Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 320-1

Title

Hungarian Home Movie Collection

Date(s)

1910 - 1996

Description Level

Subfonds

Extent and medium (processed)

1 Archival boxes, 0.12 linear meters
449 VHS PAL, 11.22 linear meters
102 Digital container, 0.1 linear meters
255 Audio cassette, 3.83 linear meters
26 DVD-ROM, 0.26 linear meters
4 BetaSP NTSC, 0.12 linear meters

Context

Name of creator(s)

Péter Forgács

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

Around 500 hours of amateur film shot by Hungarian citizens between 1925 and 1985 on 8 mm film, mostly recorded in Hungary, with some footage from central and western Europe. The films document people's everyday lives - children, family holidays and celebrations - as well as some public, historic events as seen through private eyes, including the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
The collection also contains the creative documentary films by film director Péter Forgács whose storytelling is largely based on the archival home movie collection.
Over 200 hours of oral history interviews recorded on audio cassettes with amateur filmmakers and with members of their families also form part of the sub- fonds.
Both the films and the related audio interviews were digitized at OSA in 2019, and are accessible in MP4 and MP3 file formats (respectively) at OSA.

Accruals

Expected

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Unknown

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyrights are held by either the amateur filmmakers, either the Privát Fotó és Film Alapítvány

Languages

English, Hungarian