The film tells about the activities of the youth "Club of Revolutionary and Labor Glory" in studying the red carnation as a symbol of the revolutionary movement.
Scenes from the feature film "The Elusive Avengers", chasing a train.
Newsreel from 1967: presentation of the Komsomol Central Committee Prize "Scarlet Carnation" to the authors of the film "The Elusive Avengers", director E.G. Keosayan with the prize in his hands, the performers of the main roles - V.V. Kurdyukova, V.I. Kosykh, M.M. Metelkin - are standing nearby.
View of the prize.
Young men and women study the history of the "Red Carnation" in the "Club of Revolutionary and Labor Glory" at the Central House of Culture for Students of Vocational Schools, get acquainted with documents on the history of the October Revolution under the guidance of E.Ya.
Bolshakova.
Faces of young men and women.
Photographs of meetings of club members with CPSU veterans, including E.D. Stasova.
Invitation to the literary and musical evening "Red Carnation".
The club members' choir performs "La Marseillaise" (synchronously), the pioneers in the hall listen to the song.
Bas-reliefs and paintings depicting the revolutionary events in France in the 19th century, photographs from the period of the Paris Commune, the choir continues singing (synchronously).
View of the "Wall of the Communards" at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
An event at Pere Lachaise dedicated to the memory of the fallen Communards, the laying of wreaths at the wall.
View of the monument to Peter I in Leningrad.
One of the issues of the Pravda newspaper for 1913 with a report on a meeting in honor of Women's Day.
Interior view of the vestibule of the former Kalashnikov Stock Exchange, a memorial plaque about the holding of the first Women's Day in Russia, an assembly hall.
View of one of the old streets of Leningrad, a girl's face.
The text of a poem by the revolutionary poet Masharov, a girl reads his poems (synchronously).
Paintings by Soviet artists reflecting the events of the civil war, a young man reading a poem by Yesenin S. (synchronously), faces of pioneers in the auditorium.
The eternal flame on the Field of Mars in Leningrad, next to it lies a bouquet of red carnations.
Young men and women look through newspaper clippings.
Portrait of the Greek communist Beloyannis N. and an article about him.
Photographs of Beloyannis during his trial.
View of the steps of a staircase, the door of a prison cell opens.
A red carnation on the stones of the prison yard.
A young man reads poems about Beloyannis (synchronously).
A painted portrait of Beloyannis with a red carnation in his hand.
The eternal flame burns on the Field of Mars.
Blooming roses, asters, carnations.
Cover of the "History of the CPSU".
Participants in the May Day demonstration carry flowers in their hands, wave artificial red carnations, faces of young men and women.
General view of the May Day demonstration on Red Square (from above).
Keosayan Edmond Gareginovich -- film director
screenwriter Kurdyukova Valentina Valerievna -- film actress Metelkin Mikhail Mikhailovich -- film actor Kosykh Viktor Ivanovich -- theater and film actor
1967
Moscow