Bełżeccy Family Archive

collection Bełżeccy Family Archive
authors Zbigniew Bełżecki
starring Zbigniew Bełżecki
length 0:20:50
country Poland; Italy
locations Capri, Italy  Cracow, Poland  Rome, Italy  Palermo, Sicily, Italy 
year 1978
format 8 mm
color color
signature PAFD 0006 016
description

Zbigniew Bełżecki (1914–2009) worked by day as a chemist in the research department of the Cracow Pharmaceutical Plant “Polfa”. His film archive consists of records of trips with his wife Jadwiga and daughter Marzena, as well as motorcycle trips around Europe. 

The trips were always preceded by long preparations, and after their completion Zbigniew wrote down the recorded audio diaries and created books from them on his own. He was also passionate about nature and photography. 

The first part of an account of a visit to Rome and Paris in 1978. (The second video from the trip is the next material in the collection – PAFD_0006_017). Zbigniew waves at the camera and presents a jacket with the inscription “From Krakow to Rome and Paris”. Shots of a collage of postcards and a drawing of the travel route. On the flight to Rome, Zbigniew records the landscapes visible below. Once there, the man visits the most famous sights including the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. Zbigniew poses for the camera at a fountain in Latina and walks around the harbour. The next point on the route is Palermo in Sicily. Shots of scenes from the daily life of the city’s inhabitants. A group of teenagers is fooling around aboard the ferry to Capri. Zbigniew walks around the rocky island, hangs out in the town, views the volcano and the grotto. Shots of the sea and the rocky coastline.

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keywords journey  excursion  sightseeing  sights  postcards  sea  ferry  ship  port  volcano  grotto  plane  city 
source of funding Polish Film Institute