1syuzh. - Volgograd. Aircraft in the air. German technology. Explosions. Destroyed buildings. Generals Yeremenko and Rokossovsky. Soviet technology in action. Are the combatants: VN Chuikov, AI Rodimtsev Rudenko, AI Pokryshkin. The people at the rally. People lay flowers at Mamaev Kurgan. 2syuzh. - E. and A. Obolentseva. Includes their four sons. Family at the table. Brothers at work and in the classroom. 3syuzh. - Moscow. Central House of the Soviet Army. Army Conference participants. Speakers: Defense Minister Andrei Grechko, chief of the Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy AA Epishev. The ensemble performs a song. Troops on maneuvers.