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Title: RELIGIOUS CEREMONY

Reference number: 6882

Date: 1967, June 11

Director: [filmed by Dr. M Latyszewski]

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 4.10 minsc

Description: A Ukrainian religious ceremony taking place in the open air at Craiglockhart in Edinburgh, attended by children and adults in the uniform of the Ukrainian Youth (CYM). Possibly a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the UPA [Ukrainian Insurgent Army] in 1942.

Shotlist: [Shotlisted from time-coded VHS copy at 18fps]

exts. Ukrainian religious ceremony held at Craiglockhart, conducted by Fr. Matyszak, of the people gathered, a number are in the uniform of the Ukrainian Youth (0.48) brief ms interior of building containing altar, open to the elements; ms group of children in Ukrainian Youth uniforms; adults in uniform (1.05) further views of ceremony and worshippers (2.30) Children in uniform receive Communion, followed by the rest of the congregation (3.18) Fr. Matszyk addresses the crowd, dressed in blue and gold robes (3.29) a blue flag bearing the trezub [trident symbol, CYM crest?] on one side and an angel on the other is raised (3.52) two uniformed men address the gathering; c/u flag (4.10)