The film tells about the development of the coal industry in the USSR. Part 1 The territory of one of the coal mining and processing plants. NDP on the building: "GLORY TO MINERS"; there is a poster with the image of V.I. Lenin. A freight train passes along the plant's grounds. Control center control room with a system for monitoring production processes at the plant. Kazakh SSR, Ekibastuz. Bogatyr coal mine: factory buildings on the territory; workshop of the plant. Mosaic panel depicting miners. Blasting operations in coal mining; removal of the fertile soil layer. Truck crane on the territory of a coal mine; crane operator in the cab of the truck crane. The bucket wheel excavator is working. A freight train moves along the territory of the mine. The PAZ bus is going by. Working mechanized complex inside the mine; conveyor belt with coal; miners at work. Coal miner is working. Miners at work at the equipment for coal mining; with a plow installation. Miners are blazing new trails in a coal mine. Control center control room. Employees of the Paramilitary Mine Rescue Unit (MRSU) rush to a drill call. Rescue vehicles drive out of the VGNG garage. Mine rescuers walk along the face aisle; wearing gas masks extinguish a fire in the face during a drill; extinguish a fire on the surface of a coal cut. Moscow region, Lyubertsy. Soviet scientist in the field of mining, professor, director of the Institute of Mining. A.A. Skochinsky Alexander Viktorovich Dokukin in his office speaks (sinhr., Behind the scenes) about new horizons in the development of mining in the USSR. Kemerovo region, Myski. Central dressing plant "Siberia": equipment in the shop; factory employees at work in the shop. Control room in the control center; the employee observes the production processes in the workshops using monitors. Coal rock moves along a conveyor belt. High-voltage power line on the territory of the factory. Moscow. Model of a coal processing enterprise. Director of the Institute of Fossil Fuels Andrei Anatolyevich Kryuchkov in the training workshop of the institute says (sync., Behind the scenes) about research aimed at creating technologies for processing coal in order to obtain liquid fuel on its basis. In the 1st part, c / t plans are used, without a shooting location, 1930s: miners at work in the face; miners on all fours crawl along the aisle, pulling a wheelbarrow with coal. In the 1st part, the MLTP is used: a map of the USSR, on which the places of coal mining are marked (pos.orig. - 110.6 m) 2 part of the Ukrainian SSR, Donetsk. Cars pass along the city street. City park: flower bed, fountain; vacationers are walking. Automobile bridge over the Kalmius river. Monument "Glory to the miners' labor" on Shakhtyorskaya square. A pioneer detachment with drums and horns passes through the territory of the pioneer camp. Sports games on the territory of the pioneer camp. Children are engaged in long jump in the gym. A football match on the field of the Shakhtar stadium, played by the teams Shakhtar Donetsk and Dinamo Tbilisi; fans in the stands. The weightlifter lifts the barbell. A festive parade in honor of Miner's Day: a military band is walking along the street; coal workers, veterans of the miners' labor. Girls in national Ukrainian costumes give flowers to veterans. Veterans conduct a ceremony of initiation into miners of young miners; pioneers present flowers to young miners. Mining veterans lay flowers at the monument to V.I. Lenin on Lenin Square. Miners at work in the face. Ukrainian SSR, Donbass. Miners pass through the turnstile at the entrance of one of the coal plants. Miners in a shower room at a factory; swim in the pool on the territory of the plant; drink oxygen cocktail in the buffet; dine in the factory canteen. Kemerovo region, Kuzbass. The building of a sanatorium for miners; vacationers pass through the territory of the sanatorium; go boating on the lake on the territory of the sanatorium. Ukrainian SSR, Crimea, Yalta. The building of the boarding house "Donbass". Beach with vacationers at the boarding house. Vacationers play chess on the embankment; swim in the sea. A miner on the beach speaks (sync., Offscreen) about the hard work in the mine; about how to have a good rest after hard work. Komi Republic, Vorkuta. The territory of the coal enterprise of the Pechora coal basin. Snowy landscape; greenhouse with cucumbers; workers in the greenhouse watering the plants. The building of the "Universam" store. Customers pass through the hall of the store; vegetables on the counter of the store, chicken eggs in cells; the seller at the scales; buyers stand at the counter; the seller pours milk into a can. City street: there is a bus, people are passing by. Children in kindergarten at a music lesson; swim in the kindergarten pool. Budgerigars in a cage. Moscow region, Lyubertsy. Institute of Mining. A.A. Skochinsky: students in the classroom; in training workshops. Equipment in the training workshop. Moscow. View of Red Square from the river; Big Stone Bridge. City street. Members of the All-Union shock Komsomol detachment in the assembly hall listen to the parting speech of the Minister of the Coal Industry of the USSR Boris Fedorovich Bratchenko before leaving for the construction of the Kansk-Achinsk fuel and energy complex; in the square with banners they dance, play the tambourine, swing each other in their arms; get on the train. Minister of the Coal Industry of the USSR B.F. Bratchenko says (sinhr.) A parting speech to the participants of the All-Union Komsomol shock detachment before their departure for the construction of the Kansk-Achinsk fuel and energy complex. In the second part, a fragment of a feature film from the 1920s-1930s is used: Miners are walking along the street of the Yuzovka village; a room in a miner's house: several people in a room, dirt, smoke, people are lying on bunk bunks; miners prepare food. (position origin - 99.4 m)