I will sing the gardens (1988)

A large hall of an old library, a book lies on the table, hands turn the pages, drawings and illustrations are visible.

Panorama of old maps and drawings.

A flight over a park, in the frame a well-groomed area, alleys, etc., a view from above of the Pavlovsk Palace, ponds, landscapes.

A view from above (from a flight) of the Palace and Park Ensemble of Peterhof, in the frame alleys, fountains, a canal, a palace complex, etc.

Shots of different parks in the suburbs of Leningrad are shown (shot from above, from a flight).

Panorama of a canal in a park, a fallen tree lies on the bank.

View of the canal, the bank, a broken fallen tree (shot from the other side).

Close-up - a split trunk of a fallen tree, a view of the bank of the canal in the park.

Employees of the park-reserve at a meeting in the office, working with documents, discussing various issues.

Faces of the employees.

General plan - an office, employees sitting at the table.

Documents on the table, hands putting glasses on the table, panorama of employees discussing various issues.

Close-up - face of a man in glasses.

Panorama of the museum-reserve employees.

Various shots of a meeting - people at the table, various documents lying around, employees speaking out, discussing the museum's pressing problems, etc.

Close-up - documents in hands.

General plan - a man in glasses reading a document, employees of the museum-reserve sitting and listening nearby.

Autumn park, bare trees, a canal in the frame, a small openwork bridge in the Catherine Park in Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo) is visible.

Architect N. A. Ilyinskaya is speaking.

Panorama of the Grand Catherine Palace in Pushkin, view of the park, palace and park ensemble, landscape, sculptures, ponds, alleys, etc.

Peterhof, view of the park, the area in front of the palace, statues on the stairs, fountains, etc.

The Church Building Museum in Peterhof (building with a dome).

View of Peterhof Park.

Peterhof in old drawings.

Panorama of the pond, palace, park alley.

Close-up - old drawings of different parks are shown (Versailles, etc.).

Panorama of autumn trees in the park.

The frame shows park alleys.

A dry felled tree falls.

A man saws a tree trunk with a chainsaw.

General plan - a felled tree falls, two men stand nearby.

Lumberjacks chop off branches near a fallen tree trunk with axes.

Panorama of winter spruces in the park, snow lies all around. M. A. Fleet, chief custodian of the Pavlovsk Museum-Reserve, sits at his desk in his office. M. A. Fleet is speaking.

Pavlovsk, winter park, sculptures in the frame, panorama of trees, park alleys.

The frame shows a statue of Apollo in the park.

Sculptures, statues covered in snow.

Park alley with sculptures - from winter turns into summer.

Autumn park, antique sculptures in the frame, panorama of trees, etc.

Pond, bank, view of Pavlovsk Palace.

Pavlovsk, palace and park ensemble (top view, from above) - the frame shows the palace, ponds, canals, park, etc.

Autumn fields, meadows of Pavlovsk Museum-Reserve, trees, alleys, etc.

Black Hat Alley - panorama of trees, view of the alley, pine trees.

In the frame - E. A. Komarova, author of the Pavlovsk Park restoration project.

Komarova and her colleagues are walking along one of the park alleys, panorama of trees, park territory.

Meadow, grass, small bird in the frame, panorama of trees.

Various shots with alleys of Pavlovsk Park.

Komarova, Ilyinskaya and their colleague - Peter Hayden, chairman of the English Society of Garden and Park Lovers are sitting on a bench. P. Hayden is speaking.

Panorama of the park, trees.

Post-war photographs of Pavlovsk Park - cut down trees, desolation, destruction, etc.

Old photographs - park employees plant new trees, seedlings, a view of one of the park alleys with trees.

Close up - a folder is opened, old drawings and maps of the park are taken out.

Komarova, Ilyinskaya and their colleague - Peter Hayden are sitting on a bench in the park, talking, a view of the park, birches.

Close up - a model of the Pavlovsk Park landscape (panorama).

Employees of the Pavlovsk Museum-Reserve are working with the model.

In the frame - M.A. Fleet, a view of the park model.

Pavlovsk Park - shot from above, from a flight.

Panorama of a field with uprooted trees, a tractor is driving - leveling the soil.

A ditch in the park, employees are strengthening the bank, working with shovels.

A female employee walks along the bank, scattering seeds.

Winter park, panorama of trees (the same plan gradually turns into a summer one).

Pavlovsk, palace and park ensemble, panorama of the park, landscape, trees, alleys, etc. (shot from above, from a flight).