The film is about an event which took place in Moscow on May 09, 1967 - opening of the monument "Tomb of an Unknown Soldier" .
Leningrad. Eternal flame at Piskarevsky, Champ de Mars. A man lights a torch of the eternal flame, which will be lit the Eternal Flame at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. Armored with fire passes through the streets of Leningrad. The rally in the village Kryukovo. Armored personnel carrier drives through the streets of Moscow. The people welcomed the escort arrived. AP Maresyev takes the sacred fire, is it sends to Brezhnev. Brezhnev lights the eternal flame at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall. Wreaths from the hero-cities at the eternal flame. Urns with the sacred land of hero-cities. Residents of the city lay flowers on the grave. Honor guard at the tomb.