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	HU OSA 344-0-1
Fonds 344:	Films of the Hungarian Workers Militia (Munkásőr filmek)
Series 1:	Documentary and Propaganda Films

Date(s) 1958-1989

Extent and medium

7 SVHS, 0.18 linear meters
18 VHS, 0.45 linear meters

Archival history

The Hungarian Military History Archive inherited the film collection of the Hungarian Workers Militia. In exchange for a complete set of VHS copies the Open Society Archives transformatted these films from celluloid and U-matic onto Beta and VHS.

Scope and content

Over 170 documentary and propaganda films; also news, training, cultural and sports programs relating to the history of the Hungarian Workers Militia.
Some of the highlights of this acquisition include an interview with János Kádár (1984); a program about "The 25th Anniversary of the Workers' Militia" (1982); a German documentary about the East-German Workers' Militia ("We, the Fighting Comrades", 1975) and a report about the every-day lives of the workers' militia members in Százhalombatta "Base on the Danube" (1977).

Accruals Not expected

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyrights are held by the Hungarian Military History Archive

Language/scripts of material

Hungarian, but also German and Russian

Finding aids

• Container list [22-12-1-6 Copy: 23-3-3-11] {done; Csaba}

Existence and location of originals

• Hungarian Military History Archive

Date(s) of descriptions

Processed by Attila Balázsi and Miklós Tamási April 2001
Online version updated 18 December 2008