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Title The Road Across the Hindu Kush
Production Date 1982
Country of Production USSR
Duration 00:19:08
Production Company Popular Science Film Studios, Uzbekistan
Film Subject Era Post-1975
Genre Documentary
Summary A documentary feature on the construction of the Salang Pass of the Hindu Kush mountain range, including footage of a ceremony upon the completion of the road, with the King of Afghanistan - Mohammed Zahir Shah - and Soviet ambassadors in attendance.
Original Title Дорога через гиндукуш
Subjects Engineering; Construction; Machinery; Mountain climbing; Roads; Monarchy and royalty; Ceremonies
People Zahir Shah, Mohammed (1914-2007)
Places USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); Afghanistan
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Colour
Film Format 16mm Comb col pos
Language English (Narrator)
Module Culture & Society
Copyright The British Film Institute