Conditions in Budapest, Hungary during Soviet occupation. Exteriors of Budapest Opera House (Magyar Állami Operaház Budapest, Andrássy út 22, 1061 Hungary). Statue of Franz Liszt outside the building. Sign reads 'Square SZTALIN'. Hungarian women around children in prams. Molotov Street in Budapest. A small bomber sits on top of a Soviet pillar monument near the Danube River. Two young girls sitting at a pillar monument in Budapest.
Hungarian rebels in crowd during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. Hungarian rebels with Hungarian soldiers in Budapest. Damaged buildings in Budapest. A devastated street car in Budapest after the Hungarian Revolution. Abandoned Soviet military vehicle, equipment and tank in Budapest. Hungarians curiously observe the tank. Hungarian freedom fighters, with rifles, patrol Budapest. Piles of blocks in road near apartment buildings in Budapest. Russian tanks roll in Budapest, returning to the Hungarian Revolution with more reinforcements. Soviet military vehicles pouring into Andrassy Avenue, Budapest. Hungarians cross a river and walk to the Austrian border. Hungarian refugee smokes a cigarette. A Hungarian couple kiss and laugh together. Two hundred thousand Hungarian refugees trekking towards the temporary refugee shelters in Austria. Austrian border control. Hungarian refugees flee with their luggage and bicycles, hoping to make it to countries that could accept them such as England, France, Scandinavia, Switzerland and the United States.
Hungarian civilians confront Soviet tanks during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 in Budapest, Hungary. Crowds stand outside a burning building. Snipers shoot at Russians from behind doors and windows. Soviet tank firing in a park. Hungarian rebels shoot behind a building between Károlyi and Cukor street (Budapest, Károlyi utca 9, 1053 Hungary) in Inner City, Budapest. Hungarians burning Soviet books and flags in defiance to Soviet forces. Hungarians burning Soviet flags. Hungarian refugees cross to the Austrian border. A refugee man holding a baby flees to Austria. Crying Hungarian women cross the border to Austria. White geese in Hungary. Russian tanks block the Hungarian border.
Conditions in Budapest, Hungary during Soviet occupation. Workers build new railroad lines. A building under construction. Workers roll carts on top of a building. Construction worker climbs a ladder. The dome of the St. Stephen’s Basilica (Budapest, Szent István tér 1, 1051 Hungary). Crane in operation during construction of a bridge (likely the Margaret Bridge) over the Danube River. Traffic passes along Szechenyi Chain Bridge (Budapest, Széchenyi Lánchíd, 1051 Hungary) over Danube.
1919: Communist and Socialist politicians and supporters gathered outside the Hungarian Parliament Building during an alliance in Budapest. A large crowd before the building and in the street. The Communist politician Bela Kun being interviewed amidst the crowd. Men climb a tower in front of the building to get a better view of the event. View of Hungarian Socialist Democratic Party leader Dezső Bokányi standing with other men. Socialist politician Sandor Garbai standing with Bela Kun and addressing the crowd. A man addresses the crowd from a car roof. Musicians play violins and other instruments during the event. The two politicians talk and give speeches.
Liberty Bridge (Szabadság híd) in Budapest as Junkers seaplane flies beneath it. A ship sails on the Danube River the Széchenyi Chain Bridge in the background. Junkers F 13 seaplane lands near the Liberty Bridge (then called Franz Joseph Bridge.) Three Junkers F 13 seaplanes docked on the Danube River. View of pre-war Buda Castle (Budapest, Szent György tér 2, 1014 Hungary), the Holy Trinity Statue (Budapest, Szentháromság u., 1014 Hungary) in front of the pre-war Palace of the Ministry of Finance (very damaged in war and changed afterwards.) Turreted lookout of the Fisherman’s Bastion. Junkers F 13 seaplane taxis away from dock at Liberty Bridge and then seen in flight over bridge with other seaplanes in foreground. Aerial view flying over Liberty Bridge (Szabadság híd) ,Budapest, and Hungarian Parliament Building.