National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2006.

Documentary film "They paid for independence with their lives" with interviews with former political prisoners, repressed people, fighters for the independence of Ukraine. They talk about the years of struggle on the way to an independent Ukrainian state: about the actions of the Soviet government against Ukrainians, the deportation of the Ukrainian people to Siberia, the cruel torture of the repressed in Stalin's camps and about the methods of struggle.

Contains fragments of documentary black-and-white newsreels.

Comments: public figure, dissident Viktor Kuksa; member of the OUNR and UPA Mykhailo Bun; researcher, poet, member of the All-Ukrainian Brotherhood of the OUN-UPA named after Roman Shukhevych Mykola Barbon; Ukrainian writer, linguist Oleksa Riznyk.

Soviet repressions "They paid for independence with their lives"

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2005.

Recording of the all-Ukrainian theatrical celebration of Cossack Glory in honor of the 410th anniversary of the birth of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky.

The video shows various dance and vocal performances.

Cossack Glory Festival "Hey, Fly Eagle!"

July 25, 1997, Kyiv.

A plot about the action “People of Ukraine paint Ukraine” dedicated to the Day of Kyiv. St. Sophia Square, canvases for painting, people painting a collective portrait of Ukraine, cans of paint, Ukrainian MP Vyacheslav Chornovil writing “Love, kindness...”, painted canvas, Chornovil kissing girls, stand-up journalists. Commentary by a participant of the action.

Action “People of Ukraine draw Ukraine”

September 11, 1996.

A plot about military exercises at a training ground. Medium-range complex “Palmyra”, control panel, calculations, missiles, tank exercises, training ground, Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Kuzmuk congratulates the soldiers. Comments from the military and Oleksandr Kuzmuk.

Military training ground

The audio includes a report from the TASS telegraph agency about the first space flight of Soviet cosmonauts, including Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961. 

There is also a report on the cosmonaut's health, the functioning of the Vostok spacecraft, and a message from April 14, 1963, about the launch of the Vostok 5 spacecraft, a satellite of the Earth, carried out by cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky. 

The message is read by Yurii Levitan. 

Announcement of the first space flight

Ukrainian Television Film Studio, 1982.

A series of TV films “Cosmonauts about Space” dedicated to Cosmonautics Day. Soviet cosmonauts talk about their experience: Volodymyr Kovalyonok about working with an international crew; Yuri Romanenko about the first cosmonauts and his own flight experience; Georgy Beregovyi about preparing for the flight and the difficulties that had to be overcome.

Contains personal photo archives of the film’s characters, fragments of space filming.

The film is dubbed in russian languages. Contains elements of propaganda.

TV film “Cosmonauts about Space”

June 23, 1999, Kyiv.

A plot about the meeting of the scientific, educational and informational organization of Ukraine - the Znannya Society, representatives of the Ukrainian Social Association and the Writers' Union of Ukraine on the topic of compliance by political parties with the electoral law regarding the presidential elections in Ukraine. Secretary of the Christian Democratic Party Mykhailo Skulenko was present. 

Meeting of the Znannya Society

February 17, 1996, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Kyiv.

The video shows the honoring of combatants in Afghanistan. The mothers of the fallen Afghan soldiers and former Afghan soldiers are holding photos of the dead, candles are burning, a priest is conducting a memorial service, food is on the table.

Prayer for Afghan soldiers

July 16, 1999, Kyiv.

A plot about preparations for the release of a new popular science and literary almanac “Historical Calendar”. Meeting between the editor-in-chief of the Historical Calendar Volodymyr Denysenko and the deputy director general of Dipservice Serhiy Hrabar, printing, printing presses, men looking through the Historical Calendar, religious books, awarding of awards, Ukrainian Theologian. Commentary by Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate.

“Historical Calendar”, 1999

April 9, 2009, Kyiv.

The video shows a service in St. Michael's Cathedral. Service, singing choir, painting of Jesus Christ, icons, priests, parishioners, altar, priest with censer, painting at the entrance to the cathedral, gates, clock.

Worship in St. Michael's Cathedral

August 20, 2004, Kyiv.

The video shows a rally of Dmytro Korchynsky's theocratic political party “Brotherhood” in support of aid to Transnistria. The action near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korchinsky drawing on the asphalt, representatives of the Brotherhood party with flags and party symbols, drawing a map of Transnistria on the asphalt, a representative of the rally against the support of Transnistria shouting into a loudspeaker, a verbal clash between both sides, disputes with the police. Commentary by public figure and head of the Brotherhood party Dmytro Korchynsky

Brotherhood's action in support of Transnistria

Ukrainian Television Film Studio, 1990.

The documentary film “There is no translation for the Cossack lineage” is dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Zaporizhian Sich and the holding of the Days of Cossack Glory in the village of Kapulivka, Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region.

On the video: Kakhovka reservoir — destroyed areas of Ukrainian history, a commemorative sign; Days of Cossack Glory, preparation for the holiday, people with Ukrainian flags, singing songs; young men in Cossack uniforms near the monument to Ivan Sirko, a solemn procession of several thousand people to the Kakhovka Sea; blitz polls, people talk about Ukraine, history, religion; commemoration at the Tomb of Cossack Glory; Khortytsia Island, prayer, people shout “Glory to Ukraine!”

Reference: The Kakhovka Reservoir, created in the 1950s, flooded the fertile lands of the Dnieper floodplains and the historical area of ​​Velikiy Lug, an ancient territory of the Cossack freemen. In June 2023, as a result of the dam being blown up by the Russian occupiers, the reservoir rapidly emptied, revealing flooded lands and remnants of the Cossack heritage, including part of the New Sich and the Pokrovsk Sich Church.