Matugowie Family Archive

collection Matugowie Family Archive
authors Franciszek Matug
length 04'58
country Poland
format 8 mm
color color
signature PAFD 0030 008
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.

The film was made during First Communion of the daughter of Franciszek Matug’s friends in Zalas. Open-air shots. A group of people on a rural, dug up road. Women in dresses, with handbags in their hands approach the camera. Shot from behind. The women turn to the camera. The view of the surroundings, hills and fields. Women sit on the grass next to a large rock. The women walk along a road towards rural buildings. Scenes from outside the house. A girl stands on the stairs in a Communion dress. Walks around the neighborhood. Girls spinning around and next to a foal. Scenes from a family meeting in front of the house. A girl in a Communion dress. Women fool around in front of the camera. A family pose for a commemorative photograph, standing on the steps in front of the house. Then everyone goes down the stairs and goes towards the camera. A woman pats the foal. The family rides in a wooden carriage drawn by two horses.

(PB)

keywords Poland  Zalas  village  road  walk  rock  First Communion  girl  Communion dress  house  family  family photography  foal  carriage  horse  family party 
source of funding Ministry of Culture and National Heritage