The film tells about Soviet sports, the achievements of Soviet athletes and the fact that after the end of their sports careers, many athletes find themselves in other areas of social and work activity - they become deputies, coaches, teachers, sports commentators, etc.
Close-up - a hand with a starting sports pistol.
Competition - sprinters running on a running track.
A skier after the finish with a coach.
A diver jumping from a springboard (slow motion).
A pair of figure skaters on the ice.
Close-up - a weightlifter makes a jerk and lifts the barbell, then jumps over a bowl with talc (weightlifter Yuri Vardanyan).
USSR-USA basketball match at the Munich Olympics in 1972, where the USSR team won in the last minute.
Awarding - flags are raised, 1st and 2nd places go to the USSR. Panorama of the Column Hall of the House of Unions - the ceremony of honoring and awarding Soviet Olympians is taking place.
Athletes approach one by one to receive government awards.
Panorama of the territory and buildings of the sports base.
Outdoor swimming pool, panorama of the lanes, swimmers.
In the frame - Honored Coach of the USSR I. Koshkin.
Koshkin training in the pool, panorama of lanes, swimmers.
Athlete swimming in the lane.
Koshkin at the edge of the pool looking at his watch.
General view - pool (shot from above).
Swimmers in the lanes.
Koshkin at the edge of the pool, saying something to the athlete.
Swimmer in the lane.
Close-up - clock in the pool, second hand moving.
Swimmer swimming butterfly.
Coach at the edge, with a special device.
Various shots in the pool - with athletes, coaches, etc.
Coach at the edge, talking to athletes in the water.
A female swimmer drinks juice from a glass in the water.
In the frame - Olympic swimming champion V. Salnikov.
Salnikov in the pool during training - warming up, swimming.
Coach at the edge, watching the athlete.
Salnikov swimming on his back.
Salnikov speaking.
Various photos of Salnikov - at school, during training, with his wife.
Salnikov after training by the pool - in a tracksuit and robe.
Photo of Salnikov.
Pool, competition - Salnikov swims along the central lane with a large lead.
Salnikov finishes first.
The athlete smiles and waves his arms.
In the stands - fans, swinging in different directions.
People are walking to the stadium.
People in the stadium stands.
Pilot-cosmonaut Ivanchenkov descends the steps with a tennis racket in his hands.
Ivanchenkov speaks.
Chronicle of 1959 - USA, Philadelphia, Franklin Field stadium - a track and field match is being held between the USSR and the USA. In the frame - a 10,000 meter race, A. Desyatchikov and H. Pärnakivi are running from the USSR. Due to the abnormal heat, some athletes dropped out of the race.
Dramatic shots are shown, when athletes run with all their strength, lose consciousness, etc.
In the frame - fans at the stadium, worrying about the athletes.
Hubert Pärnakivi finishes unconscious.
Shows athletes training under the guidance of professor, honored master of sports V. Kuznetsov.
A female athlete on a treadmill, Kuznetsov and his colleague are watching the training.
A female athlete on the treadmill, in the background two athletes are training on a special exercise machine.
Kuznetsov is watching the training, saying something to the female athlete, his colleague is turning the handle of the device.
Athletes on the exercise machine.
Close-up - an electronic scoreboard with numbers.
Kuznetsov is looking at the scoreboard, talking to an athlete on the exercise machine.
In the frame - the screen of the device, which shows the level of the athlete's push force.
The female athlete puts on a special mask on her face.
Close-up - the readings of the device.
The female athlete runs on a treadmill in a mask and an elastic tube connected to it.
An employee in a white coat watches the readings of the devices, in the frame - an athlete running on a track and her image on the monitor.
Large - a tape with the readings of the devices is printed.
General plan - a platform for weightlifting competitions (shot from above).
Different shots - weightlifters lift weights.
Award ceremony - weightlifter Y. Vardanyan is presented with a gold medal.
Vardanyan is speaking.
Vardanyan is training, working with a barbell.
Children are in the gym - they are watching Vardanyan train.
Vardanyan is pumping his abs.
Sport, competitions, swimming, pool, athletics, weightlifting, barbell, weightlifter
Salnikov V.V. - Soviet swimmer
4-time Olympic champion Ivanchenkov A.S. - USSR pilot-cosmonaut Vardanyan Yu.N. - Soviet weightlifter
Olympic champion
1959
Moscow USA Armenia
Summer
Children training in the gym - preparing the barbell. Y. Vardanyan goes up the stairs, enters the administration building.
Vardanyan is in his office, at the table, talking on the phone, communicating with people who came to him for help as a deputy.
Vardanyan is speaking.
Vardanyan with his father and little son David are walking down the street.
Vardanyan is in the gym - training children, his little son is next to him.
The boy lifts the barbell, Vardanyan helps him, prompts, corrects.
It shows how the children work during training - doing exercises, lifting the barbell, etc.
In the frame - Vardanyan in the gym, near the wall bars, surrounded by children, with his coach and little son.
In the empty gym, a skating rink is moving along the ice.
At the side, coach and athlete Irina Rodnina is talking to the skaters.
A pair of skaters is training on the ice.
In the frame - Irina Rodnina.
Figure skaters train on the ice, Rodnina watches the training.
The office of the rector of the Institute of Physical Culture Vorobyov A. N. - a panorama of the shelves with books, folders, diplomas, awards, etc.
Close-up - a book is flipping through, photos of weightlifters at competitions are visible.
In the frame - Vorobyov.
Football stadium, players come out for the match.
Vladimir Maslachenko is at the commentary console.
Maslachenko in headphones with a microphone comments on the football match.
Footage of the football match.
Fans in the stands.
Maslachenko in the commentary booth, the match is being broadcast on a small TV screen.
The coaching team is on the bench - watching the game.
Various footage of the football match.
Panorama of the stands.
Close-up - light music.
Young people dancing at the disco.
Pastry chef N. Panin makes a cake in the form of a basket with mushrooms.
Panin speaking.
Sports training camp, the national team's base - athletes on vacation, doing aerobics, etc.
Panin makes a cake, talks to a reporter.
Panorama of sweet mushrooms - elements of cake decor.
Panin presents the cake to the athletes.
Competitions, a signal shot sounds - in the frame, hurdles.
Triple jump competition - an athlete jumps.
A runner finishes.
Discus throwing competitions.
Running competitions, high pole vault.
Shots of athletes jumping high.
Various shots from track and field competitions - athletes jumping high, long, running.
In the frame - pole vault champion Sergei Bubka (the athlete's jumps, award ceremony, etc. are shown).
Stadium, stands with fans, television cameras are working.
Delegations of athletes from different countries are walking through the stadium, in the frame - the USSR team with a red flag.
Sport, competitions, weightlifting, barbell, weightlifter, sports commentator, football match, athletics, stadium
Vardanyan Yu. N. - Soviet weightlifter
Olympic champion Rodnina I.K. - Soviet figure skater
three-time Olympic champion
Russian public and statesman Vorobyov A.N. - Soviet weightlifter
scientist
writer
Olympic champion Maslachenko V.N. - Soviet football player
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
sports commentator Bubka S. N. - Soviet and Ukrainian athlete-athlete in pole vaulting
Olympic champion
Armenia Moscow
Summer