THESSALONIKI


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  • Genre: documentary / ΜΝΗΜΕΙΑ ΦΡΑΓΜΑ ΠΟΛΥΚΑΤΟΙΚΙΕΣ ΝΑΟΣ ΤΟΙΧΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΑ ΑΕΡΟΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ / MONUMENTS / DAM / BLOCKS OF FLATS / CHURCH / WALL PAINTINGS / THESSALONIKI / MONUMENTS / AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
  • Description: A documentary in classical style, with impressive aerial shots and limited yet interesting archival material. Occasionally it takes on the style of an illustrated lecture.
    1. TITLES Τhe titles at the beginning appear on sketches by Giannis Svoronos. Direction: Roussos Koundouros. Cinematography: Roussos Koundouros – Stylianos Moraϊtis. Music supervision: Tonia Karali. Sound recording: Nikos Despotidis. Film supervision: Institute of Educational and Scientific Cinema )
    2. THE FOUNDATION OF THESSALONIKI The documentary begins showing the remains of ancient Pella and the well-known mosaic with the lion hunt. The text informs viewers that Thessaloniki replaced Pella, as the capital of Macedonia. It was founded in 315 B.C. by King Kassandros, who gave her the name of his wife Thessaloniki, daughter of Philip and half-blooded sister of Alexander the Great. )
    3. HELLENISTIC AND BYZANTINE PERIOD The film shows typical images of the city’s history. Monuments of the Hellenistic and Byzantine periods are shot with great care, while the text places them in their proper context, offering the necessary historical background. The film successively shows the following monuments, in shots of the early 1960’s 1. Kamara (Galerius’ Arch), with the explanation that Roman Gaius Galerius made Thessaloniki the seat of his province. 2. The Rotunda of Agios Georgios, which after the Roman period was turned into a Christian church and later a mosque. 3. The Panagia Acheropoiitos basilica and the mosaic of Hosios David. 4. The church of Agios Dimitrios, built over the baths where the saint martyred. 5. Agia Sophia (8th c.) and the Panagia Halkaion church (11th cent.), which was named after its proximity to the coppersmith’s workshops. 6. The church of Agia Aikaterini(13th cent.) and Agioi Apostoloi. The last part of byzantine monuments consists of the church of Profitis Ilias and of Agios Nikolaos Orfanos with its wonderfull frescos. Both date from the 14th century. )
    4. OTTOMAN OCCUPATION The year 1430 marks the end of the Byzantine Thessaloniki and the beginning of the Ottoman occupation: Sultan Murat Chan occupies the city. Nevertheless, centuries of invasions and occupations did not manage to wipe away Thessaloniki’s Greek soul. )
    5. MACEDONIAN WAR AND BALKAN WARS This part refers to the period of the Balkan Wars and the leading figures of the war: Ion Dragoumis, Metropolitan Karavaggelis, Consul Koromilas, as well as Pavlos Melas and Telos Agras. It ends with a reference to the Balkan Wars that liberated Thessaloniki. )
    6. WORLD WAR I AND THE FIRE IN THESSALONIKI Brief reference to World War I and the fire of Thessaloniki of 1917, which resulted in a stream of 70,000 homeless people.)
    7. THE CONTEMPORARY CITY The contemporary city, which was built after the fire, is depicted with beautiful aerial shots. Shots of the waterfront, Aristotelous square, the Residency (Dioikitirio), the apartment buildings of the interwar years and of the 1960s, the Ministry of Northern Greece, etc. )
    8. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESSALONIKI AS A GROWING AND DYNAMIC CITY At its closing, the documentary becomes a sort of propagandistic. Aerial shots show the contemporary great public works, the dams of the rivers Axios and Aliakmon, as well as irrigation, new factories, new settlements, hospitals, the University campus, the new museum, the International Thessaloniki Trade Fair etc. )
  • Keywords: ΜΝΗΜΕΙΑ ΦΡΑΓΜΑ ΠΟΛΥΚΑΤΟΙΚΙΕΣ ΝΑΟΣ ΤΟΙΧΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΑ ΑΕΡΟΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ / MONUMENTS / DAM / BLOCKS OF FLATS / CHURCH / WALL PAINTINGS / THESSALONIKI / MONUMENTS / AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
  • Provider: Tainiothiki tis Ellados
  • Production company: MINISTRY OF NORTHERN GREECE
  • Colour: Colour
  • Director: KOUNDOUROS ROUSSOS
  • Sound: With sound
  • Collection: Ψηφιοποιημένα ελληνικά ντοκιμαντέρ