Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
"Recreation and health are unquestionably interrelated. The new constitution of the Soviet Union was adopted in October 1977, and expanded the rights of Soviet citizens. Among other things, the work week must not exceed 41 hours, and a short work week was established for a number of professions. Workers are encouraged to use their leisure time for rest, recreation, and cultural interests, and citizens are being given land in the country where they can build a country house and cultivate a garden. The health resorts in the Caucasus are very popular and local resorts and sports clubs are mushrooming all over the country. Life expectancy currently exceeds 70 years, twice that before the revolution. There is some old footage showing life in newly created sanitoria--former estates of the wealthy--just after the revolution, as well as scenes of modern-day cures. Mineral springs, spas.
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
MS's of industrial workers in a warehouse, at work. CU of three male workers, still wearing orange hard hats, walking and smiling along an alley after work. MS's and CU's of people at recreation: painting, horseback riding, fishing, window washing, gardening, picking apples frim a tree, and sailing (great tight LS of a sailboat on a sunset-drenched lake).
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
Sepia-toned newsreel footage from 1920's, a health resort for men. Ends with modern footage of a monument in Lenin's honor (includes bust).
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
Montage of health resorts on bright, sunny days. Interviews of people taking advantage of facilities, remarking on how wonderful and ultimately cheap the resorts are. CU's of older men wearing swim caps, wading in a swimming pool.
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
MS's of young married couples exiting a hospital with their newborn baby; great CU of a young mother sitting in the backseat of a car and holding her baby up for the camera's pleasure. Cut to CU's and MS's of a female pediatrician examining an adorable little girl (stethoscope, pinching the fat, etc). MS of several young uns playing in an indoor swimming pool. CU of a milkshake being made; MS of a woman in a chef's outfit serving ice cream sundaes to three kids in a modest dining room; CU of a beaming young boy eating the treat.
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
CU of a blue siren flashing silently atop an ambulance as it cruises along an urban street; crooked head-on travelling MS of the ambulance driving. CU of an old fashioned typewriter, words being typed in Russian. MS of a shirtless young man getting his blood pressure checked by a nurse. CU of a masseuse's hands chopping and working on a man's back; MS as well. Cut back to the typewriter, keys flying furiously. MS's and CU's of lung surgery (nothing gross nor overt). MS of a senior doctor talking about the surgery in his office (check out the extreme thickness of his glasses). Quick zooming ECU of a Nagra reel-to-reel sound recorder in operation, then cut to MS of the patient talking about his patient's rights.
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
Shots inside a women's sanitoria: women getting brief checkups and a bit of rest (massages, relaxation tanks, exercise classes with medicine balls and so on).
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
MS of two horses standing for the camera, almost posing. MS's of a man tending to a mare as it is being milked. That's right, mare's milk. CU of a mare's stomach, a milking machine attached to her. MS of several mares in a stable, packed together like cows. Weird. Cut to MS of hairnetted scientists making milk in a white, sterile lab. High angle CU of milk being poured into a glass. Called pommace or something like that. A health food drink. Yuck. CU's of adults sitting in a restaurant, talking and drinking the stuff. Cut to wide LS of a rolling field filled with grazing horses.
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
MS's of families frolicing in the ocean and on the beach (good candid material of loving families basking on the warm sun).
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
Travelling LS along mountain roads; CU of a cute blond tour guide talking on a mic on a tour bus; low angle wide MS of blond guide talking to a tour group by the side of a mountain road; MS of two people riding a ski lift; MS and CU of an old woman brushing a wool sweater she has made.
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
Wide MS of a small, perhaps private water fountain; CU of a glass being filled with mineral water from a spigot, followed by a CU of a young woman happily drinking it; wide MS of an angry stream rolling along jagged rocks; MS's of several recreational hikers making their way through the woods (includes great MS of a young man playing an acoustic guitar while trekking-- a wandering minstrel, if you will; good low angle MS's of rapellers climbing a steep rockface. Cut to ECU of typewriter typing in Russian. Cut back to the hikers as they near a very secluded resort: weird CU of an odd looking sweaty young man as he gleams for the camera, cut to MS of several glistening men and women in a sauna; cut to MS's of the folks walking down a stone stairway and to a waterfall where they yip and yelp like high school kids cutting class.
Right To Rest And Leisure, & Health Protection
CU of four Asian woman in traditional East European garb dancing in a room, then cut to MS's of them dancing joyfully in an autumn wood (weird), mostly around a specific tree. Cut to low angle MS of a middle aged man conducting, then cut to wide LS of the HUGE chorus he's conducting in an outdoor stadium.