Czech-Soviet Border Goods Train (1947)

Czechoslovakia / Soviet Union (Russia, USSR). Goods are transferred from Russian to Czech wagons at a goods station built on the border. LS. Exterior view of station building. LS. Railway trucks lined up on rails. MS. CU. A crane at work, transferring goods from Russian to Czech wagons. CU. Lettering and the Communist symbols on wagons on one side and the other. MS. Workmen trundling bundles of cotton along and loading them onto wagons. Cotton is weighed before being loaded into wagons. CU. Man’s hands operating a measuring gauge. More shots of the cotton bales being loaded into wagons. CU. The wheels moving slowly as the train moves off. LS. The line of wagons moving off and receding into the distance. Mute neg. Date found in the old record - 18/08/1947. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT