Victory Day. Shapovalov's Wedding

Videos and films

ID:: 62521
Place: Rozhdestvenske village (Chernihiv region)
Date:: 1974/1976
Genre:: Amateur film
Technique:: 16 mm film
Duration:: 00:09:29 min
Color:: black and white, color
Creator: Dmytro Kozel
Collection: Volnytsia People's Film Studio
Description: The film contains amateur documentation of the reburial of World War II casualties and a fragment of a wedding:

1) 00:00:04 - 00:08:56 — S Sunrise. Double exposure of clouds and trees. A mourning rally dedicated to the reburial of the remains of those who died in World War II. Speeches by officials. The burial urn is filled. Veterans' medals. A car rally with flags accompanies the funeral procession to the cemetery, joined by motorcyclists. Villagers are following it. Blossoming trees and scenes of construction. The procession arrives at the mass grave. Laying of wreaths, pioneer salute. Speeches by schoolchildren and officials. Among those present: Mykola Hrytsai and Porfirii Mysnyk. Wide shots of the rally participants. The soundtrack includes Victory Day (День победы) (music by David Tukhmanov, lyrics by Volodymyr Kharytonov), the march Farewell of Slavianka (Прощание славянки), and the song Peers (Ровесники) (lyrics by Oleksandr Pidsukha, music by Oleksandr Bilash).

2) 00:08:57 - 00:09:27 — Shapovalov’s wedding. The newlyweds lay flowers at the monument to those who fell in World War II.
Language:: Russian, Ukrainian