Morzyszek Family Archive

collection Morzyszek Family Archive
authors Paweł Morzyszek
length 08'25
country Poland
locations Karpacz, Poland  Włodzimierzów, Poland 
year 1974
format 8 mm
color black and white
signature PAFD 0047 020
description

This collection of films was recorded by a married couple, Paweł and Joanna Morzyszek. Amateur films shot on 8 mm and Super 8 film reels document family life: celebrations, holidays, vacations, and travels. The archive covers materials from a 20-year period, from 1968 to 1988, which allow us to follow the growing up of Paweł and Joanna’s children – Ewa and Tomek – and their granddaughters – Agata and Anna.

The film was shot in 1973.
Part 1
The camera captures Labor Day celebrations. People in formal attire march down the street. Some of them carry banners, placards, and Polish flags.
Part 2
The Morzyszek family is tidying up their plot. Paweł, Ewa, and Tomek are sawing small trees. The felled trunks are gathered in one place, stripped of branches, and then debarked. Joanna shows mushrooms she found to the two teenagers.
Part 3
A visit to Zakopane. The Morzyszek family spends time outdoors – viewing a stream and waterfall, walking in the forest. They visit the Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Jaszczurówka.
Part 4
Brief shots from Mount Śnieżka. The High-Mountain Meteorological Observatory is visible in one of them.

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keywords Labor Day, May 1st, plot of land, work, mushrooms, waterfall, walk, forest, church, mountains 
source of funding Polish Film Institute