GARDEN OF METALLURGISTS (Reel 2 of 2)

Year Published: 1945

Creator: Department of Defense.

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44251, LI 242-MID-5360 - GARDEN OF METALLURGISTS (Reel 2 of 2) - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division, compiled 1918 - ca. 1947. SUMMARY: The great factory of Kusbas, Kuznetsk coal fields, South Western Siberia, has a 250 acre garden nearby for the benefit of the workers. After LSs of the combines and blast furnaces, the camera pans from the factory to trees and flowers in bloom. In the garden are blossoms of various kinds. An instructor gives lessons in gardening to young girls. Fruit is protected by small net bags. The girls march with shovels over their shoulders. Reel 1: Bees are cultured and honey is gathered. In greenhouses cucumbers grow in abundance. Basketfuls are loaded into trucks by girls. Strawberries, raspberries, and other berries are grown and picked by girls. Little children are shown eating platefuls of berries. Reel 2: Apples grow in big clusters. There are numerous CUs of this brand which is used mainly for cooking. Piles of baskets are filled with fruit. In the background is the great factory. The garden is called a model for others to emulate. In a park young couples stroll along and sing to accordion music. The new apartments in Stalinsk and other views of the factory town where a "dream has become a reality". Montage of various fruits, the factory, etc., ends with a statue of Stalin.