The newsreel has three plots. 1st plot. North Ossetia, Ordzhonikidze. Students of the republican children's art school draw in the classroom; the teacher oversees the work of the children. Opening of the exhibition "Children - October" in the Republican Art Museum named after M. Tuganov; among those present - the director of the art school. Guys in the halls of the exhibition. Drawings of children, which depict the cruiser "Aurora", a Red Army soldier, etc. Students of the art school in the park draw behind easels. 2nd plot. The plot is about a young conductor, student of the Leningrad Conservatory, laureate of the international competition of young performers V. Gergiev. North Ossetia, Vladikavkaz. Interview with V.A. Gergiev (synchronously). VA Gergiev's meeting with the teachers [of the Vladikavkaz School of Arts], where he studied the piano. V. Gergiev conducts the orchestra during the concert. 3rd plot. Dagestan, pos. Kubachi. The family of the People's Artist of the RSFSR R.A. Alikhanov drinking tea. R.A. Alikhanov and his sons in the workshop are working on sketches of ornaments, engraving on metal. Jugs, trays, plates made by Kubachi craftsmen. Interview with R.A. Alikhanov, in which he talks about the continuation of the traditions of the old masters (synchronously). View of the village of Kubachi. Cemetery. Women with jugs go to fetch water. A group of children with a teacher near the kindergarten building. Women knit on the street. R.A. Alikhanov is walking down the street. Newsreel footage of 1967: People's Artist of the RSFSR R. Alikhanov is working on a sketch of the ornament. His son Abu Salam engraves with a graver.