The newsreel tells about the city of Kuibyshev on the eve of its 400th anniversary. The city of Kuibyshev. The streets of the town. Sailboat on the Volga river. Monument to V.I. Lenin. Monument to the Il-2 attack aircraft. Construction of the Kuibyshev branch of the Central Lenin Museum. Chairman of the Kuibyshev City Executive Committee Vladimir Ivanovich Zolotarev talks about preparations for the 400th anniversary of the city (sinhr., Behind the scenes). Photos with views of Samara in the early 19th century Construction of a multi-storey building in the village of Brothers Kuznetsov. View of the water intake complex. Kindergarten building, playground; children play on the playground, visit the greenhouse. Household service plant building. The building of the cafe "Rus"; visitors sit at tables in the hall. Supermarket building; buyers in the trading floor. The building of the "Bogatyr" store. Hospital building. Swimming pool building. Tram number 5 arrives at the stop. Subway construction; Metro builders - tunnellers at work. The building of the Kuibyshev Philharmonic. The building of the Museum-Estate of Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy; a memorial plaque with the inscription: “In this house in 1899-1901. lived the Russian Soviet writer Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy. " The building of the Palace of Celebrations. Entrance and alley of Victory Park. Fountain. View of the city from the Volga. Vacationers on the beach. People sit at the tables of a street cafe. Facades of houses, balconies entwined with climbing plants. Flowers in boxes on the balcony.