Ships begin with the name (1972)

Ship construction at the Leningrad shipyard, the faces of shipbuilders.

Welders at work.

the bottle breaks on the stem of the vessel.

Launching of vessels.

Newsreel of 1934: Arctic landscape (panorama).

The steamer "Chelyuskin" goes through the ice.

Captain Voronin is on the bridge.

The face of the head of the expedition Schmidt O.Yu.

Polar explorers break the ice with crowbars at the side of the steamer.

View of the bow of the Chelyuskin.

Schmidt examines the ice at the side of the steamer.

The crew of the Chelyuskin unloads the steamer, boxes and bales on an ice floe at the side of the steamer.

Unloading of lifeboats from the steamer to the ice floe.

Setting up a tent camp on an ice floe.

Captain Voronin is on board the Chelyuskin.

"Chelyuskin" goes under the water.

Writer and sailor Viktor Konetsky talks about the maritime traditions of not assigning the names of dead ships to new ships, about assigning the name "Chelyuskinets" to one of the first Soviet diesel ships, about the fate of the vessel,

"Chelyuskinets" during the next flight.

Watchman and helmsman in the wheelhouse.

View of the stern of the Chelyuskinets.

Interior view of the engine room, mechanics at work.

The captain's face.

The navigator plots a course.

Ship's bell "Chelyuskinets".

Fish in the aquarium.

One of the crew members feeds the fish.

A tear-off calendar on the cabin wall.

Lunch in the cabin.

The face of one of the officers.

Chelyuskinets is on its way.

Konetsky talks about the sea for spiritually rich people, about the resistance of sailors to the blows of the elements, about the fate of ships (synchronously).

Photos of the ship's deck during a storm.

Books on the shelf in Konetsky's office.

View of the nose of the Chelyuskinets during the next flight.

Carrying out minor painting repairs on the ship.

A mechanic in the engine room.

Navigators on watch.

The pilot boat goes to the ship.

The captain of the boat calls the captain of the Chelyuskinets Divlyash V.A., welcomes him with a safe arrival.

The approach of the pilot boat and the Chelyuskinets.

The pilot climbs the ladder on board the Chelyuskinets.

The captain and the pilot go to the bridge.

Cranes in the cargo port.

The face of the captain of the Chelyuskinets.

The faces of the wives of the crew members meeting the ship.

Divlyash and his wife bathe the child.

Divlyash at home.

Photos taken by Konetsky abroad during stops at ports.

Divlyash is photographed with his wife and baby.

Souvenirs and maps on the walls of the office.

View of the stern and rudder of the Chelyuskinets before being written off for scrap.

Konetsky talks about the continuity between the old and new ships, about the "soul" of the ship (synchronously).

The captain descends the ladder from the side of the Chelyuskinets.

The captain's face.

Dismantling of the anchor and steering wheel of the Chelyuskinets with a crane.

Types of the deck of the Chelyuskinets, which is being towed to the dock for cutting for scrap.

Workers on the deck of the Chelyuskinets.

View of the Chelyuskinets, going in tow.

Internal views of the destroyed premises and the hold of the vessel.

Workers throw burning torches into the interior of the ship to burn out old wood and paint.

Fire in the interior of the Chelyuskinets.

Smoke rises over the Chelyuskinets.

The captain watches the burning ship.

The captain's face.

Burning superstructures of the Chelyuskinets.

Cutting the hull of the vessel with gas burners.

Gas cutters at work.

Sending parts of the ship's hull to the furnace for melting, launching new vessels.

A typewriter and a pipe on Konetsky's desk.

Konetsky talks about the topic of his new book concerning the names of ships (synchronously).

A ship at sea.