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  1. Industry in Poland, mining in Upper Silesia

    LS of a zinc mine/refinery, labeled in Julien Bryan's original notes as "Catowicz, Silesia - Giesche Zinc Mine." MS, workers in uniform, wearing caps, masks around their necks, on break outside the refinery. VS of the mine and refinery, the machinery in operation inside the refinery: ovens, molten metals, the workers stoking the furnaces, etc. VS, of women sorting pieces of zinc on a conveyor belt before processing. Good shots of quick, nimble fingers at work, several CUs of their hands.

  2. Farming in central Poland

    MLS, a farming family in the field, in the BG a Gothic looking church. The peasant women turns and takes a break from gathering to look at the camera. A man in traditional Polish costume herds cows in the pasture. Older man using oxen to run a grain threshing machine. Quick cut to the village people in church (ends abruptly).

  3. Mining in Upper Silesia

    CU of molten zinc ore and metal engraving blocks. Scenes inside the zinc refinery in Katowice, the largest industrial town of Upper Silesia, Poland. CUs of men putting materials into the furnaces. Cut back to the countryside.

  4. One-room schoolhouse in central Poland

    LS of young schoolgirls and boys in traditional Central Polish costume walking in an orderly fashion along a dirt road. They walk toward the camera, a hen follows. Blonde girl with long braids in a classroom draws intently. A girl runs on the playground, her head covered with a scarf. LS, brick schoolhouse in the BG. Young boys and girls exit the building to play. Boy on a bicycle in Lowicz. INTof male instructor pointing to Polish letters on a blackboard. An icon image of the Madonna and Child hangs above the board. Two boys recite the letters along with the teacher at the blackboard. Girl...

  5. Staged (comic) sequence in a central Polish village

    Man in a furry bear costume, feigning an attack on a young peasant girl walking along the road, repeated from earlier in this reel.

  6. Farming in central Poland

    Man herds cows, man herds sheep, a woman helps. MS of a young boy and girl in traditional dress, posing in the field, each holds a stick used for herding the animals. They smile shyly for the camera. Other children play in the field, run down a hillside. MCU of the couple. Cut to a country road, man drives a horse drawn carriage loaded with hay; a woman walks along the road. Several shots of the road, a lake, and thatched roof house.

  7. Catholic church service in central Poland

    Undercranked shots (action sped up) inside a Catholic church for services. The church is full with men, women and children. The priest performs the mass facing the altar and the sacristy with his back to the churchgoers. VS of communion, Overhead shot from the pulpit of the congregation.The priest speaks from the pulpit.

  8. Polish Army parade in Warsaw

    EXT, overhead of dozens of horses and horsedrawn wagons on a main street in Warsaw, lined with people on both sides. CU, rear view of soldiers in the Polish Mountain Regiment marching in formation. They wear rounded helmets with large brims and carry rifles with bayonets. They wear capes. A motorcade of motorcycles with side cars makes its way down the street, followed by soldiers marching in formation. Army trucks carry soldiers wearing backpacks.

  9. Wawel Castle, Krakow

    EXT, Krakow's Wawel castle. Pan up the building toward clock tower. Architectural detail, CU from under an archway, partial view of a dome. VS, from inside the same building's courtyard. Group of young women dressed in long top coats, hats, scarves, berets walk along road; the gate is now visible in the BG. Their coats have an insignia on the arm, and the women carry leather satchels.Two men accompany them.

  10. Warsaw park and schoolboys

    EXT, LS, in a park in Warsaw. Man in Polish uniform or police walks along the street with a woman in contemporary dress. Woman with a young child and carriage. CU, a group of small boys walk along the street wearing caps with a shiny insignia and the number "21" on them. Some smile, others look at the camera as they pass through the frame.

  11. Church and schoolyard in central Poland

    EXT, low angle shot of castle tower. Women in traditional dress walk along a country road. Young girls play ball in an open courtyard. LS of the countryside, river reflecting the trees and winding along calmly. Church spires visible far off in the distance. Cut to young girls playing ball in the courtyard. Townspeople exiting (a church?). Quick shot of men and women, then of the street and a horse drawn cart passing by. The brick schoolhouse and the teacher looking at the girls' work. CU, women entering a courtyard through iron gates, coming from the street.

  12. Going to church in central Poland

    In Lowicz, a young, attractive Polish peasant women is putting on her costume, she wears several layers of skirts, a cropped jacket, and long braids. In the BG a large thatched-roof building is visible. Older peasant woman, who stops while walking along a road to kiss a tree, she then continues on. Quick shot of two women entering a church, dipping their fingers in holy water before entering. CU of older peasant man atop a carriage, the women are piling on their belongings. Young girls, women and men entering the church in traditional costume. One women is dressed in contemporary, Western-s...

  13. Scenes from the port city of Gdynia

    LS, EXT, a freight yard as materials are taken off trains, piled in the yard. Workmen move lumber, in the northern port city of Gdynia which is Poland's main port city on the Baltic Sea.

  14. Polish Army parade in Warsaw

    Short clip of a large military procession of Polish troops, including cannons, horses, etc. down a main street in Warsaw.

  15. Scenes from the port city of Gdynia

    Workmen hauling lumber around a lumber yard. Furniture, bundles of wooden café style chairs loaded into crates. A women in a fur coat counts some packages or bundles on the ground. Man in uniform observes them. Crane with the bundle of chairs. Back to the lumberyard, several workmen moving and hauling wood around the yard. Crane comes down from the deck of a ship.

  16. Folk dancing in southern Poland

    Folk dancers in Zakopane, the southern Polish region near the Carpathian/Tatras mountain ranges. They dance in a circle around a cross. VS dancing. Several shots are in slow motion. 01:13:54 Quick shot of three male dancers playing with their hats and horsing around, taking a break from dancing. Sequence of folk dancing continues, the camera captures the dancers at various angles.

  17. Farming village in central Poland

    Repeat of quick shot of an older peasant woman handing her bundles to a man who puts them on a horse drawn carriage. Quick CU of a man in profile, cut to two girls and their mother in peasant dress. The girls pose alone for the camera. Two elderly ladies talking, MCU in profile. Large wooden cross framed by a window, shot from INT to EXT. Back to peasant women, one helps the other adjust her skirt waist. ECU of elderly women with headscarf. Several women gathered together on the road, closeups. CU man in traditional hat, the elderly woman and man with a horse. MLS, four women in traditional...

  18. Farming and schoolyard in central Poland

    In the fields of central Poland, CU of woman harvesting crops. Then a quick succession of shots seen earlier: two girls in traditional folk dress who do not want to be photographed without their mother, girls playing dodge ball in the school yard.

  19. Preparing for church in central Poland

    Procession with banners into a church in Lowicz. Quick succession of shots seen earlier: women talking on the street, young girls posing without their mother (more here as their mother steps out of the frame), the girls continue, sheepishly to walk toward the camera, they hold each others hands, the younger sister looks back at her mother rather than at the camera. Cut to other women walking along a dirt road, a horse drawn carriage passing by, then the camera returns to the two little sisters. The younger girl, looking terrified, poses holding her sister's hand, CU, glimpse of the young gi...

  20. Krakow street scenes; children; shops

    In Krakow, MCU young boys with caps with the number "21" walking in unison and looking at the camera. Girls in berets and matching coats with fur collars walk along the street by a castle-like building. Most of the girls have their backs to the camera. Some boys in the group also wear berets. Shop windows, no sign is visible in its entirety. LS, more of the schoolchildren on their outing. MCU, three people looking in the window of a bookstore. The people linger before going inside.