Poetry Day and Other Chronicles: 1961

Lviv Television, 1961.

In the video: the train station in Lviv, a delegation, a podium on the platform, a tour, arrival at the airport, the guests’ departure; “The Gas Pipeline Goes to Rivne” — construction of the gas pipeline; Pidvalna Street, trams, pedestrians; the editorial offices of the magazine ‘Zhovten’ and the newspapers “Vilna Ukraina” and “Lvivska Pravda”; the Museum of Ukrainian Art; Poetry Day in Lviv, city center, book fair, speeches by Poetry Day participants; a new workshop, machines for processing large metal parts, workers at work; a cornfield, corn farmer Tekla Kalish, harvesting equipment, collective farm women.

Contains Soviet symbols and propaganda.

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