Matugowie Family Archive

collection Matugowie Family Archive
authors Franciszek Matug
length 03'12
country Poland
format 8 mm
color black and white; color
signature PAFD 0030 006
description

The author of the films is Franciszek Matug, born in 1926 in Zalasowa (Lesser Poland Voivodeship). A son of Maria and Błażej. He came from a peasant family. During the war, he fought in the Home Army units and Peasant Battalions. Immediately after the end of the war, he came to Niedomice (Lesser Poland Voivodeship) to work on the construction of the Cellulose Plant, where he met his future wife, Maria Sikora. In the 60s, he became a chemical engineer. In later years, he worked at the “Galwa” Haberdashery Products Plant in Tarnów. He died in a car accident in 1982.

Shots from outside the Gniezno Metropolitan Cathedral (The Primatial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gniezno). We can see a group of people who enter the basilica. A close-up of the turn signals: detour, Bydgoszcz, a motorcyclist passes behind the turn signal. A priest talking to a girl who sits in front of the basilica. A view of the towers of the basilica. Shots of Gniezno from above. Fresco commemorating the baptism of Poland. Illegible information board. Interior of the church. A work trip from Niedomice Cellulose Plant. We can see a group of travellers by the bus parked next to the road.

(PB)

keywords Poland  Gniezno  Metropolitan Cathedral  Primatial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gniezno  priest  baptism of Poland  trip  work trip  coach  travellers  Niedomice Cellulose Plant 
source of funding Ministry of Culture and National Heritage