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Marching to Freedom : Reflections on the Hungarian Revolution After 30 Years

Item number (ISN):

211308

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1987

Item number (ISN):

211308

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADA. SECRETARY OF STATE / SECRÉTARIAT D'ÉTAT

Accession:

1993-0132

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1987

Production company:

N.F. Roller (Producer)

Production credit:

narrator, Adam Whyte; editing, K.J. Roller

Sponsor:

Multicultural Program of the Government of Canada

Description:

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Recording about the former forestry students and faculty from the Forestry Department of the University of Sopron who fled Hungary during the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956. This recording, prepared in 1957 and augmented in 1982 and 1987, traces the historical events of the immigration, education and subsequent life of these Hungarian refugees who, under the auspices and assistance of the Canadian government, were brought to Canada and offered an opportunity to complete their studies at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Forestry. The 350 University of Sopron students and faculty comprised of mining, geological, geophysical and engineering students and their families, landed in St. John, New Brunswick, on January 8, 1957 and travelled on the "freedom train" to Montreal, Toronto and finally, British Columbia to resume their education and make a new life. The recording begins with a brief introduction by narrator Adam Whyte, excerpts of a speech by the Honorable John Pickersgill, the former minister of Citizenship and Immigration, who recalls arranging for the immigration of the Sopron refugees then housed in a camp in Austria. Also heard are excerpts of the welcome given the Sopron refugees as the freedom train arrives in Montreal on January 19, 1957. A reply by the refugees is followed by the reminiscences of Dr. Stewart Smith, former chair of the Science Council of Canada. Additional excerpts of a speech by Dr. G.S. Allen, former dean of Forestry, in 1959 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the University of Sopron in Hungary. The recording also includes excerpts of speeches made during the 25th reunion in 1982 of the arrival of the Sopron refugees in Canada. The recording concludes with brief interviews of the former refugees including Dr. John Balatinecz, professor of Wood Sciences, University of Toronto, Charles Tarnocai, research scientist with Agriculture Canada.~Interviews of the second and third descendants of the refugees and remarks by Dr. Gratzer, professor of Sylvaculture and Recreation of the College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, New York, conclude the recording.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Label on the cassette reads "Remember 1956".

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

215356

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1993-0132/1

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

584081

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

211308-1993-0132-1-S1.wav
211308-1993-0132-1-S2.wav

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

64:18

Made from:

1993-0132/1

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

584082

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

211308-1993-0132-1-S1.mp3
211308-1993-0132-1-S2.mp3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

64:18

Made from:

1993-0132/1

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Restricted by Creator/Donor

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD027

Restrictions on consultation:

Consultation requires written permission of copyright owner.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of the copyright owner : no donor restrictionsCopyright owner: K.J. Roller.

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