Birobidzhan (Jewish Autonomous Region)

Excerpt from a film extolling the merits of Birobidzhan, capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region, which was created in 1934 in the eastern USSR. Scenes in a classroom. A female teacher shows Hebrew letters to a young boy. The rest of the film, not shown here, shows construction of the settlement, gold mining, a marble quarry, natural resources, and various scenes of the city.