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1930s HUNGARY TRAVELOGUE / EDUCATIONAL FILM GEOGRAPHY & NATURAL RESOURCES BUDAPEST XD52484

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Published on 04 Jun 2023 / In News & Politics

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Made in the late 1920s or early 1930s as part of Kodak's educational film library, this silent Eastman Classroom Film takes the viewer to Hungary. It begins with a map of Hungary and the effects of the Treaty of Trianon, which saw Austria-Hungary divided up in 1919. It begins with the rural character of the country, showing different crops being harvested, cattle herding, and swamp draining. This is followed by some footage of daily life in a small town including a market and a wedding scene. Next is Budapest, with stunning shots of some of the main attractions such as the Danube, House of Parliament, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, and the municipal concert hall. It ends with different schools including an elementary and technical school. 0:11 Title “Eastman Classroom Films – Hungary”, 0:15 map of Europe that zooms in on Hungary and then shows the effects of the Treaty of Trianon, 1:42 gate opening to a stunning private estate, 2:14 man fetching water from a well for his cows, 2:47 inside of a modern cattle farm, 3:20 women harvesting sugar beets, onions, and watermelons, 3:51 peaches and apricots being harvested and then processed for preservation, 4:23 a beautiful Arabian horse, 4:35 Horses pulling a carriage, 4:45 two men in traditional dress herding horses, 5:06 a man releases an army of pigs from their pen and feeds them, 5:37 sheep being herded and shorn, 6:05 overview of a swamp being drained with livestock, 6:50 wheat growing and being harvested on former swamp lands, 7:12 castle overlooking a small town with farms around it, 7:26 scenes from every day life in a village including hay storage, a woman feeding geese, and wall painting, 7:49 women embroider intricate patterns into clothes, 8:21 cows transporting a barrel, 8:40 overview of a village market with mostly women at it buying cloth, chilies, bread, and meat, 9:36 a wedding ceremony with dancing, 10:13 the town “crier” reading the news of the wedding to the village people, 10:27 fishermen ice fishing, 11:09 coal miners being lowered into shafts, 11:23 overview of a large steel mill and the steel smelting process, 11:41 overview of a beet sugar mill, 12:06 overview of Budapest and the Danube, 12:18 the House of Parliament, 12:25 different shots of the Royal Palace, 12:42 St. Stephen’s Cathedral, 13:10 the municipal concert hall, 13:22 children at a school playing around and jumping into a pool, 13:35 children sitting in classrooms and then doing gymnastics outside, 13:53 Technical Students at the M. Kir Gazdasagi Academy crafting and sculpting, 14:19 shots of an old church with gothic elements. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

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