A film about the history of the development of sports in our country.
The film tells about the development of sports in the USSR. Sports competitions of cyclists, runners, skiers, motorcyclists, sambo wrestlers. Training of boxers, cyclists, rowers, swimmers, speed skaters. Performances of gymnasts O. Korbut and L. Turishcheva, figure skaters L. Pakhovom and A. Gorshkov, weightlifter V. Alekseev. Athlete N. Chizhova during the shot put. Moments of a hockey match between the Soviet and Canadian teams. Athletes training in the gym under the supervision of specialists. Training of young gymnasts and fencers. Chronicle of the 1920-1940s: training of fencers and track and field athletes; performances of figure skaters; athlete F. Melnik throws a discus during the first Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in 1928; physical education parade.




Newsreel from the 1920s reflecting the first steps in the history of Soviet sports: Parade of athletes – different shots.
Performance of female fencers – wide shot.
Athletes throwing a discus, a javelin – medium, wide shots; playing with a ball; jumping over a sports apparatus (“pommel horse”) – wide shot; lifting a barbell – medium shot; swimming – warm-up and swim of women.
Track and field competitions – relay race participants running – wide, medium shots; runners on a distance – wide shot; hurdles race – medium shot; long jump – medium shot.
Cyclists’ competition – medium, close-up.
Waterfall panorama of wrestling athletes – wide, medium shots, panorama.
Motoball – wide shot, medium, close-up, panorama.
Motorcycle racing – athletes on a distance – wide shot.
Moments of a football game – different shots.
New methods of training athletes that allow revealing a person’s physical capabilities.
Boxers and wrestlers training under doctors' supervision - medium shot.
Boxers, cyclists, rowers training on exercise machines and athletes training on special exercise machines - different shots.
Devices - medium, close-up shots.




Performance of Soviet gymnasts on the international arena – G. Shugurova performing the hoop routine – medium panorama; O. Korbut performing on the parallel bars and balance beam – medium shot.
Performance of a gymnast on the rings and on the pommel horse – medium shot. L. Turishcheva performing floor exercises – medium panorama.
Performance of figure skaters L. Pakhomova and A. Gorshkov and other pairs – medium panorama.
Athletes throwing the javelin and discus – medium panorama, close-up.
High jump – medium panorama. F. Melnik throws the discus – long shot; the discus flies – close-up.
Awarding ceremony of the winners (hall) – close-up, medium shot.
Athlete jumping from the platform and in the water after the jump – medium panorama.
Girls training under the guidance of a coach in figure swimming – different shots.
Young athletes in the park – various training sessions, jumping on a trampoline – medium shot (shot with a zoom lens).
Horse riders – medium panorama, medium shot (shot with a zoom lens).
Fencing classes under the supervision of a coach – different shots.
Sea surf – general panorama.
Seagull over the sea – medium panorama.
Rock climber – medium shot (shot with a zoom lens).
Yachts (sports) in the sea – close-up panorama.
Hockey match – moments of the game – different shots.
Spectators in the stands – general panorama.




Hockey game moments – general, medium, close-up panoramas.
Spectators reacting in the stands – general, close-up panoramas.
Vasily Alekseyev lifting a weight – general, close-up shots.
Weightlifter’s legs – close-up One-year-old Artur Parshin (he has been swimming since he was seven days old) in the pool with his parents – close-up, medium panorama, different shots.
Single-kayak competition – general, medium panoramas.
Speed skaters training on the rink – general panorama.
The sea – swimmers training – medium panorama.
Children’s drawings on sports themes – different shots.



