Hungarian airplane seized by students defecting from Soviet Hungary, is seen on the ground in West Germany. Interiors of the wrecked airplane following the struggle on board between defecting Hungarian students and other Soviet loyalist passengers. The aircraft landed on a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) airstrip after a mid air battle. Officials inspect the airplane. Security officer investigates and collects weapons. Photographers take pictures. Doctor attends wounded Hungarian students who reached freedom outside Communist Hungary.
Film opens showing Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Benito Mussolini of Italy. Next Mussolini is seen addressing a large crowd from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy announcing plans to invade Greece. Views of Greek troops marching during the Greco-Italian War between the kingdoms of Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. Animated map depicts Italian advances into Greece with subsequent withdrawal as the Greeks drive them back and then invade Albania. Closeup of Hitler enraged about this turn of events, delaying his military Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union. Glimpse of Mussolini visiting his troops in the field. Newspaper headline reads: "Jugoslavia Gets Hitler Terms." A sub headline reads: "Nazi move in Greece Seen." Another view of Greek troops marching. A Junkers JU-87 Stuka dive bomber in flight, enters a steep dive to bomb a target. Bombs exploding in forest. Another Stuka diving and dropping bombs on a city building. Closeup glimpse of a Stuka speeding past the camera. View of a bombed out Yugoslavian building from German air attack on April 6, 1941. Animated map shows German and Italian forces attack paths from their bases in Italy, Hungary, Romania, and Hungary, vanquishing Yugoslavia. Map extends to Greece, where German forces overwhelm three defending Greek Divisions (aided by some British forces). Aerial view of a German Junkers Ju 52 transport plane flying over the Parthenon in Athens.
Anti-communist rebels defeat Soviet armies and take control of western border of Hungary in an anti-red revolt (the Hungarian Uprising or Hungarian Revolution of 1956). Anti communist soldiers at Austro-Hungarian border. Red star, the symbol of communism ripped off from flags, from uniforms of border guards. A man peels off a red star from a wall, with knife. Ambulances and Red Cross relief vehicles on roads. A nurse notes the list of medical aid from Red Cross and United States. Men unload medical aid and relief material from a plane. Mourners walk carrying caskets of Hungarian patriots.
Ice dancing in Hungary. Men and women show figure skating and ice dancing. They hold hands and skate while dancing. A girl shows her skill of spinning in figure skating. Couples do ice dance.
Hungarian mine sappers (engineer soldiers) trained in Hungary during World War II. The sappers at work. They remove stones, rocks, dig and clear the area. Road rollers at work. Soldiers clear the area. A road roller moves over the road. Sappers collect logs. Logs loaded into horse carts and transported. The soldiers work on a wooden bridge. The bridge under construction.
A film on lifestyle of people in Hungary. A map locates various places. The market place in town of Mezokovesd. People and two soldiers walking in the market. Peasants wearing their traditional costumes. They dance on a festive occasion.
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