Production processes at the Volgograd Steel Wire Rope Plant. The chief economist of the plant, I.K. Fedotova, talks about ways to improve production efficiency and make fuller use of internal economic reserves. General view of the construction of an Intercity Telephone Exchange, a city automatic telephone exchange in Elista, in the construction of which specialists from Moscow, Rostov and other cities are taking part. Rehearsal of the play based on Ch. Aitmatov's story "Topolek in a Red Scarf" at the Saratov Youth Theater. The chief director of the theater Yu. P. Kiselev tells about the work on the play. View of a new department store that has opened in the Traktorozavodsky district of Volgograd. Department store visitors while shopping. Unloading of various cargoes arriving from various countries: timber from Bulgaria, gas pipes from Germany in the Saratov port. View of one of the workshops of the Tambov plant ARTI ["Avtotraktorodetal"]. Workers of the fourth workshop of the plant, who completed the annual program a month ahead of schedule, during the New Year celebrations. The plot is about the fate of the Dutchman A. Dingelhof and the Stalingrad woman Ekaterina Sokolova, who met in Nazi captivity and after the war living for 17 years in the city of Volzhsky. A. Dingelhof with his wife and children at home. A. Dingelhof's wife, who works as an insurance agent, during work. The eldest daughter Olga, who works as a teacher, in a class with students. Son Oleg, who works for the ambulance. Doctors. The youngest daughter Sandra during her piano lessons.