Part One.
Story 1. DOCTOR PAVEL. A graphic portrait of the Russian physician, artist, geographer and writer, participant in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 P. Ya.
View of the panorama scroll of the pictorial diary of military events captured by P. Ya.
The 80-meter panorama scroll slowly unrolls.
Panorama scrolls of P. Pisetsky in the Hermitage storage facility.
Story 2. VITALY PETROVSKY BRIDGE. Belarus.
Vitaly Petrovsky, a student at one of the vocational schools in Baranovichi, in an autumn park, at home, making an airplane model.
Airplane models in the room.
The city of Leningrad.
A hydrofoil vessel floats under the bridge.
Bridge across the Neva River.
A cargo ship floats along the river.
A drawbridge.
Mechanisms and parts that set the bridge span in motion.
A drawbridge mechanic at work.
A cargo ship sails under a drawbridge.
Belarus. V. Petrovsky in the park in spring. V. Petrovsky draws a diagram of a drawbridge at home.
Vitaly works at a machine in the school workshop.
Painting, graphics, Wars of the 19th century, Museums, Vocational education (secondary), Cities, villages, rural settlements, River and lake transport and routes, Invention, Literature, Biology, Archives, Rail transport, Time service
Part two.
Vitaly Petrovsky working on a model of his drawbridge.
A working model of V.Petrovsky's swing bridge in action.
A group of school students near the model.
View of the author's certificate of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Inventions and Discoveries No. 6037 of V.M.Petrovsky for the invention of the "Swing Bridge".
Vitaly plays volleyball with the guys in the school gym.
Plot number 3. LIFE TIME BASED ON D.GRANIN'S STORY "THIS STRANGE LIFE" Writer D. Granin talks about the life and work of the hero of his story "This Strange Life", Russian biologist Alexander Alexandrovich Lyubishchev (synchronously). D. Granin in the Leningrad State University auditorium at the first meeting dedicated to the memory of A.A.Lyubishchev (photo).
Photo portraits of A.A.Lyubishchev over the years.
Photographs from the family album of A.A.Lyubishchev. A.A.Lyubishchev's collection in the archive storage of the USSR Academy of Sciences Archives. A.A.Lyubishchev's collection of ground fleas. D.Granin looks through A.A.Lyubishchev's scientific works in the archive reading room. A.A.Lyubishchev's diary.
Part three. D. Granin talks about A. A. Lyubishchev’s diary and his time-keeping system (synchronously).
Pages from A. A. Lyubishchev’s diary with daily time-keeping entries.
A clock mechanism in operation.
An antique clock with a statue of a girl on a swing instead of a pendulum.
Pedestrians cross the street.
A traffic light blinks.
Different types of city clocks.
A man carries a grandfather clock on his back while crossing the street.
A watchmaker at work in a watch workshop.
Yellow leaves on the asphalt.
A two-story log building.
The interior of A. A. Lyubishchev’s room. A. A. Lyubishchev’s desk and notebooks. D. Granin talks about A. A. Lyubishchev’s scientific activities (synchronously).
A frog, a grasshopper (red square).
Photo portraits of A. A. Lyubishchev over the years. A.A.Lyubishchev with colleagues in the laboratory (synchronously). A.A.Lyubishchev with his wife and children (photo).
View from the window of a passenger train compartment.
A glass of tea on the table in the compartment. D.Granin in the archive reading room looking through A.A.Lyubishchev's diary.
Part Four.
Writer D. Granin talks about A.A. Lyubishchev's works on literature and philosophy, about his article on frost patterns, about the assessment of A.A. Lyubishchev's works by his colleagues (synchronously).
Inscription on the folder with documents: "Archive of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Alexander Alexandrovich Lyubishchev Fund." A.A. Lyubishchev with his grandson in his arms, with colleagues, in his office (photo). A.A. Lyubishchev's office.
Cacti on the window.