String of Kama (2002)

Views of the Kama River, river landscapes, ships on the Kama.

Photo of crossing a water barrier during the Great Patriotic War.

Motor transport is in line to cross the Kama River in the area of Sorochy Mountains and Murzikha.

Entrance to the ferry.

The ferry goes through Kama.

Seagulls over the water.

People throw pieces of bread to seagulls from the side of the ferry.

The ferry docks at the shore.

The ramp reclines.

Vehicles are moving ashore.

Cars drive past the queue for the ferry.

Arrival of vehicles on the vacant ferry.

View of the deck of the ferry departing from the pier.

The ferry goes to the opposite shore.

Seagulls over the water.

The captain of the ferry and the helmsman in the wheelhouse.

Passengers on board the ferry.

The minibus of the film crew enters the bridge over the Kama River.

View of the bridge stretching into the distance.

View of the roadbed of the bridge.

Newsreel of 1999: the winch drum rotates during the construction of the bridge over the Kama River.

Construction of bridge supports.

Welding work on the construction of the bridge.

Manufacturing of metal structures of the bridge at the Zelenodolsk shipyard.

Transportation of a new bridge span.

View of one of the bridge supports.

Tatarstan President Shaimiev M.SH. and his accompanying persons during a visit to the construction of the bridge.

Shaimiev listens to the explanations of the head of construction.

View of the bridge under construction.

A truck of the Bridge Squad is passing by.

Earthmoving equipment on the construction of the bridge.

Faces of concrete workers.

Construction of the road part of the Kama overpass.

Construction of bridge supports.

Welders at work.

Production processes at the bridge construction.

Sending signals to the crane operator.

A self-propelled barge passes under the bridge.

Panorama of the installed spans of the bridge over the Kama River.

Types of bridge under construction.

View of bridge spans (from below).

A seagull over the water.

The faces of the participants of the grand opening of the bridge on October 18, 2002.

Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev delivers a speech at a rally on the occasion of the opening of traffic on the bridge (synchronously).

Panorama of the rally.

The ceremony of handing over the symbolic key.

A self-propelled barge goes along the Kama River.

Shaimiev and his entourage go out onto the bridge.

Memorial plaque in honor of the opening of the bridge.

The ceremony of hammering a symbolic rivet.

Panorama of the bridge over the Kama River.

Types of Kama, ships on the river.

Panorama of the Kama River, people on the bridge.

Shaimiev's face.

The first bus passes over the bridge.

A column of buses is moving across the bridge.

View of the bridge, a sign with the name of the river at the entrance to the bridge.