The film tells about the inhabitants of a communal apartment in one of the houses in the center of Moscow. The film includes interviews with residents of the apartment in the interiors of their rooms (sync.), Night filming of Tverskaya Street, the movement of tanks and other military equipment along Tverskaya to Red Square, the issuance of humanitarian aid from Germany by activists of the Red Cross society to residents of a communal apartment. The film uses shots from foreign and domestic newsreels for different years (short plans).