Sakvalen snake

The first performed scene is telling a local legend about a weaver who is walking through a forest and gets scared by his own weaving warp, which he regards to be a dangerous snake. This legend has given the origin of the folk name of weaver's warp - "hadovina" - refer to the film title. Then you can see the panorama of Červený Kostelec, a well known centre of weaving and textile industry. The film also offers short shots presenting individual production workshops and factories located in this region. We can follow purchasing of fabric from local weavers - in weaving mills belonging to Adolf Svoršík and Jan Škoda; the purchased materials are deposited in stores and then dispatched and transported in a small truck. In the factory belonging to Alois Hanuš they already apply modern industrial machines. The local companies can offer a wide assortment of products, beginning with so-called loop products, through curtains, decorated table cloths, linen, and ending up with men's shirts. The local production is also linked to manufacturing of card boxes. The film then presents a picture of Červený Kostelec and its surroundings, its prominent buildings (a church, school, theatre, the house where lived the famous writer Božena Němcová, etc.), and it also documents some social events, for example Sokol swimming race. Then the camera focuses on significant natural and architecture sights located in the close vicinity of Červený Kostelec - Jirásek Chalet in Turov, the tower bell in Červená Hora, the Slatinský Bridge crossing the Úpa River, etc.