:18:02
The festively decorated main hall
of Warsaw's Polytechnic...
:18:05
and the annual New Year's
Eve Ball...
:18:09
for those most deserving:
Party and government dignitaries...
:18:14
lead workers...
:18:16
farmers, teachers, and academics.
:18:20
Among them, Mateusz Birkut, a
leading worker from Nowa Huta.
:18:54
Mateusz Birkut, from a
poor village...
:18:58
with thousands of others...
:19:00
joins the battle for
a better tomorrow.
:19:23
A huge steel mill is being
built near Krakow...
:19:27
together with a new city.
:19:32
This marks the site where,
on April 26, 1950...
:19:37
the first worker began
construction.
:19:40
From across Poland, stream...
:19:43
masses of workers, including
volunteers from the Youth Union...
:19:49
and Service to Poland.