The Imperial coach arrives for the coronation of Emperor Charles I (Karl I) of Austria (King Karoly IV, of Hungary) in Budapest, Hungary. Crowd lined up at the ceremony. Crown Prince Otto looks out from inside the royal coach. Empress Zita, steps from the coach on the opposite side. Two men in ceremonial regalia talking to each other. An attendant looking after Crown Prince Otto. The attendant moving the crown prince to the back seat and covering him with a coverlet. Emperor Charles is seen mounted on a white horse.
Civilians and dignitaries greet soldiers after Hungary attains its freedom from Russian domination. Tanks and trucks of Russian army. Debris of battle on roads in Budapest. A damaged house and furniture. Hungarian martyr's of revolution burial ceremony, as men and women weep.
Hungarian revolution or sometimes called the Hungarian Uprising. Men read news papers, various pamphlets and posters on wall. Notifications can be seen. Truck on a road, soldiers in and around the truck.
Hungarian revolution. Road ways blocked, wrecked vehicles, train coach in inverted position at railway station. Soldiers in military vehicles, tanks move in line on roads. A war monument. People gather on roads and tanks.
The 1956 uprising in Hungary (also called the Hungarian Revolution). Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenthy is freed from prison on October 30, 1956, on November 3, he made a radio broadcast praising the revolution. (He is seen, possibly at that event.) Smoke rises from a tugboat in a harbor, where relief supplies are piled on a dock. People read about the rebel triumph in newspapers distributed from a truck, in Budapest. Soviet-built Li-2 airplanes (similar to DC-3) airlift relief supplies from Poznan, Poland. Convoy of ambulances and medical teams and supplies from International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) cross into Hungary at a border control point. Revolutionaries get medical treatment in hospitals. Sacks of relief supplies are seen.
A revolution against the Stalinist government in Hungary (the Hungarian Revolution of 1956). Civilians open manhole covers and look for Hungarian prisoners who may be trying to escape in the sewer sytem near the Communist Party headquarter building in Koztarsasag Square, Budapest. View of severly damaged Headquarters building. Police guards arrest some hiding communists in the building. One is offered a cigarette by his captors. A Communist official being taken away in a car.