In this paper we are concerning the orientational properties of free suspended nematic liquid crystal films. The experiments showed that orientation can be either homeotropic or planar. It is found that the orientation depends on the time during which the film was cooling from isotropic state to the liquid crystal one. For the slow cooling the liquid crystal had always homeortopic orientation, for the fast cooling the resulting structure is planar. The analysis shows that the realized structure depends on a defect created in the film during cooling from isotropic state.