This film documents the 50th anniversary of Bradford Ukrainian School. It was made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS) and is credited to them. The film is a compilation comprising extracts from films made by UVAS between 1983 and 2003, showing views of the school and events in the school calendar such as Mother’s Day, Christmas, Ukrainian Independence (1991) and the 30th anniversary of the school. It is in colour with sound. The language of the film is predominantly Ukrainian...

This film documents the 50th anniversary of Bradford Ukrainian School. It was made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS) and is credited to them. The film is a compilation comprising extracts from films made by UVAS between 1983 and 2003, showing views of the school and events in the school calendar such as Mother’s Day, Christmas, Ukrainian Independence (1991) and the 30th anniversary of the school. It is in colour with sound. The language of the film is predominantly Ukrainian with occasional English. The sections of the film are separated by stills indicating the year the extracts were made. The film begins with stills of the UVAS logo and stills relating to the 50th anniversary, followed by a date screen which reads 1983. It shows the building site at Westfield on Legrams Lane and moving day at Claremont, Great Horton Road. This section ends at 18 mins 57 secs. The next section starts at 18 mins 58 secs and is the 30th school anniversary (1953-1983). The film begins in black and white and shows the hall at the new Westfield site which is set out for a dinner dance. People are seated at the tables enjoying a meal. This section ends at 20 mins 56 secs. The section for 1984 starts at 20 mins 57 secs and begins with similar scenes of people seated in the hall at the Westfield site enjoying a meal. The stage is decorated with a Christmas tree so this suggests this is the community Christmas meal held in January for Ukrainian Christmas. The diners are first, second and third generation Ukrainians and they are eating borscht with bread. The camera moves to the kitchen to show the work going on to provide the food before switching back to the hall, capturing footage of a small group of little girls dressed in embroidered blouses (vyshyvanky) who are playing games. This section ends at 25 mins 38 secs. There are no extracts for 1985 so the 1986 section starts at 25 mins 39 secs. It shows a group of third generation boys and girls dressed in vyshyvanky standing on stage singing in front of a backdrop which reads Mother's Day (Svyato Materi) in Ukrainian. This section ends at 26 mins 14 secs. This is followed by extracts from 1988 which start at 26 mins 15 secs and shows the community Christmas meal. Diners are standing at tables in the hall at Westfield which is adorned with Christmas decorations, and Father Matychak gives a blessing before they are all seated. The scene then switches to a group of third generation children on stage wearing vyshyvanky, possibly singing a Christmas carol. The back drop to the stage reads Happy New Year in Ukrainian). The next scene shows all the children on stage with Father Matychak, followed by a small group of third generation boys and girls performing Christmas carols and poems. This section ends at 32 mins 36 secs. The next section starts at 32 mins 37 secs and is labelled 1991. It shows the children of Bradford Ukrainian School, who are all third generation, in the school hall. There is no sound but they are singing UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) songs ahead of releasing balloons to celebrate Ukrainian independence. This section ends at 40 mins 44 secs. This is followed by extracts from 1993 which start at 40 mins 45 secs with a still of the flier for the 40th anniversary of Bradford Ukrainian School. The film is date stamped 21.11.1993. It shows guests including Dr Roland Franko and the Lord Mayor of Bradford at the school, viewing an exhibition about its history and attending a celebratory concert. It also shows the celebratory cake which was made in the shape of a book and scenes from the concert. This section finishes at 46 mins 54 secs. The 1994 section starts at 46 mins 55 secs and is the community Christmas meal, beginning with the serving of holubsti and varenyky onto plates from a workstation in the corridor to the hall, which are then delivered to diners in the hall, and scenes of washing up in the kitchen. This is followed by a performance by the children from the stage in the hall. This section finishes at 52 mins 03 secs. The final section of the film starts at 52 mins 04 secs and is labelled 1995. It shows the children on stage singing a song accompanied on piano by Maria Danylczuk. The boys and younger children are dressed in vyshyvanky and the older girls are dressed in Hutzul costume. They are all holding roses and singing, then they all leave the stage to go into the audience to give the roses to their mothers and grandmothers. The next scene shows the children back on stage singing. An unidentified man makes a speech then the audience all stand to join in with the singing. The camera pans the audience. This section finished at 58 mins 22 secs.