LM Roshal, a candidate of art history, talks about the history of documentary cinema (synchronously). Frames, fragments of various films shot at the beginning of the development of cinematography. Film director D. Vertov works in the editing room. Belarusian documentary filmmaker V. Dashuk talks about his work in the cinema (synchronously). Fragments from the films "War does not have a woman's face", "Winter and spring of 1945". The director of the film "Winter and Spring of 1945" D. Firsova talks with L. M. Roshal (synchronously). L. M. Roshal talks with the Latvian documentary filmmaker W. Brown (synchronously). Images from films by W. Brown.