Conducting an excursion for students of the educational institution “Novopol State Agrarian and Economic College”

On April 10, 2023, employees of the Belarusian State Archive of Film and Photo Documents organized an excursion for the students of the educational institution Novopol State Agrarian and Economic College as part of the campaigns Archives for School and School of Active Citizen (STEP) for the Year of Peace and Creation.

During the tour, the guests were given the opportunity to get acquainted with the composition of the documents stored in the funds, as well as with the features of the search using the scientific reference apparatus. In addition, the specifics of technological processes aimed at preserving the unique audiovisual heritage were covered in detail: restoration and preventive measures, digitization of all types of documents, features of technical control of the condition of document carriers. Also, the focus of attention was focused on the special storage conditions in storage facilities.

The collection of photographs of military journalist V.I. Arkashev aroused great interest among the tourists. These photographs are a unique and invaluable evidence of the feat of a Soviet soldier during the Great Patriotic War. The collection of photographs by E. Tomashevskaya – Radzivil and A. M. Bogomolov made no less impression on the visitors of the archive.

Also during the tour, the visitors were shown the documentary film “Biography of my Republic” in the cinema hall of the archive.

Students and teachers noted the uniqueness of the archive, many features of its work, and, accordingly, the question arose about the professions needed in this institution. Historians, archivists, designers, restorers, sound engineers, video engineers – and this is not a complete list of specialties that are in demand in the archive. During the tour, the guests had a unique opportunity to see the work of the archive from the inside, touch the technological processes and imagine themselves in the place of an employee.

General photo of the tour participants

In the reading room of the BGAKFFD

In the document restoration laboratory