Other titles:ECA NEWSREEL STORIES [Allocated Series Title]
ORMENION'S COMMUNITY RADIO RECEIVER [Allocated Alternative Title]
Summary:Several rolls of film relating to Greek radio station story, as below: Roll 1: Automotrice (self-driving car) arrives at Ormenion; Unloading of the radio receiver; Long shot of Ormenion; A street within the village; The church; A house, humble in appearance; Taking the receiver out of the box. Roll 2: Fixing the aerial; Group of villagers; The radio receiver; Fixing the generator. Roll 3: People looking at the receiver; Street scenes of the village. Roll 4: Girls dancing in front of the radio; Long shot of the village of Ormenion; Long shot of River Evros and Bulgarian village of Pachako.
Description:Dope Sheet provides additional information (see LOC 656): "Ormenion's Community Radio Receiver. 17 July 1952. Ormenion, (Evros). Greece... The sturdy people of this armed village at the northeast tip of Greece now repulse the Communist radio of the Bulgarian frontier as effectively as they have in the past fought off red bandits. Ormenion now has its own community radio receiver, giving the news that comes through the voices of the free world. [...]". Cameraman: Alex Gonis.
Alternative Title:ECA NEWSREEL STORIES [Allocated Series Title]
ORMENION'S COMMUNITY RADIO RECEIVER [Allocated Alternative Title]
