About the 81st Peace March, directed against the attempt to turn Western European countries into a nuclear war testing ground. Interviews with participants of the March from different countries of the world. The use of nuclear weapons is illustrated. Brezhnev's negotiations with the leaders of leading countries, prominent political figures.
Film about the "Peace March-81". Participants in the peace march walk through the cities and roads of Western European countries, give interviews (synchronously). Interview with former Science Advisor to the President of the United States J. Kistiakowsky (synchronously), former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Armed Forces in Europe, Senator of the Italian Parliament N. Pasti (synchronously), former Deputy Commander of NATO Naval Forces in the Mediterranean General Sanguinetti (synchronously). Press conference of former Bundeswehr General Bastian (synchronously). World Parliament of Peoples for Peace in Sofia. R. Chandra speaks. Demonstration of fighters for peace and disarmament in Holland. Interview with former Irish Foreign Minister Sean MacBride (synchronously). Newsreel footage: US President R. Reagan and other US government officials descending the stairs, artist J. Effel in his apartment, making sketches. Meeting. Commission [of the World Peace Council] on disarmament issues. Present: W. Palme, S. Vance, . Press conference of V. Brandt in Moscow (synchronously). Meetings of L. I. Brezhnev with U. Kekkonen and G. Schmidt. Negotiations between L. I. Brezhnev and D. Carter in Vienna. Signing of documents. Meeting and negotiations of L. I. Brezhnev with the leader of the Labor Party M. Foot (Great Britain) in Moscow. L. I. Brezhnev speaks in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Interview with Canon R. Goor, head of the Brussels Committee for European Security.




Participants of the "Peace March-81" march along the street of a foreign city, resting on the grass – various.
A participant in the march, Dane A. Nielsen, travels in a wheelchair – short, panorama.
The city of Paris, the Seine River (shot from the Eiffel Tower lift) – medium, panorama from bottom to top – general.
The city of Rome, the Colosseum – general.
The city of Leningrad, the Neva River, Palace Embankment, street – general.
Italy – the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Germany – Cologne Cathedral.
Italy, the city of Venice – travel along a canal.
A report on a European city: cars drive by, people walk by, teenagers ride bicycles, young men play guitars in the square, young people dance – various.
Close-ups of the faces of smiling girls.
Children draw on the street – medium, zoom in.
Girls with doves – medium, panorama.
Holland – a monument (a “punctured” sculpture of a man) - Wed, zoom in.
Cartoon – A target moves across photographs of people.
A missile launcher – Wed.
A control panel, a man at the telephone – Wed.
A soldier talking on the telephone – Wed, zoom in.
A hatch opens, parts of the missile are removed.
Instrument readings.
A hand turns a lever, a switch – kr, Wed.
A missile launcher, a missile passes under water, takes off from the water – various.
A missile in the air.
An exhibition pavilion with missile launchers – general.
Boys are sitting on missile launchers – Wed.
Former US Presidential Science Advisor J. Kistiakowsky is speaking (simultaneously in English) – general, kr.
Newsreel: Testing of an atomic bomb; houses are exploding, trees are bending, houses are burning – various.
Participants in the Peace March in Germany – are walking along the road; they are pushing children in strollers; they are singing, holding hands – various.
Legs of those walking – kr.
Participants of the Peace March give interviews (synchronously in English) – different.
An elderly woman from Copenhagen speaks (synchronously in Danish), a boy (synchronously in English) – kr.
An elderly woman rides a bicycle – wed.




Participants in the Peace March are resting – various.
History and music teacher, Dane A. Nielsen plays the bagpipes, gives an interview (synchronously in English) – general, cr.
Interviews with the March participants (synchronously) – cr., Wed.
Participants in the Peace March are walking past, applauding, singing (synchronously) – various.
NATO headquarters building in Brussels – Wed.
Flags of NATO member states – Wed.
Highway, sign – Wed.
Military planes taking off and flying – general.
Military facilities – Wed (removed from the road).
Pilot near a military plane – general, approach.
Military men at a gun – general, departure.
Military airfield, military planes landing – Wed.
Photo: Pershing-2 missile, cruise missile – Wed.
Cartoon work – a map with NATO missiles aimed at the USSR. Peace Day in Munich: a car with banners drives by; people carry a mock bomb, anti-war posters – Wed, Poland.
Dispersal of an anti-war demonstration – Wed, Poland.
Former US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance speaks about nuclear war (simultaneously in English) – Wed,, run over.
Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Armed Forces in Europe Senator N.Pasti speaks about the threat of nuclear war (simultaneously in Italian) – short.
Photo by N.Pasti – Wed.
Participants in the Peace March chant – Wed, Poland.
Young people dancing – various.
Youth action on La Monnaie Square in Brussels: young men and women lie on the asphalt (in protest against nuclear war) – various.




