Warsaw, Gdańsk, Gdynia. On Shevchenko Avenue. "The Musketeers"
- ID: 64668
- Place: Warsaw
- Date: 1960/1970
Videos and films
- ID:
- 66183
- Place
- Lancut (Poland) Lodz Torun (Poland) Sopot (Poland) Gdansk Malbork (Poland) Warsaw
- Date:
- 1972
- Genre:
- Home movies
- Technique:
- 8mm film
- Color:
- black and white
- Sound:
- Silent
- Copyright
- Malgorzata Rushel
- Collection
- Malgorzata Rushel
- Description
-
The film features footage of a road trip to Poland and walks through various towns.
1) 00:00:00 – 00:03:36 — Handmade title: “Poland-72 B+M+S [Barbara+Malgorzata+Stanislav] Lancut” (translated from Polish). Lancut. The palace residence of the Lubomirski and Potocki families. The coach house and collection of carriages. Exteriors and interiors of the palace; tourists on a guided tour. The Opatów Gate in Sandomierz. “When we travelled to Poland for the first time, I was probably in Year 5 or 6. They issued special number plates. Because the number plates were written in Cyrillic. They issued new ones in the Latin alphabet. We changed them to cross the border. At the border there was this big green gate. And in Mostyska, a police officer stopped us and asked what those number plates were.” Comment by Malgorzata Rushel.
2) 00:03:37 – 00:09:23 — Handmade title “Łódź Zoo” (translated from Polish). Łódź. A rhinoceros. An elephant in a pool. A tiger in an enclosure. Polar bears. A lion cub. Seals. A rhinoceros. Ostriches. A tur. A deer. A wildebeest. The Grand Theatre building and a square with fountains. Malgorzata, Barbara and Stanislav in the forest. Stanislav and a woman are eating berries by the car. Malgorzata is picking and eating wild strawberries. A snack on the road by the car.
3) 00:09:24 – 00:12:29 — Handmade title “Toruń” (translated from Polish). Toruń. The Bridge Gate. The Monstration Tower. Inside the church. The Old Town Town Hall. The Copernicus Monument. Podmurna Street. Malgorzata and Barbara get into a ‘Moskvitch-408’ car. A road bridge over the river.
4) 00:12:30 – 00:26:39 — Handmade title “Baltica” (translated from Polish). Gdynia. The ORP “Burza” destroyer: the museum ship and tourists nearby. Malgorzata by the anchor. A monument to the Gdynia Scouts who died fighting against the Nazi invaders between 1939 and 1945. Malgorzata with Barbara and a woman on the seafront. A panoramic view of a residential area. A photo taken during a car journey. Malgorzata eating a banana in the back seat. Gdańsk. Monument to the defenders of the coast on the Westerplatte peninsula. A ruined building. A commemorative T-34 tank, with tourists nearby. The tower of St Mary’s Basilica. The clock tower of the Town Hall. The Artus Court and the Neptune Fountain on Long Market. St Mary’s Basilica. Malgorzata, a woman, and Stanislav out for a walk. The monument to Jan III Sobieski. The Golden Gate. Passers-by with a dog. Inside the church. A sculpture of the Sorrowful Christ in memory of the priests who died in the Second World War between 1939 and 1943. Malgorzata and Barbara at the seaside. Stanislav and Malgorzata swimming. Barbara, a woman and Malgorzata, later joined by Stanislav, on a walk through the woods. Cityscapes. Malgorzata takes Barbara’s curlers out. Sopot. Malgorzata, Barbara and a woman on the pier. Stanislav walks along the pier towards the camera. Malbork. Marienburg Castle.
5) 00:26:40 – 00:33:09 — Handmade title ‘Warsaw’ (translated from Polish). Warsaw’s ‘Nika’ (monument to the heroes of Warsaw). The Malachowski Palace. The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum. Works by a street artist depicting Warsaw’s landmarks. The Old Town Market Square. Reconstruction of the Royal Castle. Malgorzata with a girl on a bench near an ice-cream stall. A model of the Old Town. Statue of the Polish King Sigismund III Vasa atop the Sigismund Column. Monument to Prince Józef Poniatowski. The University of Warsaw building. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Honour Guard. Staszic Palace. The Palmyra Fountains. The Potocki Mausoleum. Wilanów Palace. Restorers working on sculptures. Footage of the city taken from a moving car. Handmade title ‘The End’ (translated from Polish). - Language:
- Polish
- Tags:
- travel, landmark, sea, car, monument, zoo, beach, banana, family, castle, city, statue, memorial
