The State Border: Film 1

The State Border (1980-1988). DVD cover

The State Border: Film 1 (Russian Title: Государственная граница: Мы наш, мы новый.../Gosudarstvennaya granitsa: My nash, my novyy...*) is a 1980 Soviet television film directed by Boris Stepanov. "The State border" are the historical-adventure television series about the Soviet border guards. The action takes place in the period from 1917 to late 1980 on the territory of the USSR from the Far East to the western borders. The first film story takes place in 1917 after the Russian Revolution. The former tsarist border guard service officer Danovich takes decision to participate in the creation of border guard service of the young Soviet state.

* The title is derived from the line of the Russian translation of The Internationale "My nash, my novyy mir postroim", in English transaltion "We will build our new world".

The following weapons are seen in the film The State Border: Film 1:

Revolvers

Russian Nagant M1895

Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo).

The robber holds his Nagant revolver

Danovich (Igor Starygin) holds captured Russian Nagant M1895

Rifles

Mosin Nagant Rifle

Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R

The Red Army soldier with his full-length Mosin Nagant Rifle

The Red Army soldiers fire their Mosin Nagant rifles

Machine Guns

Maxim M1910

Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR

The Red Army soldier carries the Maxim M1910 machine gun

The Maxim M1910 machine gun mounted on a truck in documentary footage

German soldiers fire Maxim M1910 modified to resemble German Maxim MG08

Other

40-mm Vickers Naval gun

40-mm Vickers Naval gun can be seen in documentary footage

See Also

The State Border series

• State Border: Film 2, The
• State Border: Film 3, The
• State Border: Film 4, The
• State Border: Film 5, The
• State Border: Film 6, The
• State Border: Film 7, The
• State Border: Film 8, The