Plot Summary

The builders of the metallurgical plant and the new city of Nowa Huta were invited to appear on television in the “Yesterday – Today” program to tell how it all began. So, having arrived at the great construction site of socialism, in a village called Mogila, the builders were greeted by “clay, dirt and dog housing on wet ground.” It was a difficult time. But years passed, the plant was built, a new exemplary socialist city of metallurgists grew...