Transcarpathia travelogue

Identifier
irn1002615
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.355.1
  • RG-60.3123
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Transcarpathia travelogue (Hungarian Production). Bucolic scenery: stream, bridge, horse drawn cart. Cameraman in an open cart, filming as the cart rolls by [early form of tracking shot; he is using a hand-cranked camera]. Scene of a village, with wooden buildings, including huts with thatched roofs and a church with an onion dome. A group of women in shawls walks by, cut to a small procession of wagons bearing peasant men in traditional dress. Village square, where people appear to be gathering, perhaps for some sort of festivity. CU of a young girl in embroidered peasant shirt, petting a kitten. Women singing and doing embroidery, first outside, then inside a home. A sign post reads: "HOVERLA 17km; PICTROS 224km; Körösmező (now Yasinia, Ukraine) (with arrow pointing screen left); BALCATUL 19km; STOHOVEC 10km (with arrow pointing screen right)".

Note(s)

  • Madeline Albright's (Secretary of State under President Clinton) hometown is featured in this travelogue. Hoverla is the highest mountain in the Carpathians. Korosmezo was the point of deportation of Hungarian Jews at the northern Polish border where 17,000-20,000 Jews were deported.

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