1916 Budapest
The oldest surviving film about Budapest. The Stock Exchange Palace is shown between 5:53 and 6:24.
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1919 Life on the stock exchange
This newsreel clip from 1919 shows the Stock Exchange and the trading that took place there.
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1929 Opening of the International Fair
This newsreel from 1929 shows the products of several listed companies.
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1935 Ceremonial opening of the BNV (Budapest International Fair)
This newsreel from 1935 features several famous stock market personalities. Ferenc Chorin, the CEO of the Salgótarján Coal Mine Ltd. and Sándor Fleissig, the president of the stock exchange at the time, also appear in the film.
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1948 Cessation of the operation of the stock exchange
This newsreel from 1948 captures the closing of the stock exchange.
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"What is needed is a serious, persistent will on the part of each of us, directed to visit, use and animate the young institution frequently, perhaps at first with some sacrifice of our habits, our desires and our interests."
Baron Frigyes Kochmeister (1816-1907)
President of the BSE (1864-1900)"As regards freedom of action, our institution desires nothing more than to do what is in the interest of the country as a whole, and to be free from any unilateral tendency, as it has been far from seeking to cultivate its own interests at the expense of the common good. "
Baron Zsigmond Kornfeld (1852-1909)
President of the BSE (1900-1909)"Our poor mother, this dismembered Hungary is sick, seriously sick, and let us put aside all other interests, real or apparent, and keep in mind the only point of view: what is necessary, what is good for our poor, sick mother: Hungary."