Silence All Around

A film about hearing impaired people. Their medical care, preschool, school and higher education, employment, cultural life are shown. Filmed by order of the Belarusian Society of the Deaf. 1 part of Belarus. Medical center building. Meeting of doctors; one of those present speaks about the problem of hearing preservation (sync.). Otolaryngologists check the hearing of a boy or a young man. Doctors in the operating room near the patient during a surgical operation. The doctor examines the patients in the morning round, talks about one of the patients (sinhr.) Otolaryngologist talks about Natasha and Olga Koltovich, who were born completely deaf (sinhr.) Sisters Natasha and Olga Koltovichs hardly answer the correspondent's questions. The mother of sisters N. and O. Koltovich talks about the illness and treatment of girls (sinhr.). Kindergarten-boarding school for hearing-impaired children. Children sculpt a snow woman, ride a slide while walking. Photo portraits of children with their names under the portraits, a table of sounds in sign language in the room. Speech therapists conduct classes with children. The teacher shows objects, the children name them (sync.). Students of a boarding school for hearing-impaired children run down the corridor, go to classrooms. Models of ancient Minsk, an obelisk made by students. The teacher in the class asks questions to the duty officer Natasha Koltovich (sinhr.). Olya Koltovich writes on the blackboard, answers the teacher's questions (sinhr.). Students in the classroom at the lesson on the development of hearing, in the workshop at work on the machines, in the foyer of the school collect mosaic panels. Part 2 A group of hearing impaired students of the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute in the classroom. 5th year student Lev Eliseev writes on the blackboard. The girl prompts him in sign language. Workers in the shop at work on machines at the Gomel manufacturing enterprise for the deaf. Machine tool adjuster at the Kirov Gomel plant Matvey Borisovich Brandin at work. Worker of the Minsk Tractor Plant Stupak at work on the machine. A photograph of Stupak on the Hall of Fame. Stupak is watching an amateur performance in the hall. Deaf choreographic performance on stage. Dancers perform a New Year's dance. The audience is applauding. Scene from the play "Guilty Without Guilt" staged by the People's Theater of Mimics and Gestures (for Hearing Disabled). The girl draws behind the easel. Painting and sculptural portraits in the studio. Sculptors at work. Young people in a darkroom print photographs for an exhibition dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Belarusian Society of the Deaf (BelOG). Photos displaying the activities of the BelOG. Documents about the organization of BelOG. Preschool boarding school for hearing impaired children. Children write letters to their parents. Children meet their parents on the day of their visit. Parents hug their children, talk to them, read books. The children are singing; the teacher is accompanied on the piano.

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scriptwriters M. Berezko, S. Sploshnov, sound engineer A. Solovey, composer Y. Tsiryuk, consultants N. Sharko, E. Zhukovich, editor M. Martynyuk, director of the picture M. Kiryanova