Former Deputy Commander of NATO Naval Forces in the Mediterranean General Santinetti speaks about the threat of nuclear war (simultaneously in French) – kr.
Photo of Santinetti on the cover of the book – cf.
Photo of Bundeswehr General Bastian – kr.
General Bastian speaking at a press conference in Bonn (simultaneously in German) – kr.
Journalists recording, filming – various.
Hand writing, panorama on a tape recorder – kr.
People in the square signing the Krefeld (anti-missile) appeal – various.
Daniel Ellberg (USA), who leaked secret Pentagon papers on the Vietnam War, speaking at a press conference in Bonn (simultaneously in English) – cf., kr.
Listeners – cf., kr.
Anti-war posters on the fence, people walking past – cf., panorama, run over.
Bombs fly up from behind the mountain and explode.
The military are watching through binoculars, running.
Military object.
Faces of young people participating in the Peace March – kr.
People in the square with mock-ups of missiles, with placards (in German) – various.
Monument to Winston Churchill in London – Wed, kr, Poland.
Demonstration of protest in London against the deployment of nuclear missiles – various.
Bulgaria – Participants of the Parliament of the Peoples for Peace pass by – Wed.
Meeting hall, Romesh Chandra speaks – general, Wed.
Participants of the demonstration for peace in Holland pass by – Wed.
People in the port, waving to those departing – various.
Ships with banners, those departing wave – Wed, general.
Nobel and Lenin Peace Prize laureate, former Irish Foreign Minister Sean MacBride speaks about the danger of nuclear war (simultaneously in English) – Wed, kr.
Photograph of laughing US President R. Reagan – short, zoom out, zoom in.
Photograph of right-wing militarist General Haig – short, zoom in. R. Reagan and others descending the stairs – various.
Brest Fortress Memorial: star-shaped entrance, sculptures of soldiers, stone slab with the inscription “1941 June 22” – various.
People carrying flowers passing by – general.
Veterans of the Great Patriotic War standing, panorama of their orders – medium.
Close-ups of faces of people of different ages.
A woman crying at the Eternal Flame – short, medium, panorama. A. Nielsen and other participants of the Peace March speaking (synchronously in English).




A participant in the Peace March is speaking (synchronously in English) – kr.
Participants in the Peace March are resting: sitting on the steps, eating, playing the guitar – Wed, Poland.
Children's laundry is drying, a child is sleeping – Wed, Poland.
A road sign saying "Paris" - Wed.
Chimera of Notre Dame Cathedral – general.
Artist Jean Effel in his apartment – drawing, speaking (synchronously in French) – various.
Anti-war poster by J. Effel – kr, Poland.
A meeting of the Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security.
The chairman of the commission, the leader of the SDLP of Sweden, Olof Palme, and Soviet representatives at the negotiating table. S. Vance speaks about the need for negotiations between the USSR and the USA (synchronously in English).
Federal Chancellor of Germany Willy Brandt speaks at a press conference in Moscow (synchronously in German) – kr.
Conference participants are sitting – general, Poland. L.I.Brezhnev exits a train carriage, greets Finnish President U.Kekkonen. L.I.Brezhnev and his entourage descend the steps of the plane, greet Federal Chancellor of the FRG G.Schmidt. L.I.Brezhnev rides by in a car. L.I.Brezhnev and US President D.Carter at negotiations in Vienna. L.I.Brezhnev signs the SALT-2 Treaty, those present applaud. L.I.Brezhnev greets the leader of the British Labour Party M.Foot, conducts negotiations. M.Foot speaks (simultaneously in English). B.N.Ponomarev is present at the negotiations.
Moscow, building of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR – general. L.I.Brezhnev speaks (simultaneously).
Rally in Brest dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
Posters with the inscriptions "Peace to the world", "No to war" - various.
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris - general.
Flowers at the Eternal Flame - cf., Poland.
The French village of Oradour, destroyed by the Nazis - cf.
A slab with the inscription "June 10" - cf.
The American flag, Poland over the American cemetery in Paris - cf.
A monument-sculpture in Holland - cf.
People in the square in front of St.
Peter's Basilica in Rome - general, cf.
People praying - short, cf.
Belgium - The head of the Brussels International Committee for European Security, Canon Raymond Goor, prays in the cathedral, walks down the street, gives an interview (simultaneously in French) - various.
Painting on the walls of the cathedral - general.
Peace March - the participants of the March walk with banners, push children in strollers, sing, applaud.
Close-ups of the faces of the participants of the March.
People in the square – general, Poland.
A participant in the Peace March gives an interview (simultaneously in English) – cr.
A grain field – general (removed from the movement).