This film documents visits to four Ukrainian Cultural Centres run by the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (AUGB) - Reading, Doncaster, Ashton-under-Lyne, Waltham Cross, Keighley, Bedford. The visits usually include a tour of the building and interviews with members of the community. The visits were undertaken by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS) who made the films as an attempt to create a record of the network of Ukrainian community centres in the UK. The film is in...

This film documents visits to four Ukrainian Cultural Centres run by the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (AUGB) - Reading, Doncaster, Ashton-under-Lyne, Waltham Cross, Keighley, Bedford. The visits usually include a tour of the building and interviews with members of the community. The visits were undertaken by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS) who made the films as an attempt to create a record of the network of Ukrainian community centres in the UK. The film is in colour with sound, and the main language is Ukrainian with occasional English. Reading - external views, branch chair is outside with the camera observing the building and the street. They approach the club through the garden to the back where there is a car park. They enter the building to a bar and pool room where there are a number of first-generation men assembled. There are close ups of photographs and notices on a noticeboard on the walls and the sound of singing. They enter another room where people are dining. Interview with Ukrainian / Yougoslavian women about embroidery which finishes at 56 mins. Fuzzy screen until 56 min 26 secs. Cheshunt, Herts?? - external and internal views. Ends 1 hr 8 mins, fuzzy screen. Doncaster - this section starts at 1 hr 9 mins 40 secs. External views focusing on sign. Finished 1 hr 14 mins 50 secs. Keighley - starts 1 hr 16 mins 10 secs, no sound until 1 hr 28 mins 45 secs. Interior views and interview with Mrs Ratycz head of the Keighley branch of the Association of Ukrainian Women (AUW). Ends 1 hr 46 mins 29 secs. Ashton-under-Lyne - starts 1 hr 47 mins 25 secs, exterior, interior, upstairs, downstairs, school rooms, kitchen, AUW room, hall. Ends 2 hrs 15 mins 8 secs. Bedford - starts 2 hrs 15 mins 8 secs, shows sign, interior, exterior, bar, various rooms including AUW, portraits of famous Ukrainians, AUW making varenyky, the hall where a film showing a female choir singing is showing. Finishes 2 hrs 34 mins 8 secs. Bedford starts again at 2 hrs 34 mins 20 secs. Exterior views with no sound until 2 hrs 35 mins. This is followed by similar footage to previously but better light (filmed during the day) and includes exterior, bar, varenyky, hall for film (more people seated to watch). File is 2 hrs 50 mins 53 secs