School No. 9. Trip to the camp

The film features footage of teaching activities at Secondary School No. 9 in Lviv.

1) 00:00:00 – 00:02:08 — A girl near School No. 9 (Kopernika Street) with a mural depicting a portrait of Lenin and the inscription “The life and work of Ilyich!”. Pupils of various ages on their way to school. Traffic of cars and trams along Kopernika Street near the bell tower of the Church of the Holy Spirit.

2) 00:02:09 - 00:06:53 — Chemistry lesson: the teacher and pupils in the classroom. A pupil at the blackboard explains the displacement reaction between zinc and sulphuric acid. Two teachers in the staff room. General and close-up shots of pupils chatting and joking. Pupils gathered around the teacher. The teacher addresses the class. The language lab. Footage of lessons.

3) 00:06:54 - 00:14:19 — Pupils with their teacher in front of the school building. A schoolgirl poses for the camera. Pupils on their way to school. A lesson dedicated to Yuri Gagarin. A wall newspaper entitled “The Legendary Man”. Pupils talking to one another and taking notes. A Ukrainian language lesson with sentences written on the blackboard. A teachers’ training session. A teacher speaking to pupils. Boys by a tree in the schoolyard. Pupils with spades. A group of girls. Pupils during a community clean-up day. A boy tossing a bucket. Two schoolchildren drink from the “Aquarius” fountain. Schoolchildren wave at the camera as they leave school on their way home.

4) 00:14:20 – 00:23:59 — Boys outside the school, one of them with a guitar. A group of teachers. Pupils and teachers inside the bus. A man with a medal is smoking. A sign on the bus window reads “Lviv on demand”.  Close-ups and wide shots of pupils on the bus. A school class on an outing around the grounds of the Lviv Bus Factory’s youth labour and recreation camp. A tent city. Children performing on the stage of the summer theatre. Three boys on a swing. Boys playing with sticks, fighting. A panoramic view of the tent camp.