School. The Last Bell

Videos and films

ID:: 62558
Place: Rozhdestvenske village (Chernihiv region)
Date:: 1984
Genre:: Amateur film
Technique:: 16 mm film
Duration:: 00:10:28 min
Color:: black and white, color
Sound:: Silent
Creator: Dmytro Kozel
Collection: Volnytsia People's Film Studio
Description: The film contains an amateur film about a school graduation:

1) 00:00:08 - 00:02:00 — The village of Zhovtneve (now Rozhdestvenske). Graduates walk with a teacher along a rural road at dawn.

2) 00:02:01 - 00:06:50 — Solemn lineup for the Last Bell celebration. Graduates march carrying the school’s Komsomol flag. Portrait shots of school administration. The director delivers a welcoming speech. Students stand in line, teachers speak. Graduates with a flag. Children hold flowers. Ivan Andriyovych Zhyhor. Students recite poetry. The school flag is ceremoniously passed to the junior class.

3) 00:06:51 - 00:10:24 — A first-grader held by a graduate rings the last bell. Graduates dance a waltz on the village road to music played through loudspeakers. Among the dancers is Halyna (Kozel) Antonenko. Women watch. The teachers dance. Portrait shots of the graduates.
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