The Bygone Era Of The Hungarian Immigrant Community In Bridgeport CT

Searching for Wordin Avenue.........
This film commemorates the Hungarian community in Bridgeport and the immigrant experience, particularly the people of Hungary and other countries who made America their home. The film depicts the fortunes of a Hungarian immigrant family in Bridgeport, Connecticut during the first half of the twentieth century and offers coverage of Hungarian festivals there along with interviews, stills, dramatizations, and historic footage. Scarcely a trace of the once bustling immigrant community exists there today. A production of Sacred Heart University, Media Studies Department. Producer and director, Steven John Ross. Co-producer and sound recordist, Donald Coonley. Cinematographer, Larry McConkey. Narrated by Ralph Corrigan.
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[@joeannasmith6996]

FABULOUS. I’m sending it to my son-in-law because his Hungarian family settled in the West End. THANK YOU.

[@cynthiakleist9513]

Great video. Keep up the good work. Really sad these immigrants were forgotten. Went to Budapest Hungary several years ago. Beautiful city. Beautiful country. They used to call the West End of Bridgeport Hunktown as a fond reminder of all the Hungarian immigrants.

[@MrRicardobach]

This film “ Searching for Wordin Ave “ was made my my professor , Fon Don Coonley at Sacred Heart Univ in the early 80’s . HE also made a film about Gustav Whitehead

[@vlodpg]

😢