The Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Hungarian resistance fighters aim guns towards Soviet positions in Budapest, Hungary. Soviet soldiers standing near a loudspeaker. Exteriors of a building. Wreckage of vehicles in the city.
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.
Hungarian civilians fight for freedom against the Stalinist government during revolt in Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian communists firing on freedom fighters in front of the Communist Party headquarters. Men carry wounded on litter. Russian soldiers fire at them. The men run with the wounded under fire. Wounded Hungarian rebels in hospitals. Burial service of those died in the revolt. People lay wreath during ceremony. An old woman weeps during the ceremony.
Hungarian rebels in crowd during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. Hungarian rebels with Hungarian soldiers in Budapest. Damaged buildings in Budapest. A devastated street car in Budapest after the Hungarian Revolution. Abandoned Soviet military vehicle, equipment and tank in Budapest. Hungarians curiously observe the tank. Hungarian freedom fighters, with rifles, patrol Budapest. Piles of blocks in road near apartment buildings in Budapest. Russian tanks roll in Budapest, returning to the Hungarian Revolution with more reinforcements. Soviet military vehicles pouring into Andrassy Avenue, Budapest. Hungarians cross a river and walk to the Austrian border. Hungarian refugee smokes a cigarette. A Hungarian couple kiss and laugh together. Two hundred thousand Hungarian refugees trekking towards the temporary refugee shelters in Austria. Austrian border control. Hungarian refugees flee with their luggage and bicycles, hoping to make it to countries that could accept them such as England, France, Scandinavia, Switzerland and the United States.
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.