The film tells the story of the life of O. G. Reznikov, a retired captain of the first rank. Having started his military career at the age of 12 during the Great Patriotic War, he experienced many scrapes, participated in many military campaigns, including military actions in the Caribbean Sea and Vietnam.




Reznikov O.G. (synchronously) A man at home prepares a military uniform with awards for the holiday.
Awards in large print.
A man tries on a cap.
A man tries on a beret.
Chronicle: London.
The English queen inspects the troops.
A man watches the chronicle on TV. Reznikov (synchronously) about studying in England.
Chronicle: Khrushchev on the tribune, a military ship in an English port.
Residents board the ship.
Soviet sailors travel by bus.
Fragment of the film "Waterloo Bridge" (waltz at the ball).
The postman brought a pension.
Chronicle: The English queen in military uniform with troops.
Chronicle: Cuba, F. Castro (some kind of reception).
Members of the USSR government on the tribune of the Lenin Mausoleum, F. Castro next to N. Khrushchev.
Saint Petersburg Great Britain Cuba




Chronicle: a Vietnamese girl stands on the river bank.
Boats on the river.
Reznikov (synchronously about service in Vietnam).
Reznikov comes out of the entrance of his house in a dress uniform with awards.
Columns of soldiers march along the street.
The Eternal Flame.
Reznikov and his wife approach the Eternal Flame and lay flowers.
Close-up: tulips.
At home, at the laid table, Reznikov raises a glass to Victory Day.
Reznikov (synchronously).
Chronicle: Victory Parade.
Rokossovsky on horseback.
Stalin and Budyonny on the Mausoleum tribune.
Chronicle: a camel caravan.
Soviet tanks in Afghanistan.
Photo by A. Rutskoy in Reznikov's apartment.
Moscow.
The White House. B. Yeltsin at the microphone.
Yeltsin waves the tricolor flag.
1945-1993
Saint Petersburg Vietnam Afghanistan
Spring