of folk music. Huts in a village. Bank of the Dnieper River. Lenin dam being constructed along the river. Boulders being loaded with the help of Steam shovel. Railroad cars carry construction material to the construction site. Huge hills being dynamited. Men work with spades to construct the dam. A huge mess for the workers. Cooks prepare food in a kitchen. The workers eat the food. American and Russian engineers plan to exploit the natural resources. An American colony. Exteriors of the building. Children enjoy skating.
Life of people and developmental efforts in Kharkov, Ukranian Soviet Socialist Republic. Farms and a railroad track. A railroad train underway on tracks. Civilians milling about on a street. Exteriors of a university building. A large electrical equipment factory. Men stand outside the factory. Numerous buildings under construction.
Coal mining in Tkibuli, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. A passenger railroad train underway approaching Tkibuli, Georgia. Passengers aboard the train wave. Coal mine and limestone industries in the city of Tkibuli. View of coal processing operations. Coal mine workers pose as a group, and then coal miners are shown working in a tunnel shaft and mining for coal. Coal miners and management talk outside a tunnel. Coal being transported on rail track trolleys from the mine to the network of crushers and sorters. View of old mining operations area on side of a mountain where miners used to pick and hack at the side of the mountain to get coal, instead of using more modern methods. View of old coal processing system on mountainside, powered by mountain streams to turn the wheels. Workers use shovels and other tools in a water trough.
Life of people in Georgia Soviet Socialist Republic. Men ride horses on a field. A woman at the bank of a pond near a dam and waterfall. Narrator discusses the beauty and warmth of this area of the Caucasus mountain region on the Black Sea. Women rest in the yard of a convent. Women and men hanging and curing Turkish tobacco leaves in open air. A woman smoking a long pipe of tobacco. A woman leads a team of oxen to till and cultivate a piece of land using an ancient, slotted, rotating tiller. A herd of goats graze on a mountain slope.
Vintage scenes from Adjar, just north of Turkey, in the Adjar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Batumi section, showing an ethnic subgroup of Georgians. Veiled Muslim women ("of the Mohammedan faith" says the narrator), with their faces covered, attend an ancient unveiling ceremony. Adjarian people (Ajars), mostly of Turkish descent, gather in a rural town to watch the ceremony and celebration. Soviet Commissar of the People's Council addresses the gathering. Elderly men talk and share ancient traditional stories with the women. Women after being unveiled. Men of Adjara in traditional clothing dance after the unveiling ceremony. A circle of villagers surrounds the dancers and claps.