A film on lifestyle of people in Hungary. A map locates various places. The market place in town of Mezokovesd. People and two soldiers walking in the market. Peasants wearing their traditional costumes. They dance on a festive occasion.
Main building of University of Debrecen, in Debrecen, Hungary, with lake area in front of the entrance. Flags of the German Reich, Empire of Greater Japan, Kingdom of Italy and other Axis powers fluttering outside the building. Axis leaders and military officials inside the building. Dignitaries and Military officials seated on a stage in an auditorium. A large crowd seated to attend the function. (World War II period).
Wrecked houses and buildings at a mountainside along a lake or sea in the Austria-Hungary empire soon after end of World War I. Close views of rubble of homes. Civilian men walk on the street with their luggage and belongings on horse-carts.
Slavic Prisoners of War on a road in Austro-Hungary during the Second Balkan War. Prisoners wearing overcoats, walk on a country road. Mountains in the background in Austro-Hungarian region.
A Hungarian mayor's wedding party in Mezokovesd, Hungary. Men and women in traditional folk costumes with the Mayor and his bride at the wedding. Women comforting a crying old woman during the Mayor's wedding. Hungarian bridegroom wears a hat with flowers and a surplice-like robe with heavy handwork. A girl wearing a fashionable head gear at the wedding. Women in traditional dresses stand behind. The Mayor with his bride. The bride wears an elaborate white dress and a bridal crown made of wheat (symbolizing fertility). The Mayor dances with his bride. Other couples dancing a folk wedding dance. People stand around to watch a folk wedding dance.
Jewish resident in Ungvar (Uzhhorod), Province of Ruthenia, in Hungary (Carpatho-Ukraine). Jewish synagogue and other buildings along the sides of the street in the town. Jews walking on the street. Closeup views of Jewish people including a orthodox Jew teenage boy with side curls (payos). Other Orthodox Jewish men and boys with various hats and payos. The exterior of a building. Men discussing amongst themselves. A man bringing a hen to a Rabbi. Names on the stores including Adolf Mermelstein Textic. Closeup view of Jewish man smoking a pipe. (Footage is just before outbreak of World War 2.)