Ready to Get in Line

A film about the work of the primary organizations of DOSAAF (All-Union Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army and Navy) with students of vocational schools (vocational schools). Part I. The X All-Union Congress (1988) of the Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army, Aviation and Navy (DOSAAF) in the Kremlin is attended by a member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Sergeevich Solomentsev, pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR twice Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant General of Aviation Georgy Timofeevich Beregovoy, Minister of Defense of the USSR General of the Army Dmitry Timofeevich Yazov, candidate member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, Doctor of Law Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov and others. The chairman of the Central Committee of the DOSAAF of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union, Admiral of the Fleet Georgy Mikhailovich Yegorov, and the head of the F.E. Dzerzhinsky, Colonel General [Nikolai Nikiforovich Kotlovtsev]. Military sports game for high school students "Eaglet" in Rostov-on-Don: young men take an oath, joining the ranks of the youth army. Basic military training lessons in vocational schools. Andrey Barkov, a graduate of one of the schools, answers the teacher's questions. Competitions in karting and cross-country on motorcycles, a ship modeling circle, wrestling classes in the gym. A defense and sports camp for young people, where they go through a military-applied obstacle course, and in the evening by the fire they have a rest with veterans of the Great Patriotic War and soldiers serving in the Soviet army. Part II. Museum of military and labor glory of the Rostselmash plant. The guide talks about the students' search work. Stands with exhibits that the guys found. The DOSAAF driving school in Krasnokumsk, where young people are trained as a truck driver before being drafted into the army. A hundred-kilometer march of trucks in a convoy with participation in "hostilities". Parachute jumps of future conscripts at the airport. Parachute slide in Taganrog. A group of young climbers conquers the top of the Caucasus. A. Barkov, a former student of vocational school, takes the oath, becoming a military sailor.

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scriptwriter Y. Aisenberg, sound engineer Y. Yurchenko, consultant A. Mamaev, editor O. Gaganova, film director L. Shostak