Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1976 (4. évfolyam, 9-12. szám)
1976 / 11. szám
Educational Motion Pictures and Filmstrips Related to Hungary and Hungarian Subjects La nuova Ungheria. Italia- U.R.S.S. film, Rome, 1953. 110 frames, b & w, 35mm. Summary: Illustrates various developments in industry, farming, education, science, and the arts, that have come about in Hungary as a result the communist takeover after World War II. Out. United Nations Film Board, 1957. Released by Stanbow Productions, 1959. 70 frames, b & w, 35mm. Captioned photographs. Summary: Characterizes the many thousands of refugees who fled across Hungary’s borders to Austria, telling about their anxious wait in refugee camps for a chance to rebuild their lives. "'The Story of the Hungarian American. Eye Gate House, 1966. (#F 191 A) 49 frames, color, 35mm. With teacher's guide. Summary: Discusses the early history of Hungary and the first explorers to reach America. Points out the part Hungarian Americans took in the American Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Discusses the contributions of prominent Hungarian Americans to the U.S. Producers and Distributors ACI Media, Inc., 35 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036 Association Films, 866 - 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10022 AV-ED Films, 7934 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90046 Anargyros Film Library, 1813 Fairburn Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Arthur Barr Productions, P.O. Box 7-C, Pasadena, CA 91104 Barr Films, see: Arthur Barr Productions Biofilms: address unknown British Film Institute, Film Availability Service, 81 Dean Street, London W1V 6aa, England Columbia Broadcasting System, Publishing Group, 600 - 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Contemporary c Ims: address unknown Coronet Instruc'.onal Films, 65 East South Water Street, Chicago, IL 60601 Disney: see: Walt Disney Productions Donars Production, P.O. Box 24, Loveland, CO 80537 Doubleday Multimedia: has no films for distribution Eastman Kodak, Co.: has no films for distribution Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., 425 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 Eye Gate House, Inc., 146-01 Archer Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11435 Filmrite Associates: address unknown Films, Inc., 1144 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091 Harmon Foundation: address unknown Hearst Metrotone News, 235 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017 U. of Illinois, Visual Aids Service, Champaign, IL 61882 Library of Congress, Motion Picture Section, Washington, DC 20540 McGraw-Hill Book Co.: has no films for distribution U. of Michigan, Television Center, 400 South Fourth Street, Ann Arbor, Ml 48103 Motion Picture Section, see: Library of Congress National Archives, National Audio-Visual Center, Washington, DC 20409 National Archives, Audio-Visual Archives Division, Washington, DC 20408 National Broadcasting Co.' has no films for distribution Norwood Films. P.O. Box 1894, Wheaton Post Office, Silver Springs, MD 20902 Official Films, Inc., Grand and Linden Avenues, Ridgefield, NJ 07657 Prentice-Hall Media, 150 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 Society for Visual Education, 1345 West Diversey Parkway, Chicago, IL 60614 Stanbow Productions: address unknown Sterling Educational Films, Inc., 241 East 34th Street, New York, NY 10016 United Nations: has no Hungarian films United States Air Force, Central Audio-Visual Library, Audio-Visual Service, Norton A.F.B., CA 92409 United World Films, Inc., 2001 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, • CA 90007 Universal Education and Visual Arts, 100 Universal City Place, Universal City, CA 91608 Walter Disney Productions, 500 South Buena Vista Avenue, Burbank, CA 91503 Wolper Productions: address unknown MISCELLANEOUS NEWS Prof. Emeritus Astrik L. Gabriel of Notre Dame U., and Chairman of our Council of Consultants for the Hungarian Research Center, an internationally known medieval historian, has been appointed to the rank of officer in the Order of the Legion of Honor by French President Valery Giscard D’Estaing. KARIKAZO, Hungarian Folklore Newsletter (see HSN #8), gives news about the activities of various folkdance groups and leads obtaining music, costumes, and information essential to the proper performance of dances. It also has articles on customs and instructions fordances. The October 1975 issue gave background, costume and choreography for the “Ta'pói Darudobogó,” and the January 1976 issue for the “Olahos.'' The latter issue also carried a brief article on Christian traditions, a commemoration of Bela Bartók through an address by Charles K. Geczy. Karoly Falvay (of Budapest) reports on the Hungarian ensembles in America. A new feature is Costumes, giving information on buying costumes or sewing them at home. Karikázó can be ordered from Judith Magyar, Editor, 257 Chestnut Ave., Bogota, NJ 07603 □ Portrait of a Soldier is a one-act play commemorating the deeds of Col. Michael Kovats, who gave his life in the defense of Charleston, S.C. on May 11,1779. The play was written by Anna Egyud, and a limited number of xeroxed copies are available from the American Hungarian Federation, 3216 New Mexico Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20016, free of charge. □ A Hungarian-American Economics Conference took place at Budapest in January 1976, with the help of an IREX collaborative project grant. Organized on the American side by the Council on Foreign Relations, and on the Hungarian side by the Institute for World Economics, the conference was a followup to an earlier conference organized by the same institutions in Bellagio, Italy in 1974, also with IREX support. Led by Harold van B. Cleveland (First National City Bank), the eleven-man American delegation included Stanley Hoffman (Harvard U ), Carlos Dias-Alejandro (Yale U.), and Fritz Stern (Columbia U.), in addition to scholars from the Council. The Hungarian delegation of 20 participants and observers was headed by Jo'zsef Bognár, director of the Institute, and included such officials and scholars as Tamas Bácskai (National Bank of Hungary), Ödön Kallós (Hungarian Chamber of Commerce), Iván Berend (Karl Marx U.), and Mihály Simái (Hungarian Economic Assoc.). The conference was organized on the American side by William Diebold, Jr., Senior Research Fellow of the Council. □ (Continued on page 14) NO 11. 1976. HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 10
