Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1976 (4. évfolyam, 9-12. szám)
1976 / 11. szám
Educational Motion Pictures and Filmstrips Related To Hungary and Hungarian Subjects Compiled by Joseph Széplaki* HSN Editor’s Foreword The HSN is more than glad to publish this list of 30 motion pictures and 18 filmstrips as a guide to those interested in such sources for research purposes. Several of the items listed have been withdrawn from distribution and are available only for viewing by individual researchers on the premises of safekeeping institutions. Films marked with two asterisks (**) are stored at the Motion Picture Section of the Library of Congress (see address at the end of the article). Films produced for the U.S. Information Agency are now in the process of being deposited in the Audio-Visual Archives of the National Archives and will become available for scholarly research in the near future. Films available for purchase or rental are marked with three asterisks (***). Because of frequent changes in both purchase and rental prices, it is recommended that any person interested in showing an item of the list below, write to the distributor directly (addresses are given at the end of the article). Furthermore, it is possible that some of the films and filmstrips might be available in educational libraries, audio-visual centers of universities, interested university departments or state and local educational agencies. Check with them before writing to a distributor. Finally, it is likely that other motion pictures and filmstrips exist in public or private collections of which neither Széplaki nor we are aware. We would appreciate receiving information on the items listed herein, and information in regard to audio-visual aids appropriate for research and educational purposes related to Hungary and Hungarians, so that we may publish an amended and more complete list some time in the future. Additional copies of this list are available upon request. Please write: Hungarian Research Center, American Hungarian Foundation, 177 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903. (') Széplaki is Assist. Prof, and Head of the Acquisition Dept., U. Minnesota Library. Motion Pictures Bela Bartók: contemporary music. Univ. of Michigan Television Center, 1957. Producer and editor, Merrill McClatchey; host, James O'Neil. 29 min., b & w, 16mm (From Haydn to hi-fi, no. 8) Summary: Presents the music of Bela Bartók as written for string quartet. Sketches the history and development of chamber music through analysis and performance by the Stanley Quartet. ***The Danube. Disney, 1965. Available from the Univ.of Michigan. 30 min., color, 16mm. Summary: Shows the Danube River from the Black Forest, through the Alps, Czech, Austrian, Hungarian lowlands. •"Eastern Europe - an introduction. Coronet, 1963. Available from the Univ. of Michigan. 13 min., color, 16mm. Summary: A geographical and historical overview of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia. Shows agriculture, industry, cities, and life under contemporary governments. •"Farm boy of Hungary. Barr Films,1974. Made by Gabor Kalman in cooperation with Vue Touristique Film Studios, Budapest. Music by Gabor Szabó. Available from Arthur Barr Productions. 19 min., color 16mm. With teacher's guide. Summary: Depicts the pace, feel, and values of rural life in Hungary by following a young boy as he accompanies his uncle to the village market. Shows activities on the family farm and describes the boy’s school day. •"Humanitarian airlifts. (SFP1196) U.S. Dept, of the Air Force, 1963. Available from the USAF Central Audio-Visual Library. 22 min., b & w, 16mm. Summary: Bob Hope describes the humanitarian side of the Military Air Transport Service. He recalls how MATS has conducted strategic airlift operations to aid victims of natural disaster, disease, or other misfortune. Includes scenes of the Berlin Airlift, Operation Haylift, Kinderlift, and views of MATS work in Japan, Hungary, Chile, Hawaii, and another score of places. A Hungarian family at dinner. Biofilms, 1966. 4 min., color, 8mm. Summary: Shows the preparation and eating of the evening meal by a Hungarian family. •"Hungarian farm family. Precedent Films, 1965. Available from Sterling Educational Films. 10 min., color, 16mm. With film guide. Summary: Describes life on a cooperative farm in Hungary today, explaining that the livestock and land are owned in common. Points out that even though the children spend long hours in school, they still have farm chores to do, caring for the animals and helping with the grape harvest. •"Hungarians fight for freedom. U.S. Information Agency, 1956. Made by Hearst Metrotone News. Available from Northwood Films. 11 min., b & w, 16mm and 35mm. Summary: Scenes of the 1956 revolt in Budapest, its suppression by the Soviet Army, and demonstrations of sympathy in various cities throughout the world. "IHungarian revolt (1956). Thorne Films, 1971. Available for purchase only from Prentice-Hall Media. 3 min., silent, b & w, super 8mm. Summary: A documentary showing events of the Hungarian revolt of 1956. Views massive street demonstrations in Budapest. Russian tanks entering the city and engaging the rebels in street fighting, and civilians crossing the Austrian border. "•Hungarian revolt of 1956. Anargyros Film Library, 1970. 4 min., b & w, 8 mm. Summary: Uses scenes of demonstrations and street warfare, Hungarian poets reading in the streets, and the toppling of Stalin’s statue to portray the unrest in communist Hungary which culminated in outright rebellion in 1956. Shows Russian tanks suppressing the revolt, and refugees reaching the Austrian border. "The Hungarian revolution. (1919). East European Press, Inc. 12 min., silent, b & w, 16mm. Summary: Street scenes related to the declaration of Hungary as a republic, and public appearances of Mihály Karolyi as President. NO. 11. 1976, HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 7
