Regular number (1971)

A clown descends a rope ladder, greets the audience.

Laughing spectators.

Circus performers backstage preparing to enter the arena.

A juggler practicing his act before going out.

A monkey riding a pony gallops around the arena.

A performance by a monkey and parrot trainer.

Faces of laughing spectators.

Carrying out props backstage.

A group of riders before entering the arena.

Trained dogs on chains backstage.

Acrobats return backstage after the end of their act.

Circus performers backstage, a clown in the arena performing a song with a guitar.

View of the circus arena and the hall after the end of the performance, spectators heading for the exit.

Circus workers collecting props.

A cleaner washes the floors in the passage between the arena and the first row.

A passenger plane takes off.

A tugboat tows a cargo ship.

Port crane booms.

Loading a truck into the hold of a ship.

Builders installing a concrete pile.

Driving concrete piles with a pile driver.

View of the hall of a cafe-bar in a semi-basement.

A man and a woman talking at a table.

A female bartender behind the counter.

A man at a slot machine.

A man's face.

A ball in a slot machine.

A rink during asphalt paving on one of the streets of Leningrad.

A worker breaks up the asphalt with a pneumatic hammer.

A man examines sculptures in the Summer Garden.

A traffic light at an intersection.

A cart loaded with boxes passes through the intersection.

A bus passes.

A group of equestrian acrobats during a rehearsal in the arena.

A trainer rehearses a number with a parrot.

A young acrobat during a rehearsal.

A monkey sits in a chair in the first row.

The artists change into circus costumes and change their shoes.

A trainer during a rehearsal with an elephant.

A monkey eats a banana.

View of the circus arena (from above), installation of parallel bars and horizontal bars for acrobats.

Checking the fastening of the safety ropes for performing a number under the circus dome.

The Arnautov acrobats practice elements of a circus number.

An aerial gymnast warms up.

Applying talc to the hands.

During a rehearsal, acrobats practice throws and somersaults, a technician holds the safety rope.

One of the acrobats discusses the execution of the number elements with a comrade, suggests his own version of the performance (synchronously).

The acrobat fastens the safety rope.

Practicing acrobatic elements of the number (rapid), the faces of the acrobats.

An acrobat during a rehearsal.

The director of the number points out the acrobats' mistakes, gives recommendations (synchronously).

The acrobats practice one of the elements of the number.

The acrobat falls from the horizontal bar, hangs on the safety ropes.

The course of the rehearsal of the acrobatic number.

Acrobats during a break in a rehearsal.

Resumption of the rehearsal, the artists discuss the nuances of performing various elements of the act.

Practicing the next element of the act with the performance of forward and reverse somersaults.

View of the dome of St.

Isaac's Cathedral from the restaurant window, view of the restaurant hall, the artists are having lunch.

Faces of the artists having lunch.

The drummer of the restaurant orchestra passes by.

The musicians are tuning their instruments.

Alcohol and fruit on a serving cart, a waitress is serving guests.

Circus artists are drinking kefir.

Restaurant patrons are at the tables.

The restaurant orchestra is performing the melody "Peddlers".

View of the bridge across the Neva, ships on the Neva.

Ships and cranes in the Leningrad port.

A cart harnessed to a horse drives down the street.

A juggler is training in the street.

A trainer is working with a parrot backstage.

A monkey is stroking a pony's muzzle.

The artists are getting ready to enter the arena, warming up.

The clowns run backstage.

The ringmaster announces the number of the flying acrobats Arnautovs (synchronously).

The conductor gives the signal to the orchestra, a panorama of a part of the hall and the arena, the Arnautovs enter the arena.

The face of a boy.

The performance of the flying acrobats Arnautovs during the evening show.

Views of the circus arena during the Arnautovs' number, applauding spectators.

The Arnautovs continue to perform the number, faces of the spectators.

The director of the number watches the acrobats at work.

Views of the arena during the Arnautovs' performance, faces and hands of the applauding spectators.

Execution of a dangerous element of the number with triple somersaults and interceptions without the accompaniment of the orchestra.

The spectators applaud the acrobats after a successful performance.

The Arnautovs in the arena respond to the greetings of the spectators.

The Arnautovs pay a compliment and leave the arena.

The Arnautovs are filming circus costumes and the artists' faces backstage.

The circus artists are talking to each other backstage, sharing their experiences.

The artists' faces.

The clown runs out into the arena from behind the scenes.