Film
Bells Katun.. (1988)

Film-document №48706 2 parts, Duration: 0:19:24 to collection Price category G
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Director: Vladimir Kuznecov

Script writers: Oleg Sosin

Operators: Aleksandr Dobrzhinskij

Recordist: A. Romanov

Other authors: R. Bganceva

Annotation

The film tells about the consequences of the decision to build a hydroelectric power plant in the Altai mountains on the Katuni River, which could turn into an environmental disaster in the region, similar to the disaster that happened to the Aral Sea.

Construction | Russian cities and regions | Sectors of the economy | Geography and Nature | Ecology

Towns and countries

Reel №1

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View of the Katun River in Altai.

Duck in the water.

River landscape at sunset.

Hunter in the reeds (negative), ducks take off from the water.

Hunters shoot ducks.

Shot ducks fall into the water.

Man fly a glider.

The boy's face.

A flock of birds is flying.

Altai mountain landscape (panorama).

Trees in autumn decoration on the bank of the Katun river (panorama).

Altai river landscape.

Excavation of the soil with an excavator bucket.

Welder at work.

Transportation of a concrete block.

Workers of various specialties in the construction of hydroelectric power plants in the middle reaches of the Katun River.

Panorama of a part of the construction site.

Taiga on the banks of Katun (panorama).

Rock carvings on a stone in the taiga.

Views of the area through which the Maly Silk Road ran in ancient times.

A man adjusts the horse's headband.

A grazing flock of sheep.

Views of the shores of Katun, ancient mounds.

Panorama of various terrain areas in the area of the Rybinsk reservoir.

The face of a local old-timer A.D. Grishin.

A burning bonfire.

Grishin behind the scenes tells about the life of the region before the construction of the Rybinsk reservoir, winter landscapes.

View of one of the destroyed Orthodox churches of Vesyegonsk.

Panorama of the temple wall.

Broken and peeling frescoes with the faces of saints on the walls of the temple, a rusty diesel engine inside the temple.

Panorama of the frozen Rybinsk reservoir.

The running waters of Katun.

Excavator on the construction site.

The bricklayer conducts bricklaying.

The face of a bricklayer.

A girl rides along the edge of a construction site.

The construction foreman speaks about the poor provision of construction materials (synchronously and behind the scenes), the panorama and views of the construction site.

Panorama of the temporary settlement of builders and its surroundings (from above).

Altai mountain landscape (panorama).

Views of the Katun River and the adjacent taiga (from above).

View of part of Katun and rocks on the shore (panorama).

The writer Boris Ukachin speaks about the need to preserve the archaeological monuments of Altai (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Stone sculptures in the courtyard of the museum.

Rocks and trees on the banks of Katun, landscapes of Katun.

View of a part of the autumn forest (from above).

A nail driven into the icon.

View of a part of the forest on the bank of the Katun River.

Personnel

Ukachin Boris Ukachinovich -- writer, poet

Calendar

1988

Locations

Altay region
Tver region

Seasons

Autumn
Winter

Flora and fauna; Social life; Literati
Geography and Nature; Persons of arts; Biography; Culture and Arts; Literature

Reel №2

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Panorama and views of the shores of Katun, residential buildings along the shore (from above).

Local residents, sitting on the shore, discuss the prospects for the construction of a hydroelectric power station.

View of the locality (from above).

A woman with buckets of water is walking along the path.

The faces of local residents, behind the scenes there is a dispute about the construction of a hydroelectric power station.

The cat is on the shelf.

A man is chopping wood.

Children at the local school building.

Children play volleyball on the school playground.

The girl's face.

Panorama of one of the sections of Katun, the support of the power line on the shore.

Fasteners of support nodes.

Birch bark, a view of the top of the support.

Panorama of the shores of Katun, coastal landscapes.

Seascapes (from above).

Fishermen in the yard unravel the net.

Rusty ships on the dried-up bottom of the Aral Sea.

Camels walk along the dried-up bottom of the sea.

The hands of a fisherman untangling a net.

Ships at the bottom of the dried-up Aral Sea (from above).

Seascape.

Fishermen in the yard of the house unravel the net.

A boarded-up window of a house abandoned by people.

Left at home.

Disabled children affected by poisoned water and food as a result of an environmental disaster.

Faces of sick children.

Abandoned by people at home.

Panorama of the sandy shore.

The faces of elderly fishermen.

Panorama and views of the Altai taiga, power line supports.

Landscapes of Katun.

Stoker V. Kydiyev talks about the fate of the small peoples of Siberia, their future, which will be affected by the construction of hydroelectric power plants (synchronously and off-screen).

Views of the shores of Katun.

Views of the old single-track railway tunnel.

Ships on the dried-up bottom of the Aral Sea.

A flock of birds is flying.

Panorama of the rocky shores of Katun.

A bear cub digs up a forest anthill.

River landscape.

The shepherd is riding.

Rocks on the banks of Katun.

Flora and fauna of forests on the banks of Katun.

Types of the territory and buildings of the Chemal sanatorium for pulmonary patients.

Landscapes and views of the area in the Chemalsky sanatorium, behind the scenes, a story of one of the vacationers about the features of recreation in the sanatorium sounds.

Types of Katun in the area of the Chemal sanatorium.

The construction foreman speaks about the negative attitude of the local population to construction and builders (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Mountain-taiga landscape.

The face of one of the Aral fishermen.

Grishin's face.

Views and landscapes of Katun.

Calendar

1988

Locations

Altay region
Kazakhstan

Seasons

Autumn

Social life; Sea and river transport; Childhood and youth; Health; Flora and fauna
Transportation; Sectors of the economy; Geography and Nature