About the film
Turksib is a 1929 Soviet documentary film directed by Viktor Alexandrovich Turin documenting the building of the Turkestan–Siberia Railway. The rail line stretched northeast from Tashkent to Almaty and on to Novosibirsk. The film contrasts the open desert and sand, with the order of rails and the movement of machines.
The Turkic people ride horses and camels and rear sheep. This drama is set against the dry steppe as it is converted into a cotton-growing region.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).