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About the film
St. Mary's Basilica, general plans. Nativity scenes in the market. One of the winners of the competition.
Supervisor: Bossak Jerzy, Perski Ludwik
Lector: Hańcza Władysław
Director of Photography: Brzozowski Jarosław
Editor: Kaźmierczak Wacław
Subject Number: 1
Person: Walenty Malik (Winner of the nativity scene competition in Krakow)
Object: St. Mary's Basilica
Event: Competition for the most beautiful nativity scene in Krakow.
Time: 1945-12
Place: Cracow
Production: Wytwórnia Filmowa Wojska Polskiego
Foreign Exchange: Unio News, Actualités Françaises
Rights: WFDiF
Sound: mono
Frame Size: 4:3
Colour system: black and white
Sequence description
| 00:00:13:15 | St. Mary's Basilica. |
| 00:00:24:00 | Nativity scenes by the St. Mary's Basilica, children. |
| 00:00:34:07 | Close-up on a nativity scene. |
| 00:00:40:17 | Face of a girl wearing an angora cap. |
| 00:00:42:01 | A boy. |
| 00:00:43:22 | Close-up shot of a nativity scene. |
| 00:00:47:06 | Winner of the top prizes and the owner of a nativity scene, Krakovian tram driver – Mr. Walenty Malik. |
| 00:00:54:03 | Close-up shot of a nativity scene. and their mechanical miniature scenes. |
| 00:01:00:20 | Close-up - movement of a figure on a rotating stage. |
| 00:00:01:00 | Intro: "POLISH FILM NEWSREEL 1/46". |
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During the Christmas season, for the first time in five years, all the Polish cities have taken on a truly festive feel. In Krakow, the traditional competition for the most beautiful Christmas nativity scene is revived. More than a hundred nativity scenes appeared in front of the St. Mary's Basilica. Here is the winner of the first prizes, a Krakovian tram driver, Walenty Malik and his nativity scene. An award of 2000 polish zlotys adds to the cheerful mood of the winner.
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