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. 

Filming of “Oleksa Dovbush” and other newsreels: 1959

Lviv Television, 1959. 

In the video: a platform; the “Odessa–Lviv” train arrives; artists from the Kharkiv Musical Comedy Theater are greeted; an orchestra plays; people welcome them with flowers; the artists exit the cars and chat on the platform; a new trolleybus line, route number 4 departing from the center (Mickiewicz Square), passengers, a conductor selling tickets, a driver, the trolleybus traveling along the route, arriving at the terminal; children in national costumes and holding flowers greet Italian pioneers; guests climb the stairs; men give speeches among the crowd; people chat; groups perform; the audience applauds; a boy plays the piano; Polish pioneers in Bryukhovychi, children on the camp grounds, greeting each other, sitting on the grass and singing, a boy playing the accordion, children looking at a book; views of Lviv, the Lenin monument, Freedom Avenue; train station, a train arrives, people board a bus, many buses in the square, passengers, city guests on a tour; young Vietnamese people in Lviv, meeting at the train station, boarding buses, driving away; construction of the “Ukraine” stadium, many people on the field, digging, machinery at work; Adam Mickiewicz monument, various shots; trolleybus stop; trolleybus driver reports a breakdown to the dispatcher by phone, dispatcher calls the repair service; repair crew responds to the call.

Note: The “Ukraine” Stadium in Lviv was opened on August 18, 1963. The first match was held on that same day. “Karpaty” played against Vilnius's “Žalgiris.” The stadium was built over three years through a community-driven construction effort—each major enterprise in Lviv was responsible for its own section of the project. The construction was overseen by the third secretary of the city party committee, Volodymyr Mazur, who personally performed some of the manual labor on the site. The stadium’s architects were Yaroslav Nazarkevych, Larysa Skoryk, Yaroslav Porokhnavets, and Volodymyr Blyusyuk.

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

The Construction of the Ukraine Stadium and Other Chronicles: 1959

Lviv Television, 1959. 

In the video: production and exhibition of blown glass items in Lviv, examples of products: chandeliers, bottles, glasses, vases, souvenirs, workers blowing glass; the Second Plenum of Ukrainian Writers, plenum participants, speakers’ addresses, Soviet symbols, audience members in the hall, conversations in the lobby; takeoff of an AN-10 aircraft from Lviv Airport in November 1959 and arrival at Moscow Airport, AN-10 at the airport, passengers approaching the boarding ramp, view from the window, flight attendant serving coffee, pilot, passengers in the cabin; the historical program “Chronicle of My Hometown”—a historical program featuring views of Lviv, Freedom Avenue, Market Square, Korniakt Tower, and the Dominican Cathedral.

Note: The AN-10 is an airliner designed under the leadership of Oleg Antonov; since the start of its operation, it has been involved in multiple plane crashes. The first loss of an AN-10 since it entered service occurred in November 1959 on the outskirts of Lviv.

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

The “Lviv–Moscow” Flight and Other Chronicles: 1959. 

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1981.

The TV film "Weapons Museum" is dedicated to the museum exposition of the Arsenal Museum at the Lviv Historical Museum.

On the video: views of Lviv, trams, Ruska Street, tram stop; Arsenal Museum, poster, museum exposition, weapons, armor, awards, paintings depicting battle scenes.

Reference: The City Arsenal in Lviv is a monument of Renaissance defensive architecture of the 16th century, which currently houses the Arsenal Museum of Weapons as a department of the Lviv Historical Museum. The museum's funds include collections of cold and firearms, protective equipment and military armor from different regions of Europe and the world from the Middle Ages to modern times.

Arsenal Museum in Lviv, 1981

Lviv Television, 1959. The video shows: stained-glass artisans at work, grinding machines, finished products: goblets, glasses, candy dishes; a bus factory, machines, the production of parts and screws, a factory worker giving an interview; a poster, the State Museum of Ukrainian Art (now the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum), a sculpture exhibition; the diversion of the Bug River, a dam, workers operating heavy machinery; Lenin Collective Farm, farm, cows and pigs, men gathering hay, milkmaids, store; medical office, school, music club, boys and girls playing chess, library.

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

The Bus Factory and Other Chronicles: 1959

Lviv Television, 1959. 

In the video: Khodoriv, sugar factory, propaganda poster, factory premises, production facilities, sugar beet grinding, workers at work, factory management, workers giving interviews, various stages of production, performance by a creative troupe, dancing in traditional costumes, sugar packaging; construction site, men cutting wood at workbenches; farm, pigs; Lviv, city streets, a man leaves a house and walks down the street, enters the Institute of Physical Culture; excerpt from the film “Three Generations” (source unknown); school, children at their desks, distinguished teacher Ornavska, a girl shows the teacher a poster reading “To My Dear Mom on March 8,” the teacher reviews the children’s artwork, children sign cards and prepare gifts for March 8.

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

Links to other chronicles: 1959

Lviv, 1958. The film opens with a clip, likely from *The Old Cook*, though this is not known for certain. 

Essays on the history of Lviv, commissioned by the Lviv Television Studio. The screenplay was written by S.M. Sokolov, a member of the Union of Architects of the USSR. Cinematographer: V.V. Pogorily. In the video: city maps; St. Andrew’s Church on Soborna Square; the State Archives of the Lviv Region; the Korniakt Tower; the Boim Chapel; Latin Cathedral; City Hall, lions at the entrance; Rynok Square, fountains, sculptures, bas-reliefs.

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

Essays on Lviv and Other Chronicles: 1958

Lviv Television, 1959. 

In the video: a pharmaceutical plant, conveyor belts carrying pills; a couple with a child on a balcony, a family gathering in a room, a woman cooking in the kitchen; girls in the library; female workers at the pharmaceutical plant walking down the stairs; a garden, female workers sitting in the garden; girls in the library, bookshelves; the opera house, Freedom Avenue, a fountain, people feeding pigeons, dancing in the park; men in uniform; the arrival of Soviet statesman and political figure Anastas Mikoyan at the Stalin Collective Farm, Mikoyan speaking from the podium, Pioneers and adults with flowers; an airfield, men greeting Mikoyan upon his arrival, he gets into a convertible and drives off; the opera house, Mikoyan on stage; Boarding School No. 1; workshop, children learning carpentry, girls learning sewing; Lviv Auto Trust, boys repairing cars; school farm; Shoe Factory No. 3, production, staff meeting.

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

Lviv region