The film is about today's life of Chile, about main problems of this country.
Chile. Landscapes of the sea, desert, mountains. The city of Santiago. Streets and buildings. Other traffic, pedestrians. Playing a military brass band. Building a military pass. Sales of magazines and newspapers. Market. Trade seafood and fish dishes. Town name Pablo Neruda. Villagers of different sex and age in the home. The town named 1 st of May. Speech by Chilean youth folk ensemble. Ensemble performs a revolutionary song. Extraction of copper ore in a quarry Chukikamata. Abandoned mine nitrate Pampa Unión. The village of Chiu-Chiu. Residents of the village. A herd of llamas. Copper smelter. Andes Mountains. Copper mines Syuil. Miner's village. Miners' strike. Attempt a military coup in 1969. The city of Santiago. The armed police and soldiers on the streets. Tanks. The military led by General Viau at the presidential palace. Crowds of workers on the streets. The members of the Soviet youth delegation at the airport Sheremetyevo (g. Moscow) before flying to Chile in Santiago, talking with students, visiting workers' settlements, rural villages, chatting with workers and peasants. The delegation consisted of a poet L. Vasilyev.
The film is about life today in Chile, the main problems of this country.