Film-travel almanac № 41 (1969)

1. Diamond edge.

A cut diamond.

Autumn taiga.

A group of geologists with horses is walking through the taiga.

People cross the stream.

Taking soil samples in the stream.

Excavations in search of a kimberlite pipe.

Drilling of land in the area of the tube.

Geologist Yuri Khabardin, who discovered the Mir pipe.

The excavator loads the dump truck with soil.

The dump truck is leaving.

Dump trucks on the highway.

Processing plant.

Processing of soil.

The diamond grain is poured into a sieve.

A woman sifts grain.

Diamonds in the tray.

Factory workers sort the stones.

The streets of the city of Mirny, passers-by on the streets.

An all-terrain vehicle is traveling through the taiga.

On board the car, scientists sit and look in the direction of the river.

2. Malanka.

During the New Year holidays in Moldovan villages, mummers in costumes and masks go home and play a traditional performance that takes place from beginning to end in each house.

At the end of the performance, the characters check the yard and the farm, then go on with whistles, bells and rattles.

In the evening, the villagers gather in the street, play folk instruments and dance until sunset.

3. To the land of the giants.

Trees.

Kik-in-de-Kek tower in Tallinn.

Alternation: a girl sits on a step, musicians play.

People are sitting on the floor.

People are standing on the second-floor gallery.

Motorcyclists are riding on the road.

Roofs of old houses.

Motorcyclists ride on the highway.

Keila-Yoa Waterfall.

Shrubbery along the banks of the river.

Motorcyclists.

Windmill.

Wooden buildings of the Rocca al Mare Open-air museum.

Motorcyclists enter the ferry.

A truck pulls in next.

Tree branches.

Motorcyclists ride through the countryside, the scenery of Hiiumaa Island.

Stop near the lighthouse.

Alternation: people's faces, views of the lighthouse.

Motorcyclists on the highway.

Driving along the shore, at the water's edge.

Winter shore of the bay.

Tallinn roofs.

Kik-in-de-Kek tower.

4. Tokyo.

A plane lands at the airport.

People in the galleries of the airport building.

Parking lot, passing cars.

Pedestrians cross the road at a green light.

People are walking down the street.

Shoeshine workers work on the edge of the sidewalk.

Children cross the road with special flags in their hands.

On the other side, the flags are left in a box on a post.

Flags on the background of a high-rise building.

Top view of the traffic flow and the fountain.

Alternation: the Emperor's palace, visitors.

The old "paper" quarters of Tokyo.

Panoramas of the modern city.

Monorail.

The administrative center of Shinjuku, cars go to the underground parking lot.

Cars pass the turn.

High-rise building.

Kabuki Theater building.

A rite of purification from evil spirits.

Shopping malls.

Toys.

A small child.

An elderly woman is sorting through the goods on the counter.

People are looking at a mannequin.

Entrance to the territory of the Ginza shopping center.

The streets around Ginza.

Exhibition copies of cars.

In the crowd of passers-by, women in antique kimonos.

Turntables in the shop window.

Outdoor light advertising in the evening.