At an international conference on newsreels in London in 1996, Alexander Kandaurov of Gosfilmofond (Russian State Film & Photo Archives) showed a number of pieces, including 'In the Heart of Asia' (1931, dir. Vladimir Yerofeyev), which, if my very dodgy memory serves me correctly, he said was the first sound film made in what is now Georgia. I stress that I could well be wrong on this point, though it was certainly one of the former Soviet republics. After a concerted rummage through a filing cabinet in the garage, my notes from the conference give his contact details as follows: 1 Rechnaya St., Krasnogorsk, 143400, Russia, tel. +95-562-1464. Given that 1929 is in roughly the same ballpark, I guess he might be able to give you some leads. Good luck Leo Dr. Leo Enticknap Director, Northern Region Film and Television Archive School of Arts and Media University of Teesside Middlesbrough TS1 3BA United Kingdom Tel. +44-(0)1642 384022 Fax. +44-(0)1642 384099 Brainfryer: +44-(0)7739 412022 ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite