State enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1990.

The documentary film "The Bird of the Ukrainian Nativity Scene" is dedicated to puppetry and the "living" traditions of folk Ukrainian nativity scenes for the holiday of Christmas.

On the video: demonstration of one of the oldest puppet nativity scenes; traditions of nativity scenes in Lviv region, action, singing in houses, performance on stage.

The film starred Volodymyr Shagala, Yevheniya Skyhar and other residents of the Sambir and Starosambir districts of Lviv region.

Director — Serhiy Dudka.

Folk nativity scene in Lviv region

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm" and Ukrainian Studio of Chronicle and Documentary Films, 1992.

Documentary film "Armenian Church" from the series "Peoples of Ukraine". In russian.

On the video: footage of Lviv, the territory of the Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a service in the cathedral, the funeral of Ivan Svitlytny, a memorial service.

Comments: Head of the Ukrainian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archimandrite Father Nathan; Deacon of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Father Orest; Head of the Lviv Armenian Cultural Society Vira Vartanova; former political prisoners Henryk Altunyan, Semen Gluzman and Yevhen Sverstyuk.

Armenian Church in Lviv

Lviv Television, 1972. TV film “Songs Over Lviv.”

Songs featured: “My Komsomol,” “Lviv Streets,” “Flowers Speak,” “Ukrainian Lyrical” (dance), “Dewdrop,” “Song of Verkhovyna,” “Fairy Tale,” “Lviv Polka” (dance), “Carpathians” (songs about the ‘Carpathians’ football club, created specifically for this film), “Song of the Students,” “Song About Lviv.”

The film was directed by Oleksandr Herynovych, with Taras Brykaylo serving as director.  

“Songs Over Lviv”: a TV movie

September 15, 2006, Lviv.

The plot is dedicated to a walk with the most famous tour guides of Lviv, Petro and Ivan Radkovets.

In the video: excursion, young people explore the city; museum exposition of the dungeon, tour guides talk about their clothing style; tour group on the street; tourists near the church.

Commentary by Lviv tour guides Petro and Ivan Radkovets.

The following worked on the release: Olga Krupnyk, Anatoliy Kyrychuk.

Excursion of Petro and Ivan Radkovets

May 23, 2006, Lviv.

The video shows the bringing of the crayfish with the relics of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara to the 1700th anniversary of her martyrdom. The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin, a procession of relics with banners, a raka with relics, a church service. Commentary by Sozon Dobych.

The relics of St. Barbara in Lviv

July 27, 2003, Lviv.

The plot is dedicated to the payment of taxes by Lviv residents.

In the video: Lviv, various plans of the city, a certificate on the payment of taxes by Ukrainians; Lviv State Tax Administration, various plans; creation of a structure for the protection of taxpayers, problems of smuggling; opening of a reception committee.

Comments: Head of the State Tax Administration in Lviv region Serhiy Medvedchuk; Head of the Advisory Coordination Committee under the Head of the State Tax Administration of Lviv region Oleksandr Maksymchuk; Head of the Board of Lviv Brewery OJSC Volodymyr Pecher.

Journalist — Oleh Mashchenko.

How Lviv residents pay taxes

Lviv, 2010.

In the video: ethnographic park "Shevchenkovskyi gai", park workers are cleaning up fallen leaves, repair work on the park territory; exhibition of the open-air museum park, old buildings, visitors are looking at the park territory; excursion, various plans.

Open-air museum park "Shevchenkovskyi gai"

May 30, 2008, Lviv.

In the video: Market Square, open cafe with tables, different plans; newspaper kiosks on Svobody Avenue, selling bread; entrance to the cafe, various MAFs in the center of Lviv; dry toilet.

Market Square, 2008

Late 1980s - early 1990s, Lviv Television.

Video about the branded stores of the "Svitoch" confectionery factory in Lviv. Products on the shelves, prices, sellers weighing and selling goods, queues for sweets, the "Lakomka" branded store, a blitz poll of customers, the "Pani Iryna" hairdressing salon, a catering establishment, lunch in the "Svitoch" dining room, an assortment of dishes.

Comments: Deputy Commercial Director of the "Svitoch" company Lidia Tavpash on the need to open branded stores in different parts of the city; Director of the "Lakomka" store Zhanna Ponomarenko on production relations with the "Svitoch" company; Manager of the confectionery salon about services; Director of one of the "Svitoch" branded stores Dariya Kobyletska on social protection of the company's employees.

Svitoch branded stores in Lviv

September 11, 2007, Lviv.

The plot is dedicated to the funeral of the commander-in-chief of the UPA Vasyl Kuk.

In the video: a portrait of Vasyl Kuk, a prayer service in the Cathedral of St. George, UPA veterans present; comments from the insurgents about the figure of Vasyl Kuk; a commemorative procession, carrying the coffin.

Comments: cadet of the Lviv Military Lyceum named after Heroes Krut Denys Shklyaruk; head of the Lviv Brotherhood of UPA Soldiers Oles Humenyuk; son of Vasyl Kuk Yuriy Kuk; niece of Vasyl Kuk Olga Prystupa.

The following worked on the release: Olga Krupnyk, Anatoliy Kyrychuk.

Reference: Vasyl Kuk is a Ukrainian military figure, one of the leaders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in 1950–1954 after the death of Roman Shukhevych. He held the rank of General-Coroner and headed the General Secretariat of the Ukrainian Main Liberation Council. In 1954 he was arrested by the Soviet state security agencies and was imprisoned until 1960.

Vasyl Kuk's Funeral

February 21, 2015, Lviv.

A report about volunteers clearing a bomb shelter. Removing garbage and trash from the basement. Comments: organizer, volunteer Yuriy Shyvaga; foreman of the municipal enterprise "Stary Lev" Yulia Valigura; volunteer Dmytro Korolyak.

Lviv residents clearing a shelter, 2015

Lviv Television, 1959. 

In the video: flax harvesting, women in the field, flax processing equipment, collective farm, bundles of flax fiber, flax processing equipment, flags, a truck with a portrait of Nikita Khrushchev and the inscription “We will deliver the fiber to the state by November 1”; Mine No. 2 “Novovolynska,” workers, a poster on the door, the presidium, mine management, people applauding, musicians playing the accordion, a performance by an artistic group, a play, women in dresses with flowers, miners with flowers, coal transport; an electric lamp factory, stages of production, the basics of cathode ray tubes; Lviv, filming of the movie “Oleksa Dovbush,” actors in makeup and costumes, film crew, city streets; sports competition at a swimming pool, judges evaluating the diving of young swimmers, people in the stands, awarding of winners. 

We are digitizing and publishing this video as part of a collaboration between Suspilne and the State Archives of Lviv Oblast. 