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Hungarian parliamentary elections of 1949; citizens voting and celebrating. Mátyás Rákosi and President Szakasits seen voting.

Russian newsreel shows scenes from election day in 1949 in Hungary, as citizens vote in the parliamentary election. Farm workers coming in from fields and preparing to vote. A decorated tractor on election day. Men carrying an election banner. Men and women with families walking toward centers to cast their ballots. Scenes beside ballot boxes with citizens casting their votes. Communist posters visible including those of the Hungarian Working People's Party. Men and women dressed in traditional Hungarian costumes arrive at a voting center. Elevated view of a Hungarian city and bridges over water in the foreground. Hungarian people dance in groups. The happy crowd surrounds First Secretary Mátyás Rákosi when he arrives at a voting center. Matyas Rakosi seen casting his vote in a ballot box. The President of Hungary, Árpád Szakasits, also seen casting his vote. Election officials look on as Arpad Szakasits folds his ballot. A huge crowd gathered on the streets in Hungary for a night time parade. They carry caricatures that parody democratic world leaders and democracy, including U.S. President Truman and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, among others. Hungarians in traditional clothing dance and celebrate

Date: 1949, May 15
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675054032
Cardinal Mindszenty in Hungary. In New York: American Legionnaires Parade. Communists parade. Catholics protest against Russia

Views of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Budapest, Hungary. Cardinal József Mindszenty and retinue enter St. Stephen's Cathedral (Budapest, Szent István tér 1, 1051 Hungary). Dark interior of cathedral. Cardinal Mindszenty, priests, and sacristans leaving the cathedral. Cardinal in procession during festival. Cardinal Mindszenty blesses the crowd outside St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Several graves in woods, marked with wooden crosses. Hungarian Communist Leader Mathius Rakosi speaks. Photograph of Cardinal during his trial in Hungary. Comparison of Cardinal Mindszenty's signatures made in 1947 with that ostensibly signed to his confession in 1949. Massed American flags carried by members of the American Legion, in May Day loyalty Parade passing Central Park, in New York City. Small parade of Communists Sympathizers in New York. People carry banners reading: "Against KKK; Against War Bases in Africa; Against Universal Military Training; The Soviet Union Wants Peace; Return to Roosevelt's Peace Policy." One man carries a sign "Hail the State of Israel." Roman Catholic priests lead 'Procession of protests' against Communist Russia at the New York Polo grounds.

Date: 1949
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041854
Highlights of 1949 including Berlin airlift, formation of West Germany, Cardinal Mindszenty imprisonment, Marshal Tito, Communist China, and American communists.

Berlin airlift during Cold War in Germany. German people gather on the street. The Berlin airlift, 'Operation Vittles' lifts food and supplies to overcome the blockade by Russia, Soviet Union. A Berlin Airlift airplane in flight. Vehicles on the street. Men near a sign board. Scene changes to early meeting of the West German government in Bonn with Conrad Adenauer and Theodor Heuss speaking and taking oaths. Next scene shows newspaper articles about Communist expansion. View of Cardinal József Mindszenty of Hungary who narrator says became a martyr for his faith. People in Rome praying for the exiled Cardinal at a service conducted by Pope Piux XII. Next scene shows closeup of Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia with other military leaders, and flags of Yugoslavia and Soviet Union flying together side-by-side. Military buildup in Yugoslavia during strain with Soviet Union under Tito. Military Trucks fill a bridge. Next scene shows a victory parade in Shanghai China by Communist soldiers loyal to Mao Zedong. View of the Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China, Chiang Kai Shek, exiled to Taiwan. A flag of Communist China flying over docks at a port. Scene changes to view of the Foley Square Federal Courthouse in New York, where 11 members of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) were on trial for conspiracy to overthrown the government by violent means (violating the Smith Act). The defendants are shown standing together (Stachel, Potash, Winter, Davis, Gates, Green, Thompson, Winston, Dennis, Hall, Williamson, and Foster). Close-up view of Judge Harold Medina. After conviction the group of men is shown climbing into a U.S. Marshal paddy wagon for transport to prison.

Date: 1949, December
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051641
Women attend a communist peace meeting in Budapest, Hungary

Participants attend a communist peace meeting in Budapest, Hungary. Marchers carrying banners, pictures and torches. An elderly woman holds a torch. Young women wearing headscarves attend the gathering. Sign in Hungarian reads “Long live Stalin, the great friend of the Hungarian people”. Representatives from different nations in Asia, Europe, Africa and Americas took part in the meeting. Women speakers addressing the meeting.

Date: 1949
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675032365
Selden Chapin with officials and dignitaries aboard a ship off the coast of New York, United States.

U.S. ambassador to Hungary Selden Chapin in New York, United States. Selden Chapin with dignitaries and officials aboard a ship. They all are seated in a hall. Chapin with a woman walks on the deck of a ship. Other officials and dignitaries stand at the deck in the background. Ships underway in the background. Selden and the woman walk on the deck. They talk to each other.

Date: 1949, February 28
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069309
City of Budapest as seen before World War II.

Views of Budapest, Hungary before World War II. Bridge across the Danube River. People walking across the Széchenyi Chain Bridge (Budapest, Széchenyi Lánchíd, 1051 Hungary). Dome of St. Stephen’s Basilica (Budapest, Szent István tér 1, 1051 Hungary). Statue of Prince Eugene of Savoy at Buda Castle (Savoyai Jenő herceg lovasszobra, Buda Castle, Budapest, 1013 Hungary). Buda Castle grounds. View of Budapest as seen from Buda Castle. The Fisherman’s Bastion (Budapest, Szentháromság tér, 1014 Hungary). Hungarian Parliament Building as seen from the stone railings in the Fisherman’s Bastion. The late-Gothic Matthias Church (Mátyás Templom Budapest, Szentháromság tér 2, 1014 Hungary). The Holy Trinity Statue (Budapest, Szentháromság u., 1014 Hungary). A woman and her two daughters climb the stone stairs of a Budapest Street. Skyline of Budapest. Budapest bridges along the Danube River. Cars driving through the Széchenyi Chain Bridge. Numerous views of many famous buildings and monuments throughout Budapest. Narrator speaks about why the city of Budapest never lost its beauty and charm after five years of war and ten years of communism. This significant period has turned the Hungarians into a resilient race, proud of their national heroes who fought for Budapest.

Date: 1930
Duration: 8 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038831
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