Krf ili Plava grobnica

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  • Other title(s): Corfu or Tomb in Blue Sea
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Year: n/a
  • Runtime: 4:00
  • Description: After the retreat of the Serbian army through Albania in late 1915, the French fleet transported around 150,000 Serbs to the island of Corfu in January and February 1916. Soldiers, exhausted from a strenuous march through Albania, died massively, and the hardest wounded and sick were driven to the small island of Vido near Corfu, which was organized as a hospital. Without the possibility of burial on a rocky island, the sea around it was turned into a "blue tomb", which has brought down more than 5,000 people. The unmanned film material found a few years ago in the Yugoslav Cinematheque, led under the archival name "Corfu or Blue Tomb", was finally identified as "The Way of the Senators and People's Deputies on Corfu" from 1934, produced by the company Yugoslav educational film. The group of one hundred and fourteen senators and deputies led by the President of the Senate, Ljubomir Tomasic, and the Speaker of the National Assembly, Kosta Kumaundi, launched with the ship "Crown Prince Peter" from the northernmost port of Susak, on their way to Corfu. By May 15th, the delegation visited coast and the islands, and were ceremonially welcomed everywhere, in order to directly meet the needs of the people. On May 15th, from the southernmost port of Ulcinj, they sailed route to the Corfu. Using the boats the delegates were unshiped to the island of Vido - a military cemetery where the commemoration of the fallen warriors was held. Commemoration was served by Greek clergy, Metropolitan Alexandros, and Archimandrite Politis, as well as priests, deputies Branko Avramovic, Branko Drljaca and Bosko Parabucki. Senate President Tomasic and Assembly Speaker Kumaundi threw a wreath into the sea, a "blue tomb". The next day, the delegates visited Corfu, where it was planned to hold a formal assembly session.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Krf; Vido; Vojničko groblje / Corfu; Vido; Military cemetery / World War, 1914-1918 -- Balkan Peninsula / World War, 1914-1918 -- Serbia / Serbia -- History -- 1804-1918 / Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes / World War, 1914-1918
  • Provider: Jugoslovenska Kinoteka
  • Rights: In Copyright / Jugoslovenska kinoteka
  • Production company: n/a
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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