Συγκλονίζει το χαμένο βίντεο από την καταστροφή της Σμύρνης
Άλλοι θεωρούν πως είναι ένας απλός συνωστισμός σε λιμάνι. Άλλοι πάλι
πιστεύουν ότι αυτό το βίντεο αποτελεί ένα χαμένο και εξαιρετικά πολύτιμο
ιστορικής αξίας ντοκουμέντο από την καταστροφή της Σμύρνης.
Ο δημιουργός αυτού του ντοκιμαντέρ είναι ο George Magarian.
Γεννήθηκε το 1895. Εργάστηκε ως διευθυντής στο παράρτημα του Ικονίου της
ΧΑΝ (Χριστιανική Αδελφότης Νέων) και την χρονική περίοδο των γεγονότων
στη Μικρά Ασία το 1922, προσπάθησε με δραστηριότητες να ανακουφίσει τα
θύματα της τραγωδίας. Επιπλέον χρησιμοποιώντας μηχανή 35 mm,
κινηματογράφησε εικόνες της ανθρωπιστικής καταστροφής, σε Σμύρνη, Αθήνα
αλλά και Πειραιά.
Όλοι αγνοούσαν την ύπαρξη αυτού του βίντεο διότι ήταν φυλαγμένο για
τουλάχιστον 60 χρόνια στο σπίτι της συζύγου του. Ώσπου το 2008 ο εγγονός
του Robert Davidian, "ανακάλυψε" το ντοκουμέντο και το μετέτρεψε σε
ψηφιακή μορφή για να το σώσει.
"The Great Fire of Smyrna is the name commonly given to the fire that
ravaged Izmir/Smyrna from 13 to 17 September 1922. Turkish armed forces
systematically burned the city and killed Greek and Armenian
inhabitants. This is based on extensive eyewitness evidence from Western
troops sent to Smyrna during the evacuation, foreign diplomats/relief
workers based at Smyrna and Turkish sources." - Wikipedia.org
Robert Davidian's grandfather, George Magarian, born in 1895, educated at the American College at Konya, Turkey and, later, director of the Konya YMCA, filmed Smyrna, Turkey, immediately after it's genocidal destruction.
The resulting 35mm edited nitrate film was hidden in my grandmother's apartment in NYC for 60 years. I was lucky to transfer it to digital before it completely disintegrates. -Robert Davidian 5 March 2008
Three years ago, I met with Fulbrighter, film maker Maria Iliou, in Washington DC to restore the film and transfer it to HD video at Colorlab. This was an initiative by Iliou & PROTEAS, funded by PROTEAS, a Greek not for profit company, that has been saving archival materials about SMYRNA and THE EXCHANGE all around the world the last 3 years. I gave them permission to include this material in their two projects, SMYRNA and EXCHANGE, that will be opening at the BENAKI MUSEUM in December 15th 2011 (SMYRNA) and February 12th 2012 (EXCHANGE) a first presentation of those images in Greece to be done by my agreement. It is a Maria's Iliou and PROTEAS initiative, funded by BODOSSAKIS FOUNDATION, JF COSTOPOULOS FOUNDATION, ARGYROS FOUNDATION, NICHOLAS BOURAS FOUNDATION, JIM CHANOS, ROY & DIANE VAGELOS FOUNDATION. - Robert Davidian 19 April 2011
Δείτε το συγκλονιστικό βίντεο…
http://www.madata.gr/
Robert Davidian's grandfather, George Magarian, born in 1895, educated at the American College at Konya, Turkey and, later, director of the Konya YMCA, filmed Smyrna, Turkey, immediately after it's genocidal destruction.
The resulting 35mm edited nitrate film was hidden in my grandmother's apartment in NYC for 60 years. I was lucky to transfer it to digital before it completely disintegrates. -Robert Davidian 5 March 2008
Three years ago, I met with Fulbrighter, film maker Maria Iliou, in Washington DC to restore the film and transfer it to HD video at Colorlab. This was an initiative by Iliou & PROTEAS, funded by PROTEAS, a Greek not for profit company, that has been saving archival materials about SMYRNA and THE EXCHANGE all around the world the last 3 years. I gave them permission to include this material in their two projects, SMYRNA and EXCHANGE, that will be opening at the BENAKI MUSEUM in December 15th 2011 (SMYRNA) and February 12th 2012 (EXCHANGE) a first presentation of those images in Greece to be done by my agreement. It is a Maria's Iliou and PROTEAS initiative, funded by BODOSSAKIS FOUNDATION, JF COSTOPOULOS FOUNDATION, ARGYROS FOUNDATION, NICHOLAS BOURAS FOUNDATION, JIM CHANOS, ROY & DIANE VAGELOS FOUNDATION. - Robert Davidian 19 April 2011
Δείτε το συγκλονιστικό βίντεο…
http://www.madata.gr/
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