Buda Family Archive

collection Buda Family Archive
authors Jacek Buda; Marek Buda
starring Jolanta Banasiak; Maciej Banasiak; Waldemar Banasiak; Anna Buda; Irmina Buda; Katarzyna Buda; Marek Buda; Paweł Buda; Piotr Buda; Romana Buda; Zygmunt Buda; Elżbieta Staszewska; Franciszek Staszewski
length 0:31:08
country Poland
locations Krynica Morska, Poland  Warsaw, Poland  Królikarnia, Warsaw, Poland 
format 8 mm
color black and white; color
signature PAFD 0037 039
description

Zygmunt Buda was born in Poznań in 1924 and was interested in photography since his childhood. From 1941, he worked in the Poznań photographic company Foto-Stewner, founded by Ernest Stewner. After the end of the war, he worked as a photographer in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, from which, in the 50s, he was dismissed for political incorrectness. From the 60s, he worked in the Film Services Department at the corner of Marszałkowska and Krucza streets in Warsaw. Zygmunt recorded films with a business camera with a 16-millimeter tape and a private SANYO camera with an 8-millimeter tape, which he received as a gift from a family living in the USA. His sons, Jacek and Marek, as well as the next generations of the Buda family, also became enthusiasts of filming family life.
Part 1
July 18, 1985. Jacek and Irmina’s son (Piotrek) plays with Maciek Banasiak (a child of Irmina’s cousin) in the garden of his maternal grandparents in Warsaw’s Groty housing estate. The boy looks at two dogs, Baster and Bari. Franciszek watches his grandson from the stairs, and grandma Elżbieta offers fruit to the boys. Piotrek and Maciek play in the garden under the watchful eye of their parents – Irmina, Jolanta and Waldemar Banasiak. 
Part 2 
August 31, 1985. An account of the holiday trip to Krynica Morska filmed by Marek Buda. Jacek feeds Piotrek on a beach blanket. Marek’s children (Ania and Paweł) play with Piotrek on the beach. Jacek spots his son who swims in an inflatable pontoon. Grandma Kasia plays with Piotrek and Paweł on the shore, and grandpa Zygmunt takes care of Ania, who is in a children’s pontoon. 
Part 3
September 29, 1985. Irmina entertains Piotrek while he eats, showing him various household trinkets. After dinner, the mother bathes her son in the bathtub. Before going to bed, the boy plays with a helicopter and a teddy bear. 
Part 4
October 12, 1985. Grandpa Zygmunt with Piotrek, in a stroller, walks along Puławska Street towards Królikarnia, where the boy collects colorful leaves and plays with a toy truck. During his visit to Marek and Romana, Piotrek plays with toys with Ania and Paweł.
Part 5 
November 28, 1985. Piotrek plays with a ball and cars in the apartment, and later lies in bed with his mother and his teddy bear. 
Part 6
December 24, 1985. The whole family spends Christmas Eve at Katarzyna and Zygmunt’s in their apartment at Puławska Street. Santa Claus gives gifts to children. 

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keywords summer  holiday  sea  beach  sand  fun  pontoon  garden  walk  stroller  autumn  toy  ball  teddy bear  car  winter  Christmas  Santa Claus  gifts  child  childhood  free time  family time  family  
source of funding Polish Film Institute