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Chereshenky Remember Us

Videos and films

ID:
62517
Place
Vyshenky village (Chernihiv region) Chereshenky village (Chernihiv region)
Date:
1986
Genre:
Amateur film
Technique:
16 mm film
Duration:
00:13:16 min
Color:
color
Sound:
Magnetic tape
Creator
Dmytro Kozel
Collection
Volnytsia People's Film Studio
Description
The film contains an amateur film report about the meeting of children from the Ivan Franko Chereshenka orphanage:

1) 00:00:15 - 00:09:43 — The village of Chereshenky. The yard of the Chereshenky boarding school. A brass band plays under the direction of a conductor. A major reports to a colonel. A panoramic shot captures the participants of the celebrations. The flag is raised as the anthem of the USSR plays. Girls bring out bread and salt. Flowers are laid at the monument to Lenin. A mother and child lay flowers at the mass grave of those who died during World War II. A procession of veterans marches to the monument and lays flowers. Veterans are treated to a ceremonial loaf.
A plaque is unveiled to commemorate the reunion of former pupils of the Ivan Franko Chereshenka Orphanage (known as the Comintern Orphanage until 1956). Olha Hryhorivna Demydenko recites poetry. The audience reacts. Teacher Hanna Mykolaiivna Malkova is seen with her pupils. Participants of the celebration converse. Children play on a swing in the playground.

2) 00:09:44 - 00:12:55 — Desna. The village of Vyshenky. The palace of Rumyantsev-Zadunayskyi. The Holy Assumption Church. Back in Chereshenky: the brass band plays, and participants of the celebration continue to talk. People watch the storks. A mother and child exit the school gates. Storks perch on the roof and soar above the stadium.

The sound design of the film is composed of voice-over narration and poetry.
Language:
Russian, Ukrainian
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