Towards the coming century (1986)

Moscow - general.

Monument to V.I. Lenin - general.

Red Square - general.

Newsreel from the 1920s: V.I. Lenin speaks on Red Square.

People on Red Square.

Moscow, the Kremlin - general. (with military equipment).

Chimes on the Spasskaya Tower (10 o'clock) - general.

Opening of the 27th Congress of the CPSU: members of the presidium enter: M.S. Gorbachev, A.A. Gromyko, N.I. Ryzhkov and others, delegates applaud while standing - various.

General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee M.S. Gorbachev delivers a political report (synchronously) - various.

Congress delegates listen - various.

Editing plans: workshop of a metallurgical plant, steel is poured, steelmakers at work; rally; workers' faces - general; laying rails on the BAM; a symbolic key is shown.

New settlement on BAM - general, panorama (from the plane).

Launch of a spaceship, Earth from space.

Opening of the Novosibirsk metro: station - short; they show a symbolic key - short, panorama; station - general (from traffic).

Loading cars onto the Ruslan AN-124 plane - general.

Mechanic and pilot - short.

The plane is flying - general, panorama.

The icebreaker Rossiya before its first voyage at the berth of the Murmansk port (night) - general, medium, panorama.

A sailor talking on the phone - general, panorama.

A block of ice - short.

Flag on the icebreaker - short, panorama (night).

Rostselmash plant workshop - general.

Workers at work - short.

A meeting at the plant dedicated to the release of 100 Don-1500 combines for the 27th Congress of the CPSU - general, Poland; workers show a symbolic key - general.

A column of combines from the Rostselmash plant passes by - general.

Construction of a gas pipeline in the Tyumen Region - general, departure.

Clearing the highway: snowplows in operation - medium, general.

Installation of large compressor station units using a bulldozer - medium, Poland.

Welding pipes - various.

Oil rig - general.

Drillers at work - small, Poland.

Helicopter carrying a load - general, medium.

Workers securing their torsos - medium, Poland.

Driver in the tractor cabin - medium, Poland.

Freight train - medium.

Potato harvesting (mechanized) - general, medium.

Sorting eggs at a poultry farm - general, small.

Chickens - general, small, panorama.

Central estate of the 25th Congress of the CPSU state farm (Yuzhnachay settlement, Lithuanian SSR) - general, medium, panorama.

Kindergarten canteen - general; small children eating - general.

Interior of a public building - general, panorama.

Indoor swimming pool - general, panorama.

Estate (with military equipment).

Continuation of M.S. Gorbachev's speech (synchronous).

Journalists at the TV, watching M.S. Gorbachev's speech - various.

Press center - panorama.

Stand with press materials - general, panorama.

Newspapers in foreign languages - general, panorama.

Editing plans: a submarine submerges into the water; a hand is on the control panel; a rocket flies out of the water; people in gas masks.

Participants in an anti-war rally - Wed, kr.

Rocket takeoff - Wed, Poland.

An all-terrain vehicle is approaching - kr, departing.

An American military vehicle is approaching - general, departing.

Military planes take off into the air - Wed, general.

Explosion - general.

Soldiers' faces - kr.

Newsreel from 1957: Participants in the World Youth Festival pass by in Moscow - Wed.

Luzhniki Stadium during the festival - general. (with military equipment).

Meeting between M.S. Gorbachev and US President R. Reagan in Geneva: greeting (on the street), walking up the stairs, talking indoors - various.

Hand on the control panel - kr.

Device working - kr.

Cartoon: explosion - kr.

Atomic explosion - kr.

Cartoon: war in space - Wed.

Flags of the CMEA member countries - kr, Poland.

Meeting of CMEA representatives - general, Poland.

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR N.I. Ryzhkov signs a comprehensive program of scientific and technological development - Wed.

The participants in the meeting applaud - general.

American military helicopters over the sea and land - kr., general, zoom in.

Newsreel from 1983: US aggression in Grenada.

Soldiers pass by, load a gun - Wed.

Landscape of Grenada - general. "Contras" are standing - various.

American military consultant passes by, speaks into a microphone - Wed, kr.

Soldiers crawl out of cover - Wed.

Tanks pass by - general, Poland; military vehicle - Wed.

Soldiers run, fall, take aim - general, kr.

South African aggression in Angola: trucks drive by, stop, soldiers jump out of them and run - general, Poland; shooting - general, wet.

Demonstrators against aggression in an African country pass by - general.

African fist - cr.

Rally of solidarity with the struggling peoples of Africa at the Patrice Lumumba University (Moscow); those present applaud - wed, cr, Poland.

A man buys newspapers at a kiosk - cr, Poland.

The Pravda newspaper - cr, run over.

Delegates to the 27th Congress of the CPSU on the sidelines of the congress - various.

Foreign guests on the sidelines - general, cr.

Speaking: First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party W. Jaruzelski (simultaneously in Polish); First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba F. Castro (simultaneously in Spanish); Chairman of the MPLA - Labor Party, President of the People's Republic of Angola J.E. Dos Santos (simultaneously in Portuguese); General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USA Gus Hall (simultaneously in English); N.I. Ryzhkov (simultaneously).

A car plant workshop in Tolyatti - general, Poland.

Workers assembling a car - various.

Models of new cars - general, Poland.

Specialists in the plant yard near cars - general, Poland.

The plant's general director V. Isakov inspects the cars - small.

The following speak at the 27th Congress of the CPSU: V. Isakov, chairman of the "Path to Communism" collective farm N.D. Tereshchenko, a tractor driver from Kazakhstan and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Natalya Gellert, a turner V. Aleshnikov, Hero of Socialist Labor and weaver from Kostroma V. Pletneva, and a party veteran and miner of the first five-year plans K.G. Petrov (synchronously).

Listeners in the hall - various.

Hall - general.

Mowing grass, fodder falling - medium.

Processing hay into haylage on the "Path to Communism" collective farm - general. N.D. Tereshchenko greeting machine operators in the field - Wed.

Irrigation system working in the field - general, departure.

Collective farm estate - general (from airplane).

Harvesting on virgin lands in Kazakhstan - general (from airplane).

Combine in the field - kr.

Work at the elevator, grain is pouring out - kr.

Assembly of K-701 tractors at the Kirov Plant in Leningrad - various.

A finished tractor is passing by - general. V. Aleshnikov at work - kr, Poland. V. Pletneva, Hero of Socialist Labor, at work at the flax mill in Kostroma, talking with other weavers - various.

Newsreel from the 1930s: Donetsk miner A. Stakhanov at work.

Coal is pouring out, a conveyor belt with coal.

Miners greet A. Stakhanov, who exceeded his quota.

Jubilee shift in honor of Stakhanov's record: miners at work, coal combine (Kochegarka mine) - Wed, kr.

Orchestra member plays the trumpet - kr, Poland.

Girls present miners with flowers and "bread and salt" - general, Poland.

Veterans congratulate miners - Wed, kr, Poland.

Pioneers present flowers to veterans - general, Wed, Poland.

Veterans walk with flowers - Wed, Poland.

Initiation into workers: a helmet is put on a young worker, veterans congratulate young workers - various; faces of young workers - kr.

Young workers walk with slogans - general, attack.

Hall of the Palace of Congresses during the 27th Congress of the CPSU - general, departure.

Bust of V.I. Lenin on the stage - general.

Delegates stand up and applaud - wed. M.S. Gorbachev, elected General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, speaks (synchronously).

Delegates - short.

Montage plans: faces of steelworkers and other workers; plant workshops; first train coming; children waving.

Flight over the Kremlin - general.