A documentary titled 'Red Legacy, Leave Rail Line Mined In Austria' in Austria. A building with a name board that reads ' Wolfsthal'. A train running on a rail track. View of a rail track, overgrown with bushes, running from the interior of Austria to Czechoslovakian frontier. Abandoned buildings beside the rail track. View of a wire fence and a danger signboard indicating mines. Small flags on the ground showing the position of mines. Two men beside the flags. One of them digging ground and taking a personnel mine and disarming it. The men disarming the personnel mines buried in the ground during the Russian occupation. View of the pile of personnel mines dug out. An explosion due to mine blast and smoke rises.
A Hungarian refugee family enters the United States consulate in Vienna, Austria at The Amerika Haus ( Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 2, 1010 Wien, Vienna, Austria ) to apply for immigration papers. Refugee family enters office at consulate for interview appointment with the United States immigration officer. Each family member holds a “United States Escapee Program” bag. A woman Hungarian interpreter assists the family during the interview. The immigration officer signs documents. Interpreter speaks to Hungarian family. Sign reads “ICEM Zwischenstaatliches Komitee für Europäische Auswanderung Intergovernmental Committee for European Immigration”. Young Hungarian refugees waiting inside the ICEM office. Woman ICEM employees working at their desks. An ICEM employee speaking on the phone while another writing. A document detailing a list of countries willing to accept Hungarian refugees and their quotas. Employee writing a note on country quotas for refugees. An Austrian police officer ushers refugees into an office one at a time.
Ancient Bourse (stock exchange) on fire in Vienna, Austria. Fire fighters splash water. People watch. Fire in a building. Fire fighters carry paintings out of the building. Building on fire as flames rise up.
A young Hungarian refugee girl leans on her father’s shoulder. Refugee girl in deep though, chin on hand. A Hungarian grandmother looks on. A woman strokes the head of a tired refugee girl on her lap. Vienna Town Hall in morning mist ( Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 1, 1010 Wien, Austria ) The Caritas Haus (presently at Albrechtskreithgasse 19-21, 1160 Wien, Austria) in Vienna. Hungarian family seeking help in the Roman Catholic-run Caritas Haus. Hungarian refugees speaking to a man at Catholic Relief Services. Poster behind man reads “Cath. Relief Services National Catholic Welfare Conference” with the United States and Austrian flags. Woman Hungarian refugee and her daughters speak with a female official to facilitate immigration to the United States. Men shake hands with a Caritas Haus official. A woman gives out free bags labeled “United States Escapee Program” to Hungarian refugees. Smiling Hungarian refugee girls opening their “United States Escapee Program” bags, inspecting the items included in the package. Welfare agency officials facilitate identification of refugees. Hungarian refugee family holding their passports. Official examining passports and recording information with typewriter. Hungarian refugee man introducing each family member to the official.