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Winter in the Culture Park. Skiing in Kaiserwald. Amusement Park. Kyiv

Videos and films

ID:
64153
Place
Lviv Kyiv
Date:
1976/1988
Genre:
Home movies
Technique:
16 mm film
Duration:
0:30:57 min
Color:
color
Sound:
Silent
Creator
Albert Patai
Copyright
Liudmyla Patai
Collection
Liudmyla Patai
Description
The film contains footage of winter leisure activities in Lviv, an amateur filmmaker communicating with his grandson, an autumn walk in Kaiserwald, and a trip to Kyiv. 

1) 00:00:07 – 00:09:24 — B. Khmelnytskyi Culture and Recreation Park in winter. Wide shots of visitors attending festive celebrations. Signs advertising a field kitchen serving chebureki, chanakhi, and warm beer. Albert Patai communicates with other deaf people. View of a snow-covered street with pedestrians, parked cars, and a passing tram. Landscape view of a courtyard with a mini-boiler room chimney. Children play in the courtyard, filmed from the apartment window. A desk lamp in an office interior. Ski slope in Kaiserwald. Wide shots of skiers. The building of the alpine skiing section with an announcement recruiting children born in 1965–1968 for training. Albert Patai rides a ski lift and skis downhill, filmed from different angles. Anna Patai photographs her husband skiing with a Praktica camera, and later skis herself. Albert communicates with Anna in sign language. Wide shot of a skating rink. The camera follows Albert skating. Shots of the rink and of deaf people communicating. Footage of a television broadcast of a skiing competition. Wide shots of skiers in Kaiserwald and close-ups of Albert Patai skiing. 

2) 00:09:29 – 00:20:04 — Fragment from the film Visiting Grandpa and Grandma. 

3) 00:20:11 – 00:22:27 — Panoramic view of an industrial district of the city. Footage of a family autumn walk in Kaiserwald. Fast-motion shot of Albert Patai running out from a grove of birch trees. Slow-motion shot of Liudmyla Patai running along a forest path toward Anna, her mother. The daughter descends the path arm in arm with her father and later plays among the trees. She rides a wooden swing on the lawn. Anna Patai collects autumn leaves. Mother and daughter walk along a street and descend the stairs toward 54 Lychakivska Street. 

4) 00:22:28 – 00:27:42 — B. Khmelnytskyi Culture and Recreation Park. Children at the amusement park. Ferris wheel. Close-up of Anna Patai. Wide views of the park. Albert Patai walks along a park alley. Anna gathers fallen chestnut leaves. Tram and pedestrians at a stop on Dzerzhynskoho (now Vitovskoho) Street. Close-up of Anna Patai during a walk. Autumn landscapes of the park. A roller skater passes by. Anna and Liudmyla walk in Kaiserwald. Landscape shots of park visitors and their pets. Albert and Liudmyla walk down a slope. Albert and Anna communicate in sign language. Panorama of the city. Albert speaks with his daughter Liudmyla. Landscape view of the High Castle. Walk among trees near the ski lift structure. 

5) 00:27:43 – 00:28:02 — Footage of a gathering with family and friends; only women are seated at the table. Among them is Liudmyla Opanasivna (Patai) Skliarska with her daughter Natalia. 

6) 00:28:03 – 00:30:42 — A group of women walks through the Central Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. Among them is Liudmyla (Patai) Skliarska with her daughter Natalia. Close-ups of the women during conversation. View of a tower from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra complex. Albert Patai joins the group, and they walk together toward a hill overlooking the Lavra and the Dnipro River. Close-ups of Liudmyla communicating with Albert in sign language. Young women dancing and playing games. Close-ups of the women. Shot of an empty pool with a fountain in the park. 

7) 00:30:43 – 00:30:57 — Anna Patai speaks in sign language inside an apartment. A grandmother and her granddaughter Liudmyla sit on a sofa.
Language:
Sign Language, Russian
Tags:
fair, holiday, park, winter, food, city, car, transport, ski, skier, skating rink, skates, family, child, film projector, camera, film, newspaper, apartment, interior, toy, Rubik's cube, fairy tale, dream, window, walk, autumn, amusement park, attraction, tram, lift, panorama, feast, woman, airplane, church, river, excursion, tourism, deaf, swimming pool, fountain
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