The film tells about the chemical industry in the Soviet Union. The film includes the following filming: Panorama of one of the chemical plants. Exhibition stands with products of chemical enterprises. Manufacturing processes in man-made fiber and car tire factories. Demonstration of models of clothes made of synthetic fabrics: fashion models in suits in the courtyard of one of the old houses, go out to the narrow street of the old city (Riga? Tallinn?). General view of the territory of V / O "Neftekhimpromexport". Employees of one of the departments at the display screens. Panorama of the construction of one of the chemical industry enterprises. Surveyors work in construction, equipment installation. View of a train with equipment for the chemical industry. A harbor crane lifts one of the largest pieces of equipment for the chemical industry during unloading. Transportation of equipment down the street of one of the cities. Production processes in the workshop of one of the enterprises. Panorama of a soda ash plant in Bulgaria. Manufacturing processes at the enterprise. The work of a heavy cable car. View of a cotton field. Production of mineral fertilizers at one of the enterprises. Type of bags with fertilizers on the conveyor. View of an industrial enterprise for the production of polymers. Production processes in the workshops of the enterprise. Automated packaging of products into bags. Type of warehouse with products at the enterprise. Manufacture of paints and varnishes at one of the enterprises. Type of chemical industry enterprises in different regions of the Soviet Union.