Waiting for the Holiday

A film about various forms of entertainment in the USSR and abroad. 1 part Russia, Moscow. People in the Central Park of Culture and Leisure. Gorky. A group of servicemen, a policeman in the crowd. Vegetable fair near the Rechnoy Vokzal metro station. Customers at the vegetable counter. A woman - a mass entertainer performs from the stage (sync., Behind the scenes). People with sullen faces are listening to the entertainer. People are queuing up outside the stall. An elderly man reads a newspaper at a street stand. People in the square during the celebration of the City Day. The mass entertainer chooses the most smiling person in the crowd (sync., Behind the scenes). Child in a stroller. Shoppers queue up outside a food stall. The seller is weighing vegetables. A mass entertainer hands a tambourine to a man who beats the melody of the song "Peddlers" on a tambourine (sync.). A man and a girl are dancing in a circle of people. The soldiers are examining the key chains on the counter. A girl on the street plays the guitar. Policemen on the street talking. People are standing at the tables of the barbecue; food leftovers on paper plates are on the tables; there is a girl under the table. The boys are standing near the fence in the square. People are queuing up for the ride. Children near the attraction. People are standing near the closed door of the video salon. The faces of people watching the video. The inscription is lit: "Restaurant". Plaque with the inscription: "No vacancies". Filming with the effect of accelerated movement: one of the new districts of Moscow in the daytime and in the evening; traffic of vehicles and pedestrians; people stand in line at the Shokoladnitsa cafe; people are running along one of the GUM lines, along the Old Arbat; traffic controller at the post; buyers in a jewelry store; on the windows there are inscriptions: "Perfume, cologne", "Products from gold"; buyers in the grocery store in GUM. Foreign newsreels (with video): fashion show on the streets of Paris; a view of Disneyland from an airplane; large dolls dressed as Disney cartoon characters at Disneyland in California; parents with children at a party at Disneyland; a woman is photographed with an actor dressed as Mickey Mouse; a holiday in Disneyland on the water: figures of hippos, a carriage, a huge dog with glowing eyes, a raft with a man in striped T-shirts sitting on a multi-seat bike float along the lake; masquerade show; the statue of Liberty is being carried in a column of show participants; huge figures of turkeys in the crowd; inflatable superman figure. Part 2 Russia, Moscow. Passers-by walk past a standing elderly man. The man is filming with a movie camera. Elderly people on the street. Mannequins in women's dresses in a shop window. Cafe "Pirozhki", "Sandwich" in the evening. Glowing signs of shops "Flowers", "Vesna", "Meat", workshop "Metalloremont". Commodity price tags on a handbag, scarf, perfume. Fireworks over the tower of the Moscow Kremlin. A man inserts a video cassette into a VCR. A man, a woman and a boy are watching videos at home. Cars are parked near a residential building in the evening. A man sits under a banner with the inscription: "September 11 - City Day." Street view, playground in the evening. Telephone booths. The photo showcase of the Sverdlovsk district of Moscow is lit. Monument to V.I. Lenin on October Square. Head of the monument to F.M. Dostoevsky. Commodity price tags with the indication of the price in dollars. The cashier of the store at work. Shoppers near the vegetable stand in the evening. A man performs with fire in the courtyard of the house. Spectators in the yard. Clown performance. Speech by a magician. A convoy of cars with headlights on is moving along the road. View of the hotel "Ukraine" and the adjacent area. Filming with the effect of accelerated movement: buyers enter and leave the GUM building; buyers on one of the GUM lines; people are standing near the tent of the cafe "Rus", eating at tables near the tent; cafe hall without visitors; a drunk man walks through an underpass and falls, policemen, a girl, a motorcyclist is passing by. Foreign newsreels: waiters on roller skates with trays moving around in a cafe; street costume show; procession of horsemen in knightly armor; beauty contest, a man presents a bouquet of flowers to the winner of the contest; festive fireworks over the Statue of Liberty; an American choir performance; festive carnival procession; dancing dark-skinned girls in costumes with feathers; the participants of the carnival are dancing; carnival procession at the stadium; street advertising; plaques with the words "Sale" in the shop window; selling vegetables and fruits on the street in the evening.

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Scriptwriter S. Khovenko, editor O. Revnova, composer A. Rykov, sound engineer A. Ivanov, film director G. Rigo