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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | USSR Today - Building the Volga-Don Shipping Canal |
| Production Date | n.d. |
| Country of Production | USSR |
| Duration | 00:17:55 |
| Production Company | Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow |
| Film Subject Era | 1946-1953 |
| Genre | Newsreel/Cinemagazine |
| Summary | Building the Volga-Don shipping canal -- In the steppe of Kazakhstan -- The machinery factory, named after Stalin -- In the Forests of Bukhovina -- On the great construction site of the Zemlyanksaya Hydroelectric Station -- The Don changes its course. |
| Subjects | Ships and shipping; Construction; Irrigation; Agriculture and farming; Factory workers; Hydroelectric power stations; Children; Young Pioneers; Port; Dams; Automobiles; Forestry and logging |
| Places | Kazakhstan; Moscow; Stalingrad (Volgograd); USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
| Fiction/Non Fiction | Non Fiction |
| Sound | Sound |
| Colour Format | Black and White |
| Film Format | 16mm Mute dupe neg / 16mm Sound neg |
| Language | English (Narrator) |
| Module | Newsreels & Cinemagazines |
| BFI Identifier | N-507452 |
| Copyright | The British Film Institute |