The film is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Republic of Lithuania; the heroes of the film are ordinary citizens and famous people in the country. Photographs depicting workers moving into new apartments, peasants who received land with the establishment of Soviet power in Lithuania in 1940. The village of Pirchupis, 117 inhabitants of which were burned alive by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War. Monument "Mother", a stone with a list of the names of the victims. Visiting the burial place of the victims of the villagers. Among those present are M. Uzhdavinis, a native of the village, a US citizen. Room IX of the fort - a former prison for political prisoners. Director of the Physics and Mathematics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Lithuania Y. Pozhela in the laboratory of the institute, in the meeting hall of the Academy of Sciences. Lithuanian scientists, academicians: Matulis (President of the Academy of Sciences), K. Meshkaukas, Kubilius (rector of Vilnius University), Brazdzhunas, Zyugzhda, K. Korsakas. Surgeon Bredikis performs heart surgery. The operated patient DE Kolennikov, who has a heart pacemaker installed. Former priest I. Ragauskas, who resigned from his priesthood. Vilnius city; streets, new buildings, hotels "Neringa", "Lietuva". Architects brothers Algis and Vitas Nasvitis discussing an architectural project. Engraver S. Krasauskas at work on the engraving. Lithuanian poets: A. Venclova, J. Marcinkevičius, E. Mezhelaitis. Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania Y. Baltushis. Flooding of the city of Kaunas by the waters of the Nemunas River (1946). View of Kaunas hydroelectric power station, Lithuanian state district power station. Collective farm "Taribinis artoias". Collective farmers are working. Collective farm chairman Buchinskaya. 70-year-old collective farmer V. Kurkauskas, former governor of the Klaipeda region, former military commandant of the city of Vilnius, officer of the General Staff of the old Lithuanian army. Engineer B. Lubis in the workshop of a nitrogen fertilizer plant in the city of Ionava. Workers work in the shops of the Baltic Shipyard in the city of Klaipeda. Shipyard. A worker paints the side of the ship. View of the Klaipeda port. Ships are sailing.