We are going to sea (1986)

The personnel of the Odessa Higher Marine Engineering School named after Lenin Komsomol on the parade ground during the cadet initiation ceremony.

The head of the school congratulates the cadets (synchronously).

Faces of the cadets standing in formation.

Cadets in formation walking along the streets of Odessa to the music of a brass band, faces of the cadets.

Cadets march past the monument to the participants of the uprising on the battleship Potemkin (top).

View of the monument, cadets lay a wreath at the foot of the monument.

Sea surf.

Members of the young sailors' club "Albatross" learn the basics of marine science, tidy up wooden boats.

Interviews with club members about their desire to become sailors (synchronously).

Club members carry a sail to the shore.

Young sailors set off on a voyage on sail-and-row boats, their comrades wave goodbye.

Young sailors rowing during a voyage.

The boats sail in formation to the Solovetsky Islands.

Raising the sails.

The boats sail.

View of the Solovetsky Monastery, boats under sail approaching the pier.

Neptune Festival on one of the Solovetsky Islands.

Young sailors at the Neptune Festival, views of the festive event.

Members of the Albatross Club are thrown into the water during the "baptism by the sea".

Children's faces.

Veterans and members of the Albatross Club walk along the stone wall.

One of the monastery towers.

Laying wreaths and flowers at the monument to the cabin boys of the Northern Fleet, the alumni of the Solovetsky School of Cabin Boys.

Performance by a female folklore ensemble.

Applicants submitting documents to the faculties of one of the higher marine engineering schools.

Registration of a personal file.

Faces of applicants.

A compass against the background of a model of a sailboat.

Old sea charts (panorama).

Visitors in the halls of the museum of one of the schools.

A young man reads aloud an 18th-century text on a stand in one of the museum halls (synchronously).

A school teacher tells young people about the school's curriculum (synchronously).

A panorama of part of the stands in one of the museum halls.

One of the cadets of the final year of the navigation faculty defending his diploma in English.

Faces of the cadets and members of the examination committee.

An interview with one of the graduates (synchronously).

Seagulls over the sea.

Cadets during morning physical exercises.

View of the Novorossiysk Higher Marine Engineering School buildings from the sea.

Cadets lining up on the school’s parade ground during the flag-raising ceremony (above).

Cadets going to classes after the morning parade parade.

Signs of the Novorossiysk and Odessa Higher Marine Engineering Schools.

Cadets in the lecture hall of the navigation faculty (panorama).

Interview with the head of the navigation faculty (synchronously and off-screen).

Sign of the Far Eastern Marine Engineering School, cadets passing by.

Faces of the cadets’ parents.

First-year cadets getting settled into their dormitory room.

Cadets ironing their uniforms in the utility room.

Cadets entering the dining hall of the canteen.

Peeling potatoes on duty around the canteen.

Interview with first-year cadets (synchronously).

Cadets playing water polo in the school’s swimming pool.

The referee’s face.

View of part of the swimming pool during the game (top).

Cadets playing handball in the gym.

Jumping on a trampoline.

Performance of the amateur dance ensemble of the school.

Ships at sea.

Sailing boat at sea.

Sea surf.

Views of the port of Vladivostok.

Interview with one of the teachers of the Far Eastern Higher Marine Engineering School about the benefits of sailing practice (synchronously).

Small sailing vessels behind the breakwater (panorama).

The instructor's face.

A sailing yacht goes out to sea.

Cadets on board a sailing yacht during a practical voyage.

Yachts sailing along the coast, view of the deck and rigging of the yacht.

The sailing ship "Comrade".

Cadets sleeping in the cockpit of the sailing ship, an open porthole.

A cadet stands at the bulwark.

A cadet rests after being relieved from the watch.

The ship's bell.

Cadets climb up the shrouds, the sailing ship "Tovarishch" during the voyage.

Cadets setting the sails.

The sailing ship on the sea surface.

View of the bow of the sailing ship (from above).

A cadet and a captain-mentor at the helm.

Seascape.

Cadets scrub the deck.

Cadets wash themselves under the shower on the deck, seascape.

View of part of the rigging.

Faces of girls walking in the park.

A boat is sailing along the port waters.

The sailboat "Tovarishch" is at the pier.

Cadets with girls are walking along the city street.

Cadets are dancing with girls at a disco.

Graduates with their wives and girlfriends in a cafe after defending their diplomas.

Interviews with wives of graduates of the maritime college (synchronously).

A cadet with a girl during a date.

View of the bay in Vladivostok.

Panorama of the cargo port.

Faces of captains of cargo ships - participants in a meeting on the delivery of goods to the Arctic ports of the Far North.

One of the captains is speaking from the rostrum.

Panorama of the cargo port.

Cargo raft alongside a container ship.

View of the bow deck of a cargo ship sailing through one of the northern seas (from above).

The captain with a map in his hands is walking along the corridors of the ship.

The captain is giving instructions to the navigator on plotting a course through the ice fields.

Panorama of the sea on one of the Arctic routes, view of the bow deck of the container ship (top).

Navigator and helmsman on the bridge.

