Panoramic views and monuments of Budapest, Hungary. The Liberty Statue (Szabadság-szobor, 1118 Budapest, Gellérthegy) on the Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. Rising sun in the background. Sun rays falling on Danube River. Industrial smoke pollution being emitted from stacks. Workers arrive at factory.
Views of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Budapest, Hungary. Cardinal József Mindszenty and retinue enter St. Stephen's Cathedral (Budapest, Szent István tér 1, 1051 Hungary). Dark interior of cathedral. Cardinal Mindszenty, priests, and sacristans leaving the cathedral. Cardinal in procession during festival. Cardinal Mindszenty blesses the crowd outside St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Several graves in woods, marked with wooden crosses. Hungarian Communist Leader Mathius Rakosi speaks. Photograph of Cardinal during his trial in Hungary. Comparison of Cardinal Mindszenty's signatures made in 1947 with that ostensibly signed to his confession in 1949. Massed American flags carried by members of the American Legion, in May Day loyalty Parade passing Central Park, in New York City. Small parade of Communists Sympathizers in New York. People carry banners reading: "Against KKK; Against War Bases in Africa; Against Universal Military Training; The Soviet Union Wants Peace; Return to Roosevelt's Peace Policy." One man carries a sign "Hail the State of Israel." Roman Catholic priests lead 'Procession of protests' against Communist Russia at the New York Polo grounds.
An animated map shows Hungary and nearby countries. A flotilla of German warships plies the Danube River at Budapest, Hungary, during World War 2. They fire anti-aircraft guns at aircraft overhead. The Hungarian Parliament Building (Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 1, 1055 Hungary) and the Elizabeth Bridge (Erzsébet híd) are seen at the river.
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Stalinist government in Hungary. Civilians, police and military mingling amiably. Hungarian Communist Leader, Janos Kadar enters a car with an Army General. Civilians walk around a Soviet tank in a market. Hungarian soldiers stand on roads and talk to each other. Animated map shows flow of Soviet Forces surrounding Budapest to put down the insurrection. Soviet tanks firing point blank into buildings. Fires raging. A radio announcer is seen at a center from which multilingual broadcasts are being made about the events in Budapest. A technician in broadcast center. Speaker labeled "Hungarian." Brief view of UN meeting in New York. Revolutionaries fire on Soviets from remnants of destroyed buildings. Damaged Soviet tank. Hungarian National flags fly over abandoned litters in a small park. Dead revolutionary in a coffin being transported for burial in a cemetery. Some snow on the ground. People in various parts of the world express sympathy for the Hungarian insurrectionists. Black wreathes are hung. Youth in West Berlin, Germany, carry banner calling for Freedom for Hungary. Supportive demonstrations in Vietnam, France, and Italy. Black wreathes are placed in Poland.
Soviet tanks in Budapest, Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Civilians walk along sidewalks as Soviet T-55 tanks and trucks pass along a road. People look on as Soviet tanks, trucks and armored vehicles advance in a city square. Soviet tanks roll towards the Heroes' Square (Budapest, Hősök tere, 1146 Hungary).
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Pedestrians along a road in Budapest, Hungary. Debris on a field. Soviet vehicles on a street. A resistance fighter dismantles the Communist Red Star on the top of a building near the National Museum, in the Kalvin Square (Budapest, Kálvin tér 12, 1088 Hungary). Derailed trams in front of the Hungarian National Museum. Hungarian civilians look on. Interiors of a damaged building. Civilians gather along a street.
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