Credits. Title card. VS of heavy and light vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
Adult Russian women and men walking through city park; three men gathered around park bench in BG. Man and woman sitting on park bench reviewing drawing. Woman reading book on park bench.
Car turns and parks in front of tree; middle-aged adult Russian man gets out. Old school partially obscured behind trees. VS of school; different seasons.
Middle-aged adult Russian man looking at school (off camera); puts tobacco pipe in mouth and lights it.
Moscow street scenes featuring vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Adult Russian female school teacher walking between rows of male children sitting in their desks. High angle view of Moscow intersection and traffic. Window display of musical instruments; people in FG. Vehicular and pedestrian traffic on street. Young adult Russian man reading in park. Two women reading from one book in park. Close-ups of cars driving away. High angle view of Moscow street with cars driving, people walking. VS of males and females reading a large sign.
VS of elderly adult Russian men and women greeting each other at a class reunion; hugs, kisses, and shaking hands.
VS of elderly adult Russian men and women gathered together for a class reunion. Man playing piano. Woman with rose stem in her mouth.
Picture frame and photograph sliding into view of schoolchildren in formation outside. Teenage Russian schoolgirls walking together in formation with arms outstretched, performing calisthenics, coming to a stop; adult Russian male teacher. Schoolgirls running out of doors. Schoolgirls running down stairs. Schoolgirls and boys riding motorcycles in pairs. Schoolgirl driving motorcycle with schoolboy sitting behind her.
Graduation Ball. VS of teenage Russian male and female couples dancing.
Close-up of a sculpture of a male soldier; white smoke passes in front of it.
Adult male Russian soldiers marching, wearing winter outfits.
Sculptures of Russian soldiers.
Adult Russian male soldiers marching in formation, turning left around a stationary Russian soldier directing their direction.
Middle-aged adult Russian female teacher sitting in front of camera. Her teaching classroom full of teenage Russian males and females. Teenage Russian female student looking toward teacher, listening.
VS of teenage Russian males sitting classroom.
VS of Russian male and female sitting classroom. VS of teenage male and female speaking by windowsill.
VS of elderly adult Russian men and women gathered together for a class reunion. Women greeting, giving a kiss to former student who is now a retired colonel.
Middle-aged adult Russian male (retired colonel) walking along rail line. Panning over view of a section of Baikal–Amur Railway Line.
VS of Russian male children flying model airplanes in a field.
Panning view of dirt hillside down to frozen lake. High angle view of forest; zoom in toward clearing with snowpack. POV of construction area between two slat walls. Sign with a helicopter image, Cyrillic writing. VS of two adult Russian men walking together at Baikal–Amur Railway construction site. VS of Baikal–Amur Railway under construction.
Close-up of adult Russian man smiling, speaking to another Russian man; zoom out to a group of men standing together.
VS of explosions and fires targeting rail lines; rail cars on fire. Panning view of mangled metal. Adult Russian male soldiers (Iron Sappers) pushing supply of rails along train tracks. Two soldiers carrying rail tie. High angle view of soldier rebuilding train tracks. VS of Russian soldiers rebuilding train tracks. Bridge with Russian banner (Cyrillic), portraits of Lenin and Stalin on either end. Russian soldiers riding slowly on rail car, breaking ribbon. Train crossing bridge; pillars/columns still under construction.
Adult Russian man (retired colonel) speaking to camera outdoors.
Pile of rifles on the ground. Adult Russian military officers standing around a Japanese soldier with a staff or katana in hand. Japanese soldiers putting on satchels, gear; tilt town to surrendered katanas. Panning overview of Japanese POWs.
VS of adult Russian women buying flowers from an elderly Russian male street vendor; close-up of flowers.
Middle-aged adult Russian female (Olga) travelling on a boat; cranes in BG. VS of boat travelling; rusty hull. Olga climbing steps; boat in BG. Olga speaking with man inside cabin; pan right to a group of men piloting boat. Olga speaking with man inside cabin; sun's rays coming through window.
Elderly adult man (Yuri) playing the piano.
Soviet cavalry crossing river; calvary riding in BG. Wide view of calvary riding through countryside. Calvary riding, kicking up dust.
Elderly adult man (Yuri) playing the piano. Pan around the apartment of elderly adult Russian men and women sitting and listening to Yuri play; women singing.
Adult Russian men in line to sign up for military service. Men walking in line with their possessions. Large balloon in the shape of a blimp; street light and statue in FG. Soldiers holding balloon as they walk in military parade. Side view of soldier looking through binoculars; large gun behind him. Travelling POV of Moscow street; sandbags stacked against windows.
VS of naval guns firing; day and night. VS of rocket or artillery fire on land. Three military airplanes flying. Tank travelling. Smoke travelling over land.
Fireworks.
Wide view of fireworks over harbor at dusk; monument in FG. Elderly adult Russian man shaking hands with elderly adult Russian female, third man standing between them; man wearing suit jacket with several pinned medals. Zoom out from adult Russian male sailor wearing his uniform, medals; women standing in front of him. Men and women walking in formation; focus on adult Russian female soldier, wearing medals, standing at attention with adult Russian male soldier, wearing uniform, white gloves, holding AK-47. VS of military marching band in parade procession; close-up of soldier playing drum.
Panning of Victory day parade procession. VS of elderly adult Russian female soldiers walking in procession, wearing their military medals; women getting flowers from male children as they walking in procession.
Elderly adult Russian men and women, classmates, dancing.
Middle-aged adult Russian male surgeon scrubbing and prepping for surgery. Nurse placing medical mask on surgeon. VS of nurses helping surgeon put on medical gloves. Low angle view of surgery; zoom in to nurse. Zoom in to surgeon as he performs surgery.
Two adult Russian males walking toward each other, embracing on city street, the surgeon and his patient, a filmmaker; cameraman and sound engineer recording in FG. The two men walk together.
Adult male Russian soldiers carrying wounded soldier on stretcher. Soldiers walking with bandaged head. Elderly adult Russian woman handing a glass to Russian soldier standing behind injured Russian soldier drinking milk, bowl of food on lap. Russian soldiers with a bandaged head, drinking a glass of milk. Two Russian soldiers carrying wounded soldier on stretcher into tent; doctors, nurses exiting tent, military truck drives up to tent. Two doctors helping injured Russian soldier out of truck, carrying him into tent. Surgeons operating on soldier in tent. Surgical forceps or tweezers placing piece of shrapnel onto white cloth.
Elderly adult Russian men sitting at table outdoors; patient and doctor sit together as the patient recounts the story of his medical treatment in WWII which involve a lack of anesthetics. Men toast to each other.
Group of elderly adult Russian men sharing a toast to each other at a table outside. Two Russian men, the patient and the doctor at a street market, looking at two artisan plates. Water fountain. VS of Tashkent and two men touring different parts of the city.
Flags flying in FG; river and fortified wall in BG. Crowd of people celebrating in front of wall. VS of Russian men and women celebrating the end of WWII.
Elderly adult Russian man standing, enjoy piano music; hands in pockets. Russian man playing piano, smiling; man standing next to him enjoying the music. Russian man sitting, laughing; torso of people dancing in FG. Man moving to the music. VS of Russian men and women sitting, dancing.
VS of elderly adult Russian men and women coming together a group, standing in front of their old school; individual shots of males and females in the group. Credits.