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Title USSR Today 1957 No. 8
Production Date 1957
Country of Production USSR
Duration 00:10:26
Production Company Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow
Film Subject Era 1954-1975
Genre Newsreel/Cinemagazine
Summary The Kara Kum Desert -- The highest meteorological observatory in the world in the Pamir mountains -- Russian painter Ilya Repin -- An unmanned cosmic rocket -- A performance of "Sport Etude" -- The last day of the Youth Festival.
Subjects Mechanisation; Engineering; Science; Research; Climate; Arts and culture; Exhibition; Space; Exploration; Dance; Performing arts; Youth culture; Festivals
People Repin, Ilya (1844-1930)
Places Turkmenistan; Karakum Desert; Moscow; Pamir Mountains; USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Black and White
Film Format 16mm Comb BW pos
Language English (Narrator)
Module Newsreels & Cinemagazines
BFI Identifier N-507462
Copyright The British Film Institute