Part 1 Plot 1 "Karakum: at the crossroads of times" Turkmen SSR. Dunes. Sandstorm. Otara sheep. Camels. Ruins of the ancient city of Merv. View of a flying helicopter. Karakum canal. River vessels. Woman picks tomatoes. Cotton picking. View of houses, buildings, parked Volga cars. Image of V.I. Lenin. Plot 2 "At the origins of the Yenisei" Tuva People's Republic. Mountain ranges. Landscapes of Lake Toj. Taiga. A herd of Tuvan white deer. The origins of the Yenisei. Motor boat on the river. Travelers climb the mountain. Tourist camp on the banks of the Yenisei. The Yenisei River. Part 2 Plot 3 "In the Karlyuk caves" Central Asia. Hissar ridge. Cavers in Karlyuk caves inspect, study the structure, shape, chemical composition of mineral formations. Stalactites. "Stone flowers", reminiscent of the underwater coral reefs of the seas in caves. Calcareous rocks of bizarre shapes. Caves illuminated by lanterns. Scene 4 "Spitsbergen in the spring" Norway. Greenland Sea. Spitsbergen Archipelago. Polar bears on the shore and in the water. Seals. Baby seals. Melting ice. Monument to Solomon August Andre - engineer, astronaut, leader of the first air expedition to the North Pole. Monument to the aircraft Umberto Nobile, which crashed near the Spitsbergen archipelago. Monument to the polar explorer Raul Amundsen. The village of Ny-Ålesund. Mast.