Views of Moscow in the fall of 1941. Muscovites flee to shelters during an air raid. Anti-aircraft guns are hitting German planes. Preparing Soviet aircraft for a combat mission. Air battle. View of the downed German aircraft. Presentation in Moscow in the Kremlin to pilot V. Talalikhin Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. V. Talalikhin's speech at an anti-fascist rally (synchronously). V. Talalikhin with his family. Opening of the monument to V. Talalikhin in the courtyard of a meat-packing plant in Moscow. Pioneers lay flowers at the grave of V. Talalikhin. Cadets of the flying club, where V. Talalikhin studied, listen to the story of his classmate about the hero. The pilots go to the planes. Airplanes in the sky.