Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 300-40-13

Title

Transcripts of Broadcasts

Date(s)

1951 - 1991

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

4 Archival boxes, 0.5 linear meters

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

Contains transcripts of radio broadcasts.

This series consists of transcripts of four programs of the Hungarian Broadcasting Department. Tamás Bogyay's 'Kalendárium' [Calendar] was a 20-25 minutes long daily program commemorating either some outstanding event or the birthday of famous Hungarian and foreign personalities. Tibor Hanák's 'Nyitott szemmel' [With Eyes Open], broadcast on a weekly basis, was a 10 minutes long commentary (glossary) on various topics. Editors László Feketekuty and László Illés broadcast - in February 1974, for three weeks, in 20 minutes daily - the Hungarian version of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's famous novel 'A Gulag-szigetcsoport' [The Gulag Archipelago].

Finally, there several transcripts of the Show (later Play) of the Week program, edited by Aladár Kovách, Gábor Bikich and Otto Indig, including radio adaptations of prominent Hungarian plays such as Bánk Bán by József Katona or Liliom by Ferenc Molnár.

Accruals

Not Expected

System of arrangement

Alphabetically by program authors' names and thereunder chronologically

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Unknown

Languages

Hungarian

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by Csaba Szilágyi, April, 2002; revised by Csaba Szilágyi, July, 2003.