State enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1983.

The documentary film "Personally Responsible" is dedicated to the plant of control and computing machines in Kyiv.

On the video: a story about electronic computing machines that serve the power system, nuclear power, chemical industrial complexes, transport and other sectors of the national economy; factory workshops, workrooms, devices, various plans of production processes; blitz polls of workers who talk about their work and working conditions.

Comments: Secretary of the Komsomol Committee Oleksandr Nikolenko, foreman of the locksmith assembly brigade Valentyn Yelchenko, locksmith-assembler Volodymyr Kostenko, senior foreman Oleksandr Ivanyuta, adjuster Ivan Letuchuk, adjuster Taras Virstyuk, radio assembler Olha Fedoronko.

The film is dubbed in russian languages.

Reference: The Plant of Control and Computing Machines, later the State Enterprise "Electronmash", was one of the key enterprises of the Soviet and Ukrainian computer industry and in the 1970s and 1980s was considered the largest manufacturer of electronic computers and control computing complexes in the USSR. The enterprise provided a full cycle of computer creation from scientific and design developments to serial production. The products of "Electronmash" played a decisive role in the formation of the infrastructure of automated control systems in the Ukrainian SSR and the USSR. One of the largest centers of computing technology in Ukraine was finally liquidated in 2023.

Working days of "Electronmash"

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1978.

The documentary film "The Road That Never Ends" is dedicated to the history of the construction of the metro in the city of Kharkiv.

On the video: the history of public transport in Kharkiv, the first trams in Kharkiv; landscapes of Kharkiv, the railway station, the bus station; Kharkiv residents talk about the importance of the metro for the city, the "Kharkiv-Metroproekt" building, preparation of projects for the construction of new stations, the "Zavodska" station, the history of the construction; construction work, the Saltivka district, the construction of the "Radyanska" station (now "Maidan Konstitutionsiy"), various plans for the Kharkiv Metro and the construction of the second line.

The film is dubbed in russian languages, contains elements of Soviet propaganda.

Reference: The Kharkiv Metro is a high-speed off-street transport system, the construction of which began 1968 after the decision in the mid-1960s on the need for underground transport to solve passenger transportation problems. On August 23, 1975, the first stage of the Kholodnohirsko-Zavodskaya line, almost 10 km long with eight stations from "Sverdlova Street" (now "Kholodna Hora") to "Moskovsky Prospekt" (now "Turboatom"), was put into operation. In 1976–1978, work continued on further extending the line in an easterly direction towards large industrial zones, which was to provide a more efficient connection of residential areas with the city's industrial enterprises.

How the Kharkiv Metro was built

In the video: streets of Lviv, cranes, people, pipes, excavators, cars, clearing the site where the oil pipeline will pass, construction.

Reference: Druzhba is one of the largest and most powerful oil pipelines in the world, with a capacity of two million barrels per day. Construction of the oil pipeline began on December 10, 1960, and on October 15, 1964, the official launch ceremony for the pipeline took place.

Druzhba oil pipeline: start of construction 

Kharkiv, 1984. Kharkiv television studio.

A program about the Kharkiv Turbine Generator Plant (Turboatom) on the occasion of the company's 50th anniversary. The plant's management talks about the specifics of production and the effect of small work shifts, while mechanic Ivan Gorbatko talks about the work of his team.

The video shows the building, the territory, the workshops and offices of the plant, and the equipment. 

Reference: The Kharkiv Turbine Generator Plant, now JSC Ukrainian Energy Machines, was commissioned in January 1934. It produced gas, hydraulic, and later steam turbines of various capacities for nuclear, thermal, and hydroelectric power plants. It carries out the full production cycle: from turbine design to manufacturing, installation, and maintenance. 

Turboatom turns 50!

Volyn Television, 1997, Novovolynsk. Program “Gorno. Today is Miner's Day.”

In the video: cityscapes, concert excerpts, mine, territory, working face, miners, coal, miners leaving the mine. Comments: Oleksandr Gorbunov, director of Mine No. 9 “Novovolynsk”; M. Solovyov, head of section No. 2; miners about their work and working conditions; V. List, foreman. 

The program was produced by: Lyubov Arsenik, Oleksandr Maryshchuk, Iryna Paliyivets, Galina Yankovska. 

Part of the interview is in russian. 

Miners' Day in Novovolynsk

Sumy TV. The program "Romny. Image of the End of the 20th Century" from September 14, 1997 is dedicated to enterprises in the city of Romny, Sumy region.

