This film documents a part of a UK tour by the Metallist choir from Kyiv. It is a compilation with BBC footage of Metallist’s appearance at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod and footage filmed by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS) of their visit to Manchester. There is no credit to UVAS on the film. It is in colour with sound, although there is a slight flicking noise. The film begins with a clip from the BBC’s Llangollen 89 programme hosted by Sian Edwards and Brian...

This film documents a part of a UK tour by the Metallist choir from Kyiv. It is a compilation with BBC footage of Metallist’s appearance at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod and footage filmed by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS) of their visit to Manchester. There is no credit to UVAS on the film. It is in colour with sound, although there is a slight flicking noise. The film begins with a clip from the BBC’s Llangollen 89 programme hosted by Sian Edwards and Brian Kay. The clip shows Metallist's first prize award winning performance of Shedryk (Carol of the Bells). This section ends at 3 mins 23 secs. The next section starts at 3 mins 24 seconds and shows Metallist on their tour bus, arriving outside the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Manchester. The choir alight the bus and are greeted by the members of the congregation and the church choir (all of whom are first generation Ukrainian men), and Father Paul Luniw, the parish priest, before being led into the church and up into the choir stalls. The film records a full sung liturgy where the church choir leads the mass and Metallist sing the hymns during communion. At 1 hr 11 mins 24 secs, Father Luniw makes a speech thanking Metaliist and telling them about how Ukraine and Ukrainians are in the congregation's thoughts each and every day. Some members of the choir are visibly emotional. The film fades out at 1 hr 15 mins 25 secs as the mass draws to a close and starts again at 1 hr 15 mins 29 secs. The choir start to leave the choir stalls to go back down into the main part of the church to meet Father Luniw, who presents them all with a prayer book and an icon. Before going downstairs, one man shows the camera a t-shirt with the slogan Truth - Perestroika - Glasnost printed on it. One of the women from the choir presents Father Luniw with an LP. The choir members chat briefly with the priest before heading outside to mingle with the congregation and the priest. This section finishes at 1 hr 33 mins 28 secs. The next section is filmed at Manchester Ukrainian Cultural Centre and starts at 1 hr 33 mins 28 secs with the centre's logo. The choir walk into the club grounds from their tour bus which has parked outside, and are welcomed by representatives of Manchester AUGB including Bohdan Ratycz. They are taken upstairs for a tour of the Homin and Orlyk room, followed by a tour of the Alla Horska Museum of Folk Art hosted by Maria Karapata and Maria Szyroka, on behalf of the Association of Ukrainian Women in Great Britain (AUW). The choir is then filmed in the restaurant enjoying a meal. At the end of the meal, there is footage of impromptu singing by the choir. This section ends at 2 hrs 14 mins 16 secs. The next section starts at 2 hrs 14 mins 18 secs and is a film of Metallist performing onstage in the hall at Manchester Ukrainian Cultural Centre. The sound is very low. A welcome speech is given by an unidentified first-generation Ukrainian man, before the conductor comes on stage. The choir then perform a series of songs, including a couple of solos by a female singer who also plays a bandura. A closing speech is given by an unidentified first-generation man followed by applause, and the choir start to leave the stage as the curtains close. This section ends at 3 hrs 2 mins 17 secs. The film then switches to the choir outside Manchester Ukrainian club with Anastasia Ostapiuk and other members of the Manchester community before boarding the tour bus, ready to depart. The film finishes at 3hrs 04 mins 51 secs.