Contemporary Number 33

The c / w included plots: the 1st plot tells about a rally in the protection of the environment in the city of Togliatti. Togliatti city, 1989. City Executive Committee meeting: the man behind the podium talks about the planned construction of a toxic waste landfill by 2010, about the delay in the process by the regional executive committee (sinhr.). A rally in the city dedicated to environmental protection. Type of posters: “I don’t want to be a hostage”, “Save the children from environmental vandalism”. The second plot is dedicated to the inventor from the city of Gorky Volkov. Gorky city, 1989. In his office, the inventor of a medical instrument for extracting kidney stones, Volkov, speaks of the impossibility of putting his effective and necessary invention into practice due to the lack of premises and staff, and the lack of personal initiative in our country (sync.). The third plot tells about the festival of political songs in the city of Togliatti. Gorky city, 1989. The girl sings a song dedicated to the war in Afghanistan - "Don't hide your guilty smile, military enlistment office ..." (poems by Anatoly Pshenichny) as part of the political song festival (sinhr.). The 4th plot tells about the rally in the city of Kuibyshev. Kuibyshev city, 1989. View of the masses in the square near the Palace of Sports. A police officer speaks at a rally: he talks about the need to retire police officers from a stagnant period, expresses gratitude to the organizers and participants of the rally for their dedication, perseverance and courageous propaganda of pluralism in political discussion (sinhr.). Type of cars of police officers at the Palace of Sports. The 5th plot tells about a political rally in the city of Chapaevsk. The city of Chapaevsk, Kuibyshev region, 1989. View of the masses on Lenin Square. Posters in the hands of the protesters: "Fathers and children of stagnation - hands off perestroika." One of the rally participants says that the owner of the Russian land is a worker, brought to the position of a slave by the Soviet authorities (sinhr., Behind the scenes). View of the monument to V. Lenin on Lenin Square. Many kilometers queue for soap at one of the outlets.

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Sound engineer A. Budnikov, announcer V. Tumanov, editor B. Kozhin