Students in Italy demonstrate in support of Hungary's fight against Soviet domination (during the Hungarian Uprising or Hungarian Revolution of 1956). A crowd of more than ten thousand students carries posters to against communist rule. Riot and violence follows as efforts of the crowd are controlled by police. People fighting and beating. A policeman tries to stop the rallying students from entering the Communist Party headquarters office in Rome.
Major events of 1956. In an aftermath of Hungarian revolution against Russian slavery people flee from their homes. Civilian refugees loaded in trucks fled for freedom and safety. Man carries a child on his back as he moves to a safer place to escape the Red Army's atrocities. Views of men, women, and children refugees fleeing Soviet oppression.
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution. People on roads, views of burnt books. Citizens burning flags, Russian tanks moving. Hidden soldiers aiming at different Russian targets. Tanks and soldiers on empty streets. Body of a dead soldier, with face covered by picture of Matyas Rakosi, General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party.
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Four boys collect cartridges on road. Soviet tanks rolling through streets of Budapest. Battles between insurrectionists and Soviet soldiers in front of the Communist Party headquarters. Exchange of gunfire near the building. Citizens helping wounded freedom fighters, carrying litters across city square under fire. A Hungarian tank moves across the square.
A revolution against the Stalinist government in Hungary (the Hungarian Revolution of 1956). Civilians open manhole covers and look for Hungarian prisoners who may be trying to escape in the sewer sytem near the Communist Party headquarter building in Koztarsasag Square, Budapest. View of severly damaged Headquarters building. Police guards arrest some hiding communists in the building. One is offered a cigarette by his captors. A Communist official being taken away in a car.
Hungarian revolution. Hiding the communist seal of the state with a national flag on the office building of the members of the parliament, while onlookers watching from the Elisabeth bridge. Trucks carrying humanitarian aid on road. Men and women on the streets. Various views during the Hungarian revolution.