“ MARY VISITS POLAND “ 1946 EDUCATIONAL FILM LIFE ON A POLISH FARM PRE-WAR WARSAW & KRAKOW 85844

Dating to the immediate post-WWII period, this black & white educational film is about Poland and was produced by Julien Bryan. The film is told from the perspective of a schoolgirl named Mary, who tells her class about her trip to Poland in 1939. Copyright is 1946, but all of the footage shown dates from before WWII. Opening titles: Mary Visits Poland (:06-:31). At school, students are learning about Poland. Mary gets up and tells the class about what she learned when, in 1939, she visited her grandmother on a Polish farm. The class listens to her (:32-1:16). Her grandmother and uncle live in a wood home in rural Poland. Ducks in a pond. The grandfather guides the horse as the horse goes round and round to assist with wheat making. Polish peasants dig potatoes and plow. Women dump baskets of potatoes. Mary’s cousin’s dress up, other children walk - all head towards Church on Sunday. Most use horse drawn wagons or bikes (1:17-3:23). Women and children wear dresses and blankets. A wedding at the church. Bride