A Flax Blossoms. Victory Day
- ID: 62498
- Place: Rozhdestvenske village (Chernihiv region)
- Date: 1977-05-09
Videos and films
- ID:
- 62556
- Place
- Korop village (Chernihiv region)
- Date:
- 1993
- Genre:
- Amateur film
- Technique:
- 16 mm film
- Duration:
- 00:20:01 min
- Color:
- color
- Sound:
- Magnetic tape
- Creator
- Dmytro Kozel
- Collection
- Volnytsia People's Film Studio
- Description
-
The film contains an amateur report about the celebration of the 1100th anniversary of the village of Korop:
1) 00:00:08 - 00:03:13 — Scenes of the village of Korop: ears of barley and rye. The village coat of arms. Voice-over recounts the founding history, mentioning the northern settlement of 893—the city of Khorobor—and the era before the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Shots of the Apollo cultural and sports complex. Villagers walking the streets. A policeman stops the driver of a Moskvich AZLK 2140. Panoramic view of the stadium. Halyna (Kozel) Antonenko with her niece Natalia. Portrait shots of families celebrating.
2) 00:03:14 - 00:11:32 — Orchestra performance. Heroes and Cossacks on horseback. Speech by the “chronicler.” Official speeches from the rostrum: Mykola Vasyliovych Bilan, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the village council; Petro Ivanovych Savych, President’s representative, speaks on the railroad opening, road asphalting, and district improvements. Audience views from stands and hillside grass. Cars including GAZ 31029 and Audi 80. Ivan Hryhorovych and Marya Ivanivna Katky celebrate their golden wedding anniversary (50 years) and give a commentary. Presentation of gifts to newlyweds Oleh and Svitlana Melokh. Girls recite poetry and present flowers. The song Many Years plays. Women and children eat ice cream. A gift towel from Krolevets is presented. Camera operator uses Panasonic AG-455 S-VHS Reporter. Accordionists perform.
3) 00:11:33 - 00:19:54 — Children watch a potter at the wheel. Food stalls and delicacy vendors. The song A Cossack Song (Козацька) by Mykola Svydiuk plays. Choir performance. Archpriest Mykola Putrya speaks from the podium. Flower stall. Exhibition of children’s artworks for village day. Folk artists’ crafts for sale. School exhibition. The song Bird Cherry Blossoms (Цвіте, цвіте черемшина) plays. Song groups perform. A voice-over of a song A Cossack Went to The Mountains and into a Ravine (Їхав козак в гори та й в байрак). Girls’ folk dances. Viburnum scenes. Natalia picking daisies. Fields of buckwheat and wheat. Willow branches swaying in the wind. Raindrops on a pond. The song How Can We Live on Our Native Land (Як же нам жити на рідній землі) plays.
The soundtrack features voiceover narration by Dmytro Kozel, along with marching and folk songs.
The second audio track is an unsynchronized editing cue sheet for the film and contains a frame-by-frame description of persons, objects, actions, and editing plans. Dmytro Kozel names the people involved and mimics sounds of the actions in the footage. - Language:
- Ukrainian
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