| Hungarian Refugees New Home | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1615 |
| Catalog #: | 517567 | |
| Clip Number: | 517567-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 029-101 | |
| Timecode: | 00:01:49 - 00:02:32 | |
| Location: | San Francisco, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | IMMIGRATION: Political Asylum IMMIGRATION: To USA from USSR LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, San Francisco WAR & CONFLICT/COLD WAR: Defector | |
| Description: | Hungarian Refugees New Home Governor and Mrs. Goodwin-Knight welcome One hundred Hungarian refugees as they arrive at the International Airport for resettlement in the Bay area. As the first contingent arrives on the West Coast the welcome is especially worm for the fugitives who escape with little more than their lives. Mrs. is particularly touched by the plight of the children and displaced mothers some only recently in the center of Hungary’s brutality are overcome by the friendly faces and the unfolding arms of America. In the golden state a new life and above all the friendship of free people. Establishing shot - Hungarian refugees stepping off the plane in San Francisco. CUS - Governor and Mrs. Goodwin Knight. CUS - Hungarian girls dressed in native folk Hungarian dresses. CUS - Man with a child disembarking from the plane. MCUS - Mrs. Knight holding a young Hungarian girl. CUS - Some of the refugees crying. CUS - Mrs. Knight picks up and holds a little Hungarian boy. CUS - A young Hungarian woman (pretty) with a tear running down her cheek. LS - The crowd both welcoming and refugees. | |
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