A film about the first protests of Nizhny Tagil residents, outraged by the unbearable environmental situation in the city, about the surge of social activity in the first years of perestroika, and people’s attempts to unite to solve common problems.
Panorama of a rocky slope on the river bank in the vicinity of Nizhny Tagil, view and panorama of Nizhny Tagil.
Panorama of a part of the Tagil River embankment, views of the descents to the embankment.
One of the city residents talks about democracy and perestroika, about the bureaucracy that hinders them (synchronously and off-screen).
View of a part of the embankment during a public celebration, a parachutist lands on the embankment.
Chairman of the City Executive Committee V. Cherdyntsev talks on the phone, a visitor sits in front of him.
Views of city streets in the evening, lanterns are on.
A little girl, left by her mother in Cherdyntsev's office, stands at the table, rubs her eyes, Cherdyntsev puts her on a chair.
The mother takes the girl from the office, Cherdyntsev is at the table.
Cherdyntsev in the cabin of a small aircraft looks out the porthole at the terrain below.
A butterfly on the window frame.
Faces of participants in a meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs employees.
Delegate of the 19th Conference of the CPSU V. Yarin talks about his feelings during his speech at the conference (synchronously).
View of the foundry shop of the plant.
Yarin at work at the control panel of the rolling mill.
View of one of the industrial enterprises, smog over the city.
Engineer V. Baklanova talks about the fight to improve the environmental situation in the city (synchronously).
A child looks at photographs of rallies.
Faces of participants in an environmental rally in a photograph.
Participants of the rally in the park and their opponents argue with each other, types of rally.
The speaker speaks from the summer stage.
1988
Sverdlovsk region
Autumn Summer
Production process in a workshop of one of the enterprises of Nizhny Tagil.
Workers at the coke-chemical battery.
Faces of repairmen.
Flow of water on stones in the Tagil River.
Panorama of part of the riverbed during clearing of industrial waste.
Extraction of small gold nuggets from the river bottom.
The clearing process, a stream of water spurting from a hose, a rainbow in water splashes.
Panorama of part of the riverbed being cleared.
The legs of a worker in rubber boots.
The face of a worker.
Workers at the coke-chemical battery.
Faces of Nizhny Tagil residents.
Clearing the riverbed, scrap metal under a stream of water.
Faces of participants of the city council session, city residents and leaders who came from Moscow speak from the rostrum.
View of the session hall.
Panorama of part of the embankment during the festivities and part of the adjacent city block (from above).
1988
Sverdlovsk region
Summer