DIE VOLKSABSTIMMUNG IN SOPRON [Main Title]

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  • Title: DIE VOLKSABSTIMMUNG IN SOPRON [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1035a
  • Other titles: THE PLEBISCITE IN ODENBURG [Translation]
  • Summary: Hungarian film on the plebiscite in Sopron, 14th December 1921.
  • Description: Allied troops, mainly French, patrol the streets of the town. The house of Mathias Corvinus, the fifteenth century astrologer, is shown. People queue to vote in the plebiscite. The local paper gives the result, a victory for Hungary over Austria, in a special edition. A pan over the town.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1035a)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1922
  • Production Country: Hungary
  • Production Details: East Newsreel Agency (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Corvinus, Matthias (person) French Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: administration, French - occupation (object name) politics, Austro-Hungarian - institutional (object name) politics, Hungarian - institutional (object name) Hungary, Ratification of Borders & Plebiscite in Sopron & 14/12/1921 (event) Austria-Hungary & Odenburg (geography) Hungary & Sopron (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: German Subtitle language: German
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 344 ft; Running time: 6 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Acquisition: see notes to IWM 1033a Production: the name of the production company is given in English at the start of the film along with the title Technical: this film is currently held on the same reel as films IWM 1035b-c, the can is marked as IWM 1035
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1035a

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