Major Family Archive

collection Major Family Archive
authors Lech Szumigaj
starring Urszula Pokrzykowska; Balbina Maliszewska; Jerzy Maliszewski; Zenon Skierka; Anna Szumigaj; Alicja Szumigaj; Elżbieta Szumigaj; Lech Szumigaj; Bartłomiej Szumigaj; Andrzej Śliwiński; Lidia Walczak; Rafał Walczak; Witold Walczak
length 0:13:43
country Polska
locations Zakopane, Poland  Sępólno Krajeńskie, Poland  Nidzica, Poland  Gubałówka, Poland  Włosienica, Poland 
format S8 mm
color barwny
signature PAFD 0028 007
description

The author of the film is Bogdan Major (born in 1945), who, after graduating from the Faculty of Electronics at the Warsaw University of Technology, worked professionally as an electronics engineer in semiconductor technology in Toruń. From an early age he was interested in photography, and during his studies he was involved with the “Stodoła” Film Production Club, the “Kwant” Film Discussion Club, student radio broadcasters and, together with his wife Maria, the Literary Section of Radio Maryja. Bogdan bought his first camera after university to document family and social life. Maria’s brother-in-law Lech Szumigaj is also the author of some of the films or parts of them.

Part 1 

Film shot by Lech Szumigaj during a trip to Podhale and the Tatra Mountains. The family walks in the mountains together with their friends Urszula Pokrzykowska and Balbina and Jurek Maliszewski. The trip participants visit Morskie Oko, Włosienica, the historic church in Dębno and the castle in Nidzica. Lech and Elżbieta’s son, Bartek, waves to the camera while standing under the Kasprowy Wierch cable car route. At Krupówki Street, the family looks at souvenir stalls, then everyone relaxes in a meadow at Gubałówka. 

Part 2 

Shots of the procession during the peregrination of the image of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Sępólno Krajeńskie. Bartek Szumigaj is one of the boys in vestments, Bishop Andrzej Śliwiński and Father Zenon Skierka are also visible. The procession with the painting reaches St Bartholomew’s Church, where Bogdan Major married Maria Walczak in 1968.

Part 3 

Witold and Lidia Walczak with their son Rafał (Bogdan and Maria’s godson), Ola and cousin Alicja Szumigaj spend time at the town beach on Lake Sępólno. A man spins the children on a merry-go-round. Shots of ducks in the reeds near the bridge on the Sępolenka River on their way to the city park. On reaching the site, children swing on the swings under the guidance of Ela Szumigaj. 

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keywords picture of Our Lady of Częstochowa  family  family life  religious life  mountain trail  souvenirs  mountains  trip  cable car  summer  city beach  park  walk  tourism  merry-go-round  swings  child  childhood  fun 
source of funding Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego