Russia part 12 - Moscow Summer Olympics 1980. Official Film

"Oh Sport, You Are Peace!" is the official film of the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics distributed by Mosfilm. Yuri Ozerov, director; Alexandra Pakhmutova, music; Nicholai Dobronravov, script. 1981: Mosfilm, Moscow, U.S.S.R.

O, Sport, You - the Peace (Oh, Sport - You Are Peace!)! (Russian: О спорт, ты - мир! transliterated as O sport, ty - mir!) was a 1981 documentary film directed by Yuri Ozerov. Alexandra Pahkmutova was the composer, and her husband, poet Nicholai Dobronravov, provided the script. (Wikipedia)

In addition to showing many Gold medal performances, this film shows the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. 

The director was awarded the State Prize of the USSR in 1982.

This film was recently digitized and made publicly available, thankfully. This film was shown throughout the USSR in 1981, but was lost to posterity, until now.

Russia part 11 - Moscow Olympic Games, Opening Ceremony in 1980

Montreal, August 1, 1976. The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games. The Olympic flame has gone out. "Good-bye, Montreal! Till we meet in Moscow!", sports announcers kept saying. Yes, it is Moscow that will be the site of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games.

United Kingdom part 5 - Silverwood Colliery. Promotional Film

I uncovered this film gathering dust on VHS and can't quite remember where I got it from.

It's a corporate video produced in the late 1980s to promote Silverwood Colliery. I'm guessing it was made in around 1989 or 1990, ahead of the pit closure programme of the early 1990s that eventually saw the pit cease production and close down for good.

Once you get past the corporate speak it gives an interesting view of the pit above and below ground, and provides a nostalgic look back on the coal mining history of this area.

Russia part 10 - Suzdal Kremlin

Suzdal Kremlin - the oldest part of town, the heart of Suzdal, archaeologically exists with the X century, and on record/ chronicle- 1024 

Located in the bend of the river Kamenka, in the southern part of town.

July 2012

Entering the town on the Vladimir road we immediately meet the pair of the Virgin Blacherniotissa and the Deposition of the Robe. Walking towards the centre by the Trading Rows are the churches of the Resurrection and the Virgin of Kazan, a little further on, SS Lazarus and Antlpas, on the other side of the road, the Emperor Constantine and the Virgin of Compassion, and further on still St Nicholas and the Virgin of Smolensk.

Russia part 8 - Suzdal Video guide

Suzdal - the historic city of Golden Ring of Russia

As for its general composition, the tripartite division with the main entrance in the middle and the tower on the corner was a familiar feature in Russian architecture. The first floor contains a large hall with two rows of windows and vaults which are supported by a square central pillar and the walls. This system of roofing large areas, which is found as early as the fifteenth century in the Faceted Halls in Moscow and Novgorod, was used in Russia right up to the end of the seventeenth century.

Armenia part 6 - Travel to ancient Armenia

Millennium upon millennium, the vol­canoes erupted lava. As it cooled it solid­ified and covered the earth with a shell of stone. Mountains, gorges, turbulent rivers, waterfalls, and lakes surrounded by grim, forbidding rocks, were the cradle of the Armenian people.

Stones, stones... A kingdom of stones! Life would seem impossible here. Yet people have been living here since time immemorial.

South Africa part 10 - Travel notes about South Africa

Dmitry Krylov visit the monkey park, located in the vicinity of Cape Town and the area golf course, built by the Germans in this country.

Poland part 18 - Travel notes about Poland II

Travel notes about Poland II with Dmitry Krylov (video in russian)

France part 14 - Normandy, Brittany, the valley Tekiluar

Beautiful France: Normandy, Brittany and the Valley Tekiluar! (video in Russian)

United Kingdom part 4 - Travel notes about the UK

Great Britain. UK. (video in Russian) 

Dmitry Krylov tells about: 

France part 13 - Autumn France

Travel Notes - Autumn France (video in Russian)

Continuation of the story of the fall of France:

Poland part 17 - Travel notes about Poland

Travel notes about Poland with Dmitry Krylov (video in Russian)

Italy Part 10 - Travel to Rome

Italy. Rome. Dmitry Krylov tells of the fountains of the city, unique in its beauty and sophistication. My traveled to the area of ​​Spain, where the annual show of the Roman fashion, then walk through the Piazza Navona, which is characteristic of the Baroque style. 

United Kingdom part 3 - Travel notes about London

Travel notes about London with Dmitry Krylov (video in Russian)

France part 12 - Notes about journey to France

Walks in the fall of France

Morning romance. Romance - this is because now it was time for the late fall, but this time, which attracts nature romantic, poetic and sentimental. This is truly human poet - well, the one that "our everything" - remember:

Italy Part 7 - Notes about journey to the City of Rome

Italy, the magnificent city of Rome. Not for nothing called Rome the "Eternal City" of Rome and still say that "all roads lead to Rome" ... But all this is a rather well-worn features of this Italian city - Rome. These phrases proverbial coincidence, because they were actually immutable truths. That's our very hurried walk to the wonderful Rome - a city-demigod will be no more than a cursory look at the most significant places of the Italian capital.

Australia Part 13 - Travel notes. Australia!

Travel notes. Australia! (Video in Russian)

North Australian continent - here is Australia's wilderness, its impenetrable tropical, amazing eucalyptus forests and incredible waterfalls found in the most unexpected places. Dmitry Krylov visit Australian National Reserve "Cockatoo".

Abkhazia Part 14 - The European view about Abkhazia Part VI

European view about Abkhazia, part VI. The Republic of Abkhazia: Paradise in limbo. The film was shot Box2 TV.

Abkhazia Part 13 - The European view about Abkhazia Part V

European view on Abkhazia, part V. The Republic of Abkhazia: Paradise in limbo. Film Box2 TV.

Said Lord Nicholas Rea (Lord Nicholas Rea):

Abkhazia Part 12 - The European view about Abkhazia Part IV

European view on Abkhazia, part IV. The Republic of Abkhazia: Paradise in limbo. Film Box2 TV.

Here - in the New Athos - a twenty-minute drive north-west of Sukhum, is a functioning monastery. It was built by Russian in 1870, when they finally took control of Abkhazia.