On the video: landscapes of Romny, history of the city, City Day, flag and coat of arms of the city; Romny shoe factory "Talan", production, workers at the machines; Romny curtain and tulle factory, workshops, work processes, sewing shop for the production of finished tulle products; OJSC "Romny Whole Milk Substitute Plant", plant director Grigory Negreba; shop, dairy products, production lines, packaging of butter, ice cream, cakes.

Commented by the general director of the company "Romny Curtain and Tulle Factory" Oleksandr Lakyza.

Enterprises of Romny, 1997

January 16, 2004, Kyiv.

In the video: Kyiv Tobacco Factory, production shops, "Reemtsma-Ukraine" sign; Ukrainian and German flags; equipment, workers at work, various plans; tobacco processing, conveyor, tobacco drying; cigarette packaging; packaging creation process, "Prima" inscription; warehouse, cigarette boxes.

Kyiv Tobacco Factory

Sumy TV. The program "Porcelain Miracle" from December 29, 2005 is dedicated to the Sumy Porcelain Factory.

In the video: landscapes of Sumy, the Transfiguration Cathedral, the Holy Resurrection Cathedral, residents of the city; Sumy temples on the products of the Sumy Porcelain Factory, various products, various plans; production workshops of the enterprise, workers inspecting products, packaging; various workshops, inspection of dishes, artistic painting of products.

Commented by the director of JSC "Sumy Porcelain Factory" Svitlana Romanyuk and leading artist Volodymyr Shevchenko.

Reference: Sumy Porcelain Factory is one of the largest enterprises of the porcelain industry of Ukraine, founded in 1963 and specializing in the production of a wide range of porcelain products. In the 1990s and 2000s, the plant went through restructuring and an economic crisis, but restored production capacity and became one of the leading Ukrainian porcelain manufacturers.

Sumy Porcelain Factory

Ivano-Frankivsk region, Kalush city, 1977. Lviv television studio.

The film “Giant of Chemistry” about the industrial enterprise “Chlorvinyl,” its products, and the daily work of its employees. 

The video shows: a view of the mountains, the building, the territory and workshops of the enterprise, quarries, trucks, potassium mining, fields, forest, a bus with the inscription “Chemist,” employees, equipment, a meeting room, people at a table, a laboratory, streets and buildings of the city.

Reference: Products from potash deposits in the vicinity of Kalush have been mined since the mid-19th century, and industrial enterprises specializing in this field have been operating in the city ever since. The Chlorvinyl Production Association, named after the 60th anniversary of October, was established in 1975 on the basis of the Kalush Chemical and Metallurgical Plant, the Potash Plant, and the Dombrovsky Quarry. Today, it is Ukraine's leading petrochemical company, Karpatnaftochim LLC.

Documentary film “The Giant of Chemistry”

Rozdil Village, Lviv Region.

On the video: Rozdil Ceramic Plant, factory equipment from different plans; the process of producing red facing bricks, raw materials, mixing; brick packaging, warehouse, work processes.

Rozdil Ceramic Plant

April 15, 2010, Kyiv.

In the video: Kyiv Jewelry Factory, workshop, gold and platinum bars on a shelf; master demonstrates precious metals; worker at the machine, gold smelting furnace, ingot manufacturing process; gold processing, master at work; blanks for rings, ruby ​​setting process, diamond packaging.

Kyiv Jewelry Factory

Kharkiv, 1974. Kharkiv television studio, television film “Bread and Metal.”

The film is about the dependence of success in agriculture on technology, about the advanced workers of the Kharkiv Tractor Plant: steelworker, Hero of Socialist Labor Fedir Amelin, blacksmith Mykhailo Kalashnikov, mechanic-assembler Mykola Onovchenko, engineer-technologist Mykhailo Yashchenko. Farmer Oleksandr Zamlilyi talks about the importance of using modern technology in agriculture and the cooperation between workers and farmers, while mechanic and distinguished innovator of Ukraine Oleksandr Bondarenko discusses the work of the T-150 tractor in the field.

The video shows wheat fields, a combine harvester, workshops at the Kharkiv Tractor Plant, tractor production, and tractors in the field.

The film uses black-and-white documentary footage of manual field work, the construction of the Kharkiv Tractor Plant, Grigory Petrovsky's speech to the people of Kharkiv, the release of the first tractors, and a group photo of the workers who produced the 1,000th tractor.

The video is in Russian and contains elements of propaganda. 


Economy and transport