Skopje Journal #2

Report on the visit of Josip Broz Tito and Polish officials Gomulka and Cyrankiewicz to Skopje in 1965. During the visit, the high-ranking guests from Poland were presented with a charter declaring them honorary citizens of Skopje. Review of the new urban solutions of the city, sketches and models.

The film is the story of girl Cveta who was abducted by the Ottoman bey and taken away in his harem. Bey is trying to embrace Islam, but its persistence, and its neighbors led beloved Spasa, and beloved local priest, assisted by diplomats of the great powers manage to free themselves. On the day of her wedding comes Bey with his army to try to get it back. Cveta dies, Spasa killing Bey and and goes to the committees.

Macedonian national folk dances performed by "Tanec" - a cultural and artistic society from Skopje.

Yugoslav farmer-turned-partisan Slavko Babić starts an uprising against the fascist Germans and their allies.

The theme of the film is the celebration of October 11, 1948 in Prilep, Kumanovo, Kichevo and the commemoration of the day of the liberation of Debar. In honor of the holiday, in Skopje, in Daut - Pashin Amam, an exhibition about the Revolution and the National Liberation War is opened. Then, the holding of folk fairs, agricultural exhibitions and a book exhibition on the occasion of the "Book Week" are shown.

The film presents a comprehensive view of the development of the region along the Vardar River. It covers its industrial development, the development of agriculture, the cultural benefits of the new socialist society, the cultural and ethnological characteristics of the inhabitants, archaeological and historical characteristics, and the last sequence is dedicated to the exodus of Macedonians from the Aegean part of Macedonia.

A film about the construction of the hydroelectric power plant in the village of Tresonche, on the Radika River. The film was shot with the participation of students from the Nikola Tesla Electrical School in Skopje, 1950.

The film is about the Dervish ritual on the day of spring, March 22. Every year this Muslim sect performs this ritual in Prizren and according to their belief, the year begins with the arrival of spring and they have to tease the gods for spring to come.

The film is a moving document of the catastrophic earthquake that struck Skopje on July 26, 1963, and its aftermath. Authentic footage shows the moments immediately after the earthquake, during the rescue of the injured and the clearing of the rubble, as well as the efforts to eliminate the consequences of the earthquake, with help from our community and from abroad.

Through the story of the dog Murgosh, which belongs to the famous Sharplaninec breed, all noble qualities of this world-famous breed are shown: the strength, courage and loyalty.

A film poem based on the verses of the Macedonian poet and revolutionary Kočo Racin. His poetic journey is conveyed through a cinematic panorama of the life of the Macedonian people in the past.

A documentary showing the stay of the delegation of the People's Republic of Macedonia in Pirin Macedonia, i.e. in the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Footage filmed in Melnik, Bansko, Sveti Vrach, Rozhdenski Monastery.

Through photographs and documents this short documentary makes a reconstruction of the large demonstrations in Veles in 1939, when thousands of people went protesting to the streets under the slogan "We are asking for bread."

A journal giving information about the commissioning of Skopje's newly built neighborhoods: Aerodrom, Kozle, Vlae, Madžari, Gjorče Petrov I and II, then about the construction of prefabricated barracks in the Shuto Orizari neighborhood, the commissioning of the Children's Clinic within the Skopje hospital, as well as about the aid that Skopje received daily from all over the world and about the reception on the occasion of the Liberation Day of Skopje, in honor of the builders of the city.

A display of the ancient way of fishing with birds, on Lake Dojran, the only place in the world where people are fishing with birds.

A documentary film about the economic development of the Tetovo district.