In the dark tunnels of the Donbas coal basin, the rhythm of metal and steel never ceases. In this region, where the wheels turn thanks to the miners’ sweat, the Soviet Union’s first five-year development plan permeates every aspect of life. Dziga Vertov’s camera captures the echoes of the industrialization drive and collective faith in the streets. Woven with the radical sound and visual experiments of the Ukrainian avant-garde, this documentary brings the roar of factories and the dust of the mines directly to the screen. Anti-religious campaigns and mass marches flow by as ideological rituals that shaped the fabric of the era. This mechanical symphony, in which the gears turn ceaselessly, captures the mood of an era in its rawest form.