Arts Festival at the Metallurg Stadium in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, August 4 5, 1962

The Arts Festival at the "Metallurg" stadium in Zaporizhzhia, which took place on August 4 and 5, 1962, was filmed on a colour sound tape by the amateur film studio of the "Dniprospetsstal" plant. The following individuals participated in the creation of the film: I. Rohaliev, M. Vulfovych, V. Fisun, D. Tkachenko, F. Dombrovskyi, P. Kossa, S. Barabash, B. Chernysh. Prospekt Lenina in Zaporizhzhia. Poster: "'Metallurg' Stadium. August 4 and 5. Arts Festival. Meeting with favorite artists of Soviet cinema, stage, and circus. Grand parade-prologue. Grand fireworks display." "Metallurg" Stadium. Zaporizhzhia residents going to the Arts Festival. The beginning and course of the festival at the stadium. Parade of characters. Taras Bulba and Zaporizhzhian Cossacks. Embraces of a steelmaker and a Cossack. Performances by artists. Hosts P. Zakharov and B. Petrov. Ye. Matveyev as Makar Nahulnyi. Duet of Odarka and Karas from Gulak-Artemovskyi's opera "Zaporozhets za Dunaiem" (A Zaporozhian Cossack Beyond the Danube). Dmytro Hnatiuk sings the song "Ridna maty moia" (My Dear Mother). Performances by artists N. Rumiantseva, N. Mordiukova, and others. A reporting concert of Zaporizhzhia artists and cultural figures in Kyiv in May 1962. Conclusion of the festival at the "Metallurg" stadium. Festive fireworks.

The 16-millimeter film was digitized by specialists from the Center for Urban History of Central and Eastern Europe in Lviv in 2024.
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The archive is stored in the Museum of History of PrJSC "Dniprospetsstal".