Ice overboard the ship.

Face of one of the crew members.

Broken ice near the side of the ship.

The cargo ship "Kola" overcomes an ice jam.

Face of the helmsman.

Interior view of the engine room.

The container ship "Kola" goes through the ice.

Arctic landscape.

The icebreaker "Sibir" goes through the ice, paving the way for a caravan of ships, the captain gives orders by radio.

The icebreaker "Sibir" and the container ship "Kola" go through the ice (top).

An airplane flies around the icebreaker and the container ship, Arctic landscapes.

Specialists at the control panel on board the "Sibir".

Interview with a graduate of the maritime college about the first voyage on a nuclear-powered icebreaker (synchronously).

Arctic seascape, view of the bow of the container ship (panorama).

Ships off the Arctic coast, mountains on the coast.

A sailor's interview about service in the Arctic (synchronously and off-screen), rocks off the coastline, a rudder of a ship in dry dock.

Ships at berths.

The captain of a training and production vessel on the bridge.

View of the forward part of the ship's deck.

Second-year cadets of the Odessa Higher Marine Engineering School in the training wheelhouse during their internship.

Cadets during a lesson in the classroom of the training engine room.

Cadets during their internship in the engine room.

A pilot descends from the board of a training vessel after leaving the Odessa port.

Announcement of a training boat alarm.

Actions of cadets upon announcement of a training boat alarm, cadets run up the ladders.

Launching lifeboats into the water.

Cadets in a lifeboat.

Cadets during a lesson on eliminating a hole.

A lesson on a life raft, cadets jump into the water and climb onto the raft.

View of the main building of the Leningrad Higher Marine Engineering School in Strelna in winter, cadets walking along the path.

Cadets climb the stairs to the foyer of the school.

A lesson in one of the laboratories.

Cadets in the classroom during a lesson.

View of a working ship's engine.

Cadets during a practical lesson on studying the material part of ship engines.

The teacher conducts a lesson in one of the classrooms.

Lessons on special simulators.

Cadets during a foreign language lesson in the language lab.

A lesson on studying navigation systems and devices.

Cadets study automated computing systems.

A lesson on radio communications and Morse code, view of the radio communications classroom, cadets' faces.

The educational process on the school's simulators.

Cadets during a lesson in the computing center.

Cadets during lessons on various simulators.

Seascape.

Training in navigation and mooring on a simulator - a reduced copy of a ship.

Panorama of a part of the cargo port water area.

Cadets climb the gangway of the container ship "Ivan Kotlyarevsky" to undergo sea practice on a long voyage.

One of the officers greets the cadets on the deck.

Raising the anchor.

The container ship departs from the berth.

The container ship leaves the port, panorama of a part of the port.

View of the deck superstructure.

Foamy surf behind the stern of the ship.

Navigation equipment of the ship, the radar antenna is rotating.

Waves overboard the ship (from above).

A flying seagull.

Baking bread in the galley.

Cooking, cooks making dumplings.

View of the dining compartment.

Cadets during lunch.

Waves outside the ship.

The mechanic monitors the operation of the ship's engines, interior view of the engine room.

Interior views of the ship's spaces.

Seascape.

Cadets performing various functions on the captain's bridge.

One of the cadets plots a course on the map.

Faces of the cadets and their mentor.

A cadet plots the ship's course under the guidance of a navigator.

Containers with cargo on the ship's deck (top).

Seagulls on the bridge.

Navigator at the radar, panorama of the ship's navigation equipment (bottom).

Navigator at work.

A cadet plots the ship's course.

A ship sailing a parallel course.

Panorama of a container ship.

Views of the container ship's deck (top).

Landscape on the Japanese coast.

Cadets during a walk around the city.

A cadet with a girl walking in the park.

Panorama of the container ship Ivan Kotlyarevsky.

Panorama of the bay.

Cargo ship at Vladivostok roadstead.

The USSR national flag on the topmast of one of the ships.

Seascape.

Cranes in the port.

Ship radar screen.

Interview with the ship's captain about the sailor's return home (synchronously).

Port cranes, ships under loading and unloading.

View of the passenger liner Maxim Gorky.

Relatives and family members of the sailors on the pier waiting for the crew to disembark, parents hold their children in their arms.

Maxim Gorky at the pier.

Faces of the girls.

The dry cargo ship Kemerovo enters the port.

People with flowers in their hands greet the sailors who have returned home.

Faces of those meeting them, a ship at sea.

A flying seagull.

Waves overboard the ship, seascape.

Sea surf.

Cars and containers with cargo on the pier of the seaport, a ship at the pier (panorama).

Panoramas and views of parts of the cargo port territory, work processes in the port.

Cargo ship "Tikhon Kiselev" being unloaded.

Loading containers onto the ship using a crane beam.

Underground tunnel of the cargo port.

Passing tugboats.

Ship "Alexey Kosygin" during a voyage.

Navigator at work.

Applicants of one of the maritime schools study the lists of examination groups.

Sailing ship "Tovarishch" during a voyage.

Cadets of the maritime school stand at the side, exchanging impressions.

One of the ships during a voyage.