| Reference Code | I/2-378 |
| Title | Keep up the good work, comrades! |
| Synopsis | Mountains, lakes, flowers, a sleeping child. Morning scenes, people going to work. The train departs. Engine driver Sotir Gjergji operates the locomotive. Work and daily life in the Bulqizë mine. Todi Manco, member of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, Hero of Socialist Labour and chief engineer of the mine. Miner Aqif Paska works underground with a pneumatic drill. Ore wagons emerge from the mine. Work and life of the workers in the Kurbnesh mine. Writer Dritëro Agolli talks with workers riding on ore wagons. The mine railway is operated by Nikolla Topallaj. Copper smelting and pouring of molten copper. In the square, highland girls dance with miners and metallurgists. Interior and exterior views of the copper wire factory in Shkodër. Young women, women, youths and men at work. A young woman drives an electric cart carrying wire coils. The film follows the work of five communist brothers. Communist mechanic Enver Nurja at work. His brother Sytki Nurja works in the factory, the third brother, Shuaip Nurja, is an aviation engineer, the fourth brother, engineer Xhemal Nurja, serves in the navy, while the fifth brother, former shoemaker Hilmi Nurja, is now chairman of the Executive Committee of the city of Shkodër. Hilmi meets working people and talks with veteran communist Isuf Bajraktari. Faruk Mataj, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Durrës district, works alongside port workers. Views of the Port of Durrës. Heavy transport drivers Met Delvina, Kiço Sheqeri and others load equipment for the Korçë thermal power plant. The vehicles depart, escorted by motorcycles. Views of the convoy carrying heavy loads. Partial views of Korçë. Construction site of the thermal power plant. A young woman secured by safety belts works suspended on the side of the power plant tower. Mihallaq Zicishti, First Secretary of the Party in Korçë, talks with and assists the director of the mechanical plant, Kiço Glozheni, who a year earlier had been a mechanic. Kiço among the workers. Production departments manufacturing electric saws, electric irons and heating projectors. Work at the television assembly plant in Durrës. Session of the People’s Assembly attended by Enver Hoxha, Mehmet Shehu, Hysni Kapo, Koço Theodhosi, Shefqet Peci, Rrapo Dervishi, Eleni Pasko and Rahman Përllaku. Mechanic deputy Nikolla Naci addresses the assembly. Nikolla at work in the Sarandë workshop. During a break in the session, Enver Hoxha talks with a group of worker deputies. Among them is Hero of Socialist Labour and foundry brigade leader at the Tirana Plant, deputy Baki Baholli. Baki at work in the foundry. Molten metal being cast. Deputy Marianthi Lakra talks with Enver Hoxha. Worker deputy Emin Spahiu shares his experience with fellow workers. Deputy Pjetër Gjoni from Laç attends the Party School in Tirana. Interior views of the school. Views of the town of Laç and the superphosphate plant. Bags of superphosphate move along electric conveyors toward railway wagons. Cooperative farmers spread superphosphate on the fields. A train loaded with superphosphate departs from Laç. Views of a lemon plantation. Harvesting lemons, tomatoes and peppers. Work in the preservation of fruits and vegetables. Distinguished worker Vita Sotiri works in the canning department of the “Ali Kelmendi” Food Combine in Tirana. Combine harvesters at work. Female combine operator Pranvera drives a harvester through wheat fields. Views of wheat fields. Harvesters operated by women work across the fields. A combine unloads the collected grain. Young women pick cotton in the fields. Weaving department of the Mao Tse Tung Textile Combine. Young women at work. Weaver Asqeri Nako works together with her daughter at the combine. Scenes from construction work. Workers of the Mao Tse Tung Combine on an excursion, playing, singing and performing with guitars and accordions. The opening sequence of the film is repeated. Factory and industrial chimneys, including the Fier nitrogen fertilizer plant. The film is dedicated to construction projects and everyday life in Albania. |
| Awards | |
| Screenwriter | |
| Scriptwriter | Dritero Agolli |
| Director | Endri Keko |
| Music arrangement | Mira Mamaqi |
| Camera | Dhimiter Lala |
| Designer | |
| Editing | Atalanta Pasko |
| Sound | |
| Category | Documentaries |
| Chroma | Black and white |
| Year | 1970 |
| Release date | 1970 |
| Reels | 5 |
| Length (in minutes) | 37 |
| Country of origin | Shqiperi |
| Shooting locations | Neper Shqiperi |
| Producer | Kinostudio “Shqiperia e re” |
| Notes | |
| © Copyright | Arkivi Qendror Shtetëror i Filmit |
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