The film reflects an event that took place in Moscow on May 9, 1967: the opening of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument.
The city of Leningrad. The Eternal Flame at the Piskarevskoye Cemetery, Field of Mars. A man lights a torch from the Eternal Flame, from which the Eternal Flame will be lit at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. An armored personnel carrier with the flame drives through the streets of Leningrad. A rally in the village of Kryukovo. An armored personnel carrier drives through the streets of Moscow. The people welcome the escort that has arrived. A. P. Maresyev accepts the sacred flame, carries it, and hands it over to L. I. Brezhnev. L. I. Brezhnev lights the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall. Wreaths from hero cities at the Eternal Flame. Urns with sacred soil from hero cities. City residents lay flowers on the grave. An honor guard at the grave.