

If you love dusty archival footage and early European history, Sztandar wolnosci is a weirdly captivating watch today. But if you hate scratchy, silent-era montages with lots of marching, you will probably find it incredibly boring. 🥱 Honestly, I didn't expect to sit through the whole thing. It was put together by R...


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Ryszard Ordynski

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"If you love dusty archival footage and early European history, Sztandar wolnosci is a weirdly captivating watch today. But if you hate scratchy, silent-era montages with lots of marching, you will probably find it incredibly boring. 🥱 Honestly, I didn't expect to sit through the whole thing. It was put together by Ryszard Ordynski back in 1935, mostly to celebrate Poland's independence and Józef Piłsudski. It plays like a massive, national scrapbook that someone found in an attic and decided ..."


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