Our mother is a hero (1979)

The husband and son of Valentina Golubeva, a weaver at the Ivanovo Worsted Mill, visit her at the health resort.

Golubeva puts a hat on her son Pavlik and ties the ribbons.

Golubeva's husband Boris Pavlovich and son Pavlik are walking outside.

The Golubev family during a walk in a winter forest, all three of them are rolling in the snow.

The text of the government telegram prohibiting the distribution of the film "Our Mother is a Hero", stating the reasons for the ban.

A man beats a carpet in the yard and rolls it up.

View of the main building of the Ivanovo Worsted Mill.

Faces of the weavers.

A meeting of the weavers.

Golubeva speaks at the meeting about her labor achievements, fulfillment and overfulfillment of the production plan (synchronously).

Golubeva's husband Boris does homework with his son in the kitchen, Pavlik reads aloud from a textbook.

View of the presidium of the Ivanovo Regional Committee of the CPSU. First Secretary of the Ivanovo Regional Committee of the CPSU Klyuev speaks from the rostrum.

The meeting participants applaud. V. Golubeva speaks from the rostrum.

Golubeva's husband shaves in front of the mirror in the bathroom, calls his son to get up and wash.

Faces of a weaver at the mill during a ceremonial meeting in the workshop.

Co-workers and the mill's management congratulate Golubeva on the early overfulfillment of the annual plan and present her with flowers. "Lightning" with a portrait of Golubeva, dedicated to her new labor initiative.

Representatives of the mill's management and weavers applaud Golubeva during a ceremonial meeting in the workshop.

Golubeva's work calendar.

Golubeva's face.

An agitation stand with a portrait of Golubeva hanging in the workshop.

Pavlik Golubev washes himself under the tap over the sink.

Golubeva at her machine in the workshop at work.

Golubeva walks through the workshop, inspecting the working machines.

Pavlik Golubev with his father in the corridor getting ready for school.

Golubeva at work.

A banner in the workshop indicating Golubeva's workplace, Golubeva walks around the machines in her area.

Golubeva's face.

Golubeva's husband and son in outerwear unload a string bag of groceries in the kitchen, Pavlik bites off pieces of a loaf of bread, chews bread, groceries and bottles of kefir on the table, a panorama of the window.

Pavlik Golubev is having lunch, sitting in the kitchen, an open bottle of lemonade on the table, Pavlik is talking with his father about school matters.

Golubeva is at work in the workshop, walking around the machines, adjusting the shuttle.

Panorama of the meeting in the workshop on the occasion of Golubeva receiving a letter of greetings from L.I. Brezhnev in 1977. Golubeva is presented with a model of a weaving shuttle.

A commemorative inscription on the shuttle model.

The director of the plant demonstrates the shuttle to the weavers and presents it to Golubeva.

Golubeva accepts congratulations from her co-workers.

The participants of the meeting applaud.

Golubeva with flowers in her hands among the workers of the plant.

A sheet of the calendar of Golubeva's work, with a note about the beginning of her personal 11th five-year plan.

Boris Golubev is sitting at the table in the kitchen, lighting a cigarette, drinking lemonade from a faceted glass, Pavlik comes up, the father takes his son's shirt out of the washing machine.

Panorama of a part of the ceremonial meeting of the plant workers on the occasion of awarding Golubeva the title of Hero of Socialist Labor.

Golubeva with a bouquet of flowers.

Second Secretary of the Ivanovo Regional Committee of the CPSU V.Ya.

Tararykin speaks from the rostrum.

Faces of applauding weavers (panorama), Golubeva comes out to the rostrum.

Golubeva speaks from the rostrum.

Panorama of a part of the meeting.

View from the window of the Golubevs' apartment, a fern in a pot on the windowsill, a panorama of Golubeva's painted portrait hanging on the wall.

Pavlik Golubev plays with a school friend on the carpet at home.

View from the window, children playing in the yard (panorama), a plastic soldier on the windowsill.

Boris Golubev is reading a newspaper and simultaneously talking to his son, the face of B.P. Golubev.

Pavlik's drawing, Pavlik continues drawing, shows the drawing to his father.

