Dear party, dear fathers! (1974)

Moscow, the Kremlin – general, panorama.

Delegates of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League passing by – general, panorama.

Delegates of the congress in the foyer of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses getting acquainted, exchanging autographs – panorama, panorama.

Opening of the congress – delegates and guests of the congress applaud, greet the leaders of the CPSU and the Soviet government.

In the presidium of the congress: A.A.Gromyko, F.D.Kulakov, V.V.Grishin, L.I.Brezhnev, N.V.Podgorny, E.M.Tyazhelnikov, A.N.Kosygin, M.A.Suslov, A.P.Kirilenko, K.T.Mazurov, A.Ya.

Pelshe, D.S.Polyansky, A.N.Shelepin and others.

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League E.M. Tyazhelnikov opens the congress and gives the floor to L.I. Brezhnev – Wed.

Those present in the hall stand and greet L.I. Brezhnev – various.

Speech by L.I. Brezhnev (synchronous) – Wed, general.

The delegates listen and applaud – various.

A ceremonial meeting of the congress dedicated to the 50th anniversary of naming the Komsomol after V.I. Lenin.

The participants in the meeting applaud the former Komsomol members of the 1920s – participants in the 6th Congress of the RKSM. Newsreel from 1924: Delegates at the 6th Congress of the RKSM – Wed.

The speaker, presidium, those listening in the hall – Wed. E.M. Tyazhelnikov speaks (synchronous) – general, Wed.

Delegates and guests of the congress listening, applauding – various, nr.

Secretaries of the Komsomol organizations of the union republics, Moscow and Leningrad speak in the debate on the report.

First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League V.I.Shadrin speaks – Wed Assembly shop of the Lenin Komsomol Automobile Plant – general.

Young people at work in the shop – Wed, nr.

A car assembled on the day of the subbotnik drives off – Wed Young people on the platform of the train station – Wed, kr.

Student construction teams work on the settings – various.

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League of Ukraine A.N.Girenko speaks – Wed Foundry shop of the metallurgical plant – Wed, general.

Steel is pouring – kr.

Young metallurgists at work – Wed, kr.

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League of Kazakhstan Z.Kamalidenov is speaking.

Harvesting grain on virgin lands – combines are working.

Machine operators at work – various.

A truck with grain is passing – average.

An electric welder is working – average.

Construction of a KAMAZ – builders are working.

Construction of the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power station – average, panorama.

Turbine hall of the hydroelectric power station – general.

Dam – average.

The participants of the All-Union Shock Komsomol Detachment named after the 17th Congress of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, formed at the congress, enter the congress hall.

Veterans of labor hand over the Red Banner to the participants of the construction detachment, who are leaving straight from the congress hall for the construction of the BAM - general, panorama.

Hero of Socialist Labor, builder Viktor Lakomv, speaks – Wed.

Olga Plotnikova, winner of the Altai women machine operator competition, speaks – Wed.

Listeners in the hall – Wed.

Female machine operators work in the field – Wed, kr.

Veterans of labor present a gift to young agricultural workers – Wed.

Applauding – Wed.

Congress delegates work at production sites, among them miner Matveyev and E.M. Tyazhelnikov – various.

Collective farm chairman Alexander Grishin in the field – kr.

Steelmaker Anatoly Bogatov speaks.

Students of vocational schools greeting the delegates of the congress - wed, pnr.

The pavilion at VDNKh, where the exhibition "Scientific and Technical Creativity of Youth" ("NTTM - 74") is taking place.

Exhibits of the exhibition: a tractor, a robot, a railroad, etc. - misc.

Nobel and Lenin Prize laureate, Academician N.G. Basov speaking at the congress - wed.

Members of the presidium applauding - total.

The participants of the congress are greeted by literary and artistic figures: G. Ulanova, R. Gamzatov, N.V. Tomsky, B. Rudenko, A. Pakhmutova and others - pnr, total. S.A. Gerasimov presents the first edition of N. Ostrovsky's book "How the Steel Was Tempered" to actor Vladimir Konkin, who played Pavka Korchagin. V. Konkin gives an autograph - ed.

Moscow – general.

Work of the congress sections: speakers’ speeches, audience – various.

Representatives of the USSR Armed Forces greet the participants of the congress meeting dedicated to the 50th anniversary of naming the Komsomol after V.I. Lenin. – general.

Combat exercises – soldiers are running, tanks are driving by.

Congress delegates in the conference hall, among them are hockey player V. Tretyak, figure skaters I. Rodnina and A. Zaitsev – general.

Soviet athletes with banners are walking through the stadium – general, panorama.

World champion in artistic gymnastics L. Turishcheva is performing at the competition – general.

Members of the presidium are sitting, among them: G.F. Sizov, E.M. Tyazhelnikov, L. Turishcheva, A.P. Kirilenko – general.

The congress is greeted by representatives of progressive youth from different countries – general.

Antonio Fernandez, member of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Chile, speaking – cf.

Meeting of unity and solidarity with the people of Chile – various.

Congress participants in the foyer of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses talking, exchanging addresses – nr.

Congress participants listening to the speaker’s speech, voting, applauding while standing – various.

Members of the presidium applauding – general.

Seeing off Komsomol members leaving for a construction site at the station – cf.

The guys are getting on the train, the train is leaving – cf.

Faces – kr.