Lyubov Pertsova

Don't Delay Traffic

Tram conductor Nadya Savitskaya went to study for tram driver courses. Her boss believes that women are not capable of such work and will only delay traffic. However, on her very first flight, Nadya Savitskaya prevents an accident and saves lives. The film was shot as part of a program to encourage women to study male professions, because in Soviet Union the rights of women and men were equalized: now they could do the same work and receive the same salary for it.

School Years

A film essay about the daily experiences of schoolchildren across the Soviet Union.

Yves Montand is Singing

The tour of the French singer Yves Montand and actress Simone Signoret to the USSR in 1956.

The First Soviet Earth Satellites

A film about the creation of the first artificial satellites in the USSR and their launch into Earth’s orbit.