Contemporary Number 1

A special issue of the newsreel is devoted to important events and achievements in the national economy in the city of Gorky and the Gorky region during the XI five-year plan. The city of Gorky. Motor ships, "Meteor-170" hydrofoils go along the river. Volga along the embankment. Photo and headlines of articles dedicated to the opening of the Gorky metro in the newspaper "Gorkovskaya Pravda" for November 1985. Newsreel footage of 1981-1985: Gorky city. Streets, embankments, Lenin Square. Monument to V.I. Lenin on Lenin Square. Monument to river workers and sailors - the boat "Hero" at the foot of the Chkalovskaya stairs on the Nizhnevolskaya embankment. - Stay of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR A.A. Gromyko in Gorky: visiting the Gorky Automobile Plant; A.A. Gromyko at the third session of the Regional Council of People's Deputies. - Solemn meeting in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Gorky Automobile Plant: general view of the hall and the presidium; taking the banner to the stage; meeting participants applauded; plant veterans talk on the sidelines. - General view of the construction site of the Gorky nuclear power plant for heat supply; working excavator, crane. Surveyors, builders, crane operators at work. - Types of metro stations. Arrival of the electric train at the Leninskaya station. Passengers get out of the car. - Doctor of the railway hospital, veteran of the Great Patriotic War M.S. Speranskaya talks with colleagues in the office. - Meeting of veterans of the Great Patriotic War with schoolchildren. Among those present - M.S. Speranskaya, who worked as a surgeon during the war. A column of veteran paratroopers marches along the central street of Gorky on May 9 in honor of the 40th anniversary of the victory over fascism. People in the stands greeted the participants in the parade. A military brass band plays. Veterans lay flowers on the pedestal to the fallen heroes of the Great Patriotic War. Gorky region, Kulebaki. V.M. Barkin works in the shop near the blast furnace together with his workers, supervising the taking of a metal sample. General view of the open-hearth shop. Gorky region, Semyonov. Factory "Khokhloma painting". View of one of the workshops; the artist paints a wooden product; finished products. Gorky Region, Slobodskoe village. Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR A.A. Gromyko and his entourage on the street of the village while visiting the state farm "Zaprudnovsky". Among those present - the wife of A.A. Gromyko - Lydia Dmitrievna Gromyko. Gorky region, state farm "Zaprudnovsky". The fodder harvesting brigade of the state farm under the leadership of the foreman M.I. Gogina works loading hay in a field (winter shooting). Harvesting in the fields of the state farm; in the background is a granary. State farm herd in the pasture; milkmaids at the farm. Gorky Region. Poultry farm. View of a reservoir with blooming water lilies. Newsreel footage of 1929-1932: topographic survey for the construction of a car plant; general view of the construction site; laying the foundation; builders carry bricks to the site; passenger steam locomotive on the way (winter photography).

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Scriptwriter B. Kozhin, editor N. Bukhalov, sound engineer and music producer V. Popov, animator A. Vinogradov, announcer B. Ginzburg