German troops enter Budapest ( reportedly after Hitler learned of secret Hungarian overtures towards the Allies) in World War 2. Locals watch and cheer the German troops. As German troops enter Budapest, they employ a number of different military vehicles. Among those seen are: Sdkfz.251/7 armored half-tracks; Ausf.D pioneer vehicle; Puma 234/2 8-wheeled armored cars, StuG III tank destroyers,and other military vehicles. Soldiers shake hands with civilians and school boys. Kids climb on military tanks and a BMW military motorcycle. Wehrmacht troops look over river with binoculars in the Buda Castle.
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.
The 1956 uprising in Hungary. 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.
Historic holiday hailed by Nation's highest dignitaries in Budapest, Hungary. Government officials, ecclesiastical leaders, aristocrats and peasants participate in the St. Stefan's Day festival. Admiral Horthy, Count Karyoli, premier designate dressed in traditional costumes take part in the procession.
Hungarian civilians assemble to demand freedom from the Stalinist government in Hungary. Thousands of civilians crowd a square in Budapest to demonstrate against the Stalinist government. Several carry Hungarian national flags. A number of banners are seen. One large banner is carried by students and faculty of Lorand University. Woman waves Hungarian flag from an office building window. Hungarian revolutionaries distribute newspapers from the back of an open truck. Many civilians crowd together and ride on two tanks moving rapidly along a street. Hungarian soldiers ride in a truck and carry the National flag. A sign displayed on the street reads: Russians, go home!
Hungarian civilians fight for freedom against the Stalinist government during a revolt in Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian rebels fire at Russian tanks from houses. Civilians pull down Russian star from a building. Russian books and flags burnt by civilians. Men run with the wounded. Corpses and wrecked jeep on roads. Firemen try to extinguish fire on a house.