Letter to the Editor

The hero of the film, Gennady Surkov, in his letter to the editorial office of the newspaper "Volzhskaya Kommuna" says that the younger generation is obliged to work for the good of the country, and not to waste their lives in entertainment and drunkenness. G. Kuibyshev. Building of the Palace of Culture of Metallurgists; people climb the steps. A poster at the entrance to the building with the inscription: “Today. Shows the Komsomol searchlight. Factory studio of filmmakers ”. The audience in the auditorium is watching an amateur film on the screen, in which groups of young people idly wander along the central street of the city - the so-called "Broadway". Girls and boys are dancing boogie woogie. The audience in the hall laughs, only one person in the hall - Gennady Surkov, looks condemningly at these young people - lovers of a beautiful life. Gennady Surkov is sitting at the table in the room, writing a letter to the editorial office of the newspaper "Volzhskaya Kommuna", expressing his attitude to the article "The infection comes from Broadway." G. Surkov at a reception in the office of the director of the Metallurgical Plant. G. Surkov with a team of electricians checks the electrical networks. Factory workers go to shift in the morning. The freight train, driven by the driver Mikhail Matveev, rushes along the railway; another train is going towards the train. General view of the hall and the presidium of the solemn meeting of transport workers dedicated to the presentation of the rolling Red Banner to the winners of the Socialist competition. Mikhail Matveev stands at the Red Banner. A miner in the face works with a jackhammer. Coal carts move along the mine roadway. General view of one of the chemical laboratories, where young chemists in chemical protection equipment conduct dangerous experiments. Among them is a young chemist Yevgeny Nazarov. Newsreel footage (1960-1962): A column of trucks moving along a winter road. Arrow pointer on the side of the road with the inscription "TO THE IMPACT KOMSOMOL'SK BUILDING OF GREAT CHEMISTRY". A group of young people in the cab of a truck, going to the construction of a synthetic rubber plant; among them Galina Oleinikova. General view of the industrial buildings under construction at the plant. Welding work on the top floor of one of the buildings. Galina Oleinikova rises to the upper floor of the building, stands with a group of female welders. Newsreel footage (1954-1956): A passenger train with an inscription on one of the carriages "AT THE CALL OF THE PARTY - TO DEVELOP INTEGRATED AND DEPOSITAL LANDS!" Seeing off on the platform. The plow plows the virgin soil. The virgin girl waves her handkerchief. The tractor makes the first furrow in the virgin soil. Virgin workers waving their hats.

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sound technicians A. Minakov, I. Shchenkov, editor P. Vishnev