Pavlik signs himself and his parents on the drawing, B.P. Golubev reads the newspaper.

Golubeva's meeting with US President J. Carter.

Cars on one of the streets of Washington.

Golubeva and members of the Soviet delegation during a reception at the White House.

View of the White House in Washington.

Photojournalists are shooting, Golubeva with flowers in her hands during a meeting with representatives of American trade unions and women's organizations.

View of the Capitol building.

People and public transport on the streets of Washington.

Golubeva during a walk in Washington, views of city streets.

Men are riding along one of the streets of Ivanovo in a horse-drawn cart.

Golubeva's portrait, transported on a cart.

Workers are carrying Golubeva's portrait to the installation site on the street.

Passers-by are watching the installation of the portrait.

Golubeva's portrait before installation on the frame, one of the workers with a hammer in his hands is climbing a ladder leaning against the frame, installation of Golubeva's portrait.

Workers are nailing the portrait to the frame with nails.

The face of a worker at one of the US garment factories.

Golubeva's face.

Golubeva is watching the production process.

The faces of Golubeva and an American worker during an exchange of experience.

Cutting fabric at one of the US factories.

Golubeva is talking to a black worker.

Golubeva's face and that of an American worker.

Pavlik Golubev is sitting behind the wheel of a parked car, Boris Golubev is examining the engine.

Pavlik is sitting in the driver's seat.

Boris Golubev is consulting with his comrades about the car's maintenance.

Adults and children at the Golubevs' car (panorama).

Boris Golubev and his son's faces.

The men are examining the engine.

Boris Golubev is talking to his father-in-law in the kitchen about everyday life, both are drinking and having a snack.

A snack is on the table.

Golubev's father-in-law's face, talking about his daughter, Boris is keeping up the conversation, both are lighting up.

Boris is talking about the reasons for working different shifts with his wife, talking about the family's everyday life, smoking a cigarette.

Workers of the Ivanovo Worsted Mill applaud during a ceremonial meeting.

Golubeva demonstrates the work on a loom to Luis Corvalan in the workshop, talks about the work and life of workers.

Golubeva talks to Corvalan.

Pavlik Golubev plays chess with his father at home, simultaneously reading aloud poems about his mother, a panorama of the chessboard.

Residents of one of the quarters of Ivanovo during the festival of seeing off the Russian winter.

An entertainer explains the rules of the sack race.

Adults and children dance the "lady".

A horse harnessed to a cart moves.

An accordionist plays the "lady", standing on a dais.

Dancing adults and children.

An elderly woman sells homemade pickles on the street.

Portraits of Pugacheva and Yesenin in a kiosk window, trade in portraits.

Street trade in mimosas, the face of the seller.

Views of the streets of Ivanovo in the evening, the faces of Pavlik and Boris Golubev riding in a bus.

A mimosa in Pavlik's hand, Pavlik's face.

Passengers boarding the bus.

The faces of Pavlik and Boris Golubev.

A performance by a children's ensemble from Ivanovo before the presidium of the ceremonial meeting in honor of International Women's Day.

People in the hall applaud the young artists.

Pioneers reciting poetry, Pavlik Golubev reading poetry.

The participants of the meeting applaud.

Golubeva's face.

Pavlik's face reading poetry into a microphone.

The women in the hall applaud.

The Golubev father and son spread a tablecloth on the table, carry dishes from the kitchen, set the table.

Pavlik puts a teapot on the table, brings a bottle of champagne from the kitchen.

The work of the loom, father and son Golubevs are sitting in an armchair and on the sofa at the laid festive table, waiting for the arrival of V.N. Golubeva. V.N. Golubeva comes home, takes off her outerwear in the hallway, looks at herself in the mirror, sits down, takes off her boots.

Golubeva is sitting in the hallway, unable to get up, the face of Golubeva, wiping away a tear.

Golubeva is crying, sitting in the hallway, wiping away tears with a scarf.

Golubeva is sitting in the hallway.

Books, a souvenir weaving shuttle, a drawing of Pavlik on the shelves.

The face of Golubeva, sitting in the hallway and smiling.