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.
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.
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.
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.
People in Ruthenia (Northeast Hungary) in Hungary. A Jewish cemetery in Ruthenian village. Jewish inscriptions on the graves. A thatched hut in the area. Men standing outside the entrance door to a synagogue. Children in Budapest, holding violins. The violin playing children seated outside a house. The group of children play their violins, led by a man instructing the children. Another man arrives and talks to the instructor.