The film tells the story of how the head of the training production center at Lenmashzavod, D. V. Kaidan, is engaged in labor education of difficult teenagers.
Photos - Hero of Socialist Labor, foreman Vitchenko S.S. ("Elektrosila"), foreman Kaidan D.V. ("Lenmashzavod").
Leningrad, evening, traffic on the city streets, Vitchenko and Kaidan are riding in a car.
Vitchenko and Kaidan are talking in the car.
Evening, an empty factory workshop, a cleaner is folding parts.
Vitchenko and Kaidan are sitting and talking at the table, by the light of a desk lamp.
A court hearing, the defendant is in the frame, people are sitting in the courtroom.
The judge is speaking.
A young defendant is speaking from the bench.
Kaidan is sitting in the courtroom.
Two defendants are standing in the frame.
A factory workshop, a teenager is working at a machine.
Kaidan is working with young apprentices in the workshop.
General plan of the training and production workshop - apprentices are working at the machines.
A young guy is smoking, working at a machine.
A classroom, a panorama of stands with teaching aids and parts, a teacher speaking in the frame.
Students are sitting at their desks.
The students are laughing, talking during the lesson, arguing with the teacher.
The teacher asks a question to one student, he has difficulty answering, behaves frivolously, the teacher asks him to leave the classroom.
The student leaves.
The teacher and the class discuss the behavior, discipline of the students, their academic performance at school, etc.
A cleaner in the workshop argues with young interns, the guys are rude to her in response.
Interns in the classroom at a meeting.
In the frame - foreman Kaidan D. V., discussing bad grades with the students.
Shots with Kaidan alternate with shots of the students in the classroom.
One of the students asks Kaidan a question.
The students in the classroom are laughing.
Close-up - Kaidan in the frame.
The students are sitting at their desks.
Kaidan answers the question, discusses with the guys.
Shots with Kaidan alternate with shots of students in the classroom.
General shot - a classroom, sitting at the teacher's desk, Kaidan and other teachers, students sitting at desks.
Students at desks, laughing, listening to teachers.
Evening, an empty classroom, teachers and mentors discuss students.
Kaidan asks questions about the children, the masters and mentors answer, expressing their opinions about different students.
A party is taking place in the apartment - young people are dancing, drinking, smoking, listening to music, chatting, etc.
Candles are burning on the table, bottles are standing, girls are playing the piano and singing, couples are dancing around in a slow dance.
Close-up - a group of young people are standing by the window, hugging.
Kaidan enters the room, says hello, recognizes his students, talks to them.
Kaidan is sitting on a chair talking to a bearded man - the owner of the apartment.
In the frame - the faces of girls, young people.
The owner of the apartment is speaking, Kaidan is answering him, arguing with him, young people are standing nearby - watching the discussion, laughing.
In the frame - Kaidan and the owner of the apartment are talking.
Close-up - a girl and a young man are sitting hugging, listening to the discussion.
A classroom, Kaidan is sitting at the teacher's desk, writing something.
Kaidan is in his apartment, with his family - playing with his grandchildren.
In the frame - Kaidan's wife.
Close-up - the grandchildren are examining the orders and medals on Kaidan's jacket.
Kaidan points to the medals, a panorama of the room, toys on the floor.
Factory, shop, Vocational school, vocational school, vocational education, court
Leningrad
Lenmashzavod foreman Kaidan D. V. is sitting at the table in his office, next to him is a woman in a police uniform - they are talking to the mother of one of the students, who came to see them.
Kaidan is talking to the mother, telling her about the guys who are training him.
Close-up - the student's face.
Kaidan is at the table, asking the student questions about the incident with the fight.
The student is speaking.
Close-up - Kaidan is looking at the student.
The student continues to tell the story, answering questions.
General plan - an office, Kaidan is sitting at the table, a student is sitting on a chair next to him.
Close-up - a student.
Kaidan is asking the student questions.
Training and production shop - student interns are working at the machines.
Kaidan is in the shop, talking to the guys.
Evening, Kaidan and his colleague, foreman Vitchenko S. S., are sitting in an empty office.
Kaidan and Vitchenko are discussing the problems of difficult teenagers, arguing, debating, etc. (the conversation was filmed from different angles and on different plans).
A courtroom, in the frame - a woman is crying.
A teenage defendant is standing near the dock, answering the judge's questions.
In the frame - the judge and assistants.
Close-up - Kaidan's face, a panorama of the teacher sitting next to him.
In the frame - a teenage defendant answers the judge's questions.
In the frame - judges, next to the table - the prosecutor, lawyer and other officials.
Kaidan is speaking in court.
Close-up - the face of one of the students in the courtroom.
The teenagers are sitting in the dock, covering their faces with their hands.
Kaidan is speaking.
In the frame - teenagers in the courtroom, listening to Kaidan's speech.
In the frame - the defendants.
Kaidan is speaking.
Close-up - the handle of the machine is turning.
Educational and production shop - student interns are working at the machines.
Kaidan is in the classroom, sitting at the table, writing something.
The apprentice turns the handle of the machine, then picks up a part.
Kaidan walks around the workshop, watches the guys work.
Kaidan teaches a young trainee how to work on the machine correctly, showing by his own example.
Close-up - parts are lying around.
The trainee watches Kaidan work, then he himself stands at the machine, Kaidan records the time, the trainee practices the sequence of actions on the machine.
Kaidan talks to the trainee, praises him.
Close-up - hands on the machine.
The trainee works at the machine.
Kaidan in the workshop, near the machines, talking with a colleague.
Various shots with student interns in the workshop - working at the machines, with equipment, talking with the mentor, etc.
Kaidan at a meeting in the office - talking with fellow mentors, discussing the successes of his wards.
General shot - office, Kaidan and his colleagues are sitting at the table.
Kaidan is speaking.
General production meeting - students, their mentors, factory workers, etc. are present.
The meeting participants discuss the guys' initiative to create their own team.
In the frame - young guys, factory employees, etc.
Kaidan is speaking - he supports the guys' initiative.
Kaidan's students in formal suits come to visit him to congratulate him on February 23. In the frame - Kaidan's wife.
Close-up - cakes on the table, tea being poured into cups.
In the frame - Kaidan's family at the table.
One of the students is speaking - congratulating Kaidan on the holiday, a panorama of Kaidan, who is sitting at the table with his grandson in his arms and listening to congratulations.
The training shop - a panorama of the guys working at the machines.
Factory, shop, Vocational school, vocational school, vocational education, court
Leningrad