Sun Rain and Smiles

A film about the Eighth International Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki. 1962 year. Finland. City of Helsinki. Meeting of the participants (delegates) of the festival at the railway station, in the seaport. Arrival of the Soviet delegation on the ship "Georgia". Press conference of the International Commission for the preparation of the festival. Parade of the festival participants. Delegations from Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, India, USA, USSR, China, Hungary, Finland, Japan, Great Britain are passing by. Concerts, performances by festival participants, performance of songs, dances, including performances by Soviet dance ensembles. Sports festival at the stadium. Speech by Soviet athletes I. Press, V. Brumel. Beauty contest. Winner - Berta Chero Diaz (Cuba). Participants of the festival during friendly meetings, rest, in a cafe, on a boat trip, in a recreation park. "Free tribune" of the festival. Speeches by the delegates of the USA, USSR, Japan (synchronously). Meeting of the delegations of the USSR and the USA. The participants in the meeting are performing the "Hymn to Youth" (synchronously). Eugene present. Evtushenko. Exhibition of American Painting. Participants and delegates of the festival greet Yuri Gagarin. Yuri Gagarin speaks (synchronously). Dances of the participants of the festival on the central square of the city. Anti-festival center at the Hansa hotel. Anti-advertising of the festival. Members of the anti-festival movement are speaking. Landscapes of Finland. Views of the city of Helsinki. Streets, buildings. Transport, pedestrian traffic. Everyday life of the city dwellers. Rain. Artist H. Bitstrup makes sketches from nature at the festival. Meeting of the head of the USSR delegation S. Pavlov with U. Kekkonen and F. Karjalainen. Chronicle. France. Funeral of victims of the shooting of a protest against the war in Algeria. 1954 - early. 1960 (until 1962). Cuba. Havana city. Consequences of a terrorist attack; the building is on fire. Arrest of terrorists. 1959 - early. 1960s.

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script L. Zorin, A. Krivonalov, announcer L. Khmara, music V. Chistyakov, sound I. Gunger, V. Kotov