The film tells about the All-Union Art Exhibition held in Moscow in January 1955. The building of the Tretyakov Gallery. Visitors climb the stairs, pass through the halls of the exhibition. Interview with People's Artist of the USSR, Chairman of the Exhibition Committee B. Ioganson (synchronously). Paintings, sculptures, graphics created by artists and sculptors over the past two years in the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery. The exhibition presents works by D. A. Shmarinov (illustrations for the novel by L. N. Tolstoy "War and Peace"), Yu. I. Pimenov, N. V. Tomsky, E. V. Vuchetich, S. T. Konenkov, S. V. Gerasimov, I. E. Grabar, M. S. Saryan, T. N. Yablonskaya, A. A. Plastov, P. P. Konchalovsky, G. Vereisky, M. Aslamazyan, O. Myanni, Zhuklis and others ... Works of masters of poster and decorative and applied arts.