Hungary gains control over Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia after the First Vienna Award. Czech civilians load their belongings onto carriages and leave the town as they head towards the interiors of Czechoslovakia. Soldiers load equipment on to vehicles and move away on carts or on foot. Picture of Miklós Horthy, the Regent of Hungary. The Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946). Hungarian cavalry units enter the city.
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
An animated map shows Hungary and nearby countries. A flotilla of German warships plies the Danube River at Budapest, Hungary, during World War 2. They fire anti-aircraft guns at aircraft overhead. The Hungarian Parliament Building (Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 1, 1055 Hungary) and the Elizabeth Bridge (Erzsébet híd) are seen at the river.
Emperor Karl I (Emperor Charles I) of Austro-Hungarian empire reviews Austrian troops in Austria-Hungary during World War I. Soldiers stand in a line along the mountain side. Emperor Karl I discusses with them. A woman stands along with the soldiers.
Opening ceremony for a new steel bridge constructed over the River Danube in Axis-controlled Hungary during World War 2. The newly constructed bridge is seen, spanning the Danube between Vámosszabadi and Medve (later Medveďov. It connects from Hungary to Slovakia.) An official cuts a ribbon and inaugurates the bridge. A guard and another official standing beside him. A large group of men standing behind the officials and the guard. The official shakes hands with other officials. A sign commemorating the bridge and officials walking on the bridge.
Film begins with a map of the South Eastern part of Europe, including countries of Hungary,Croatia,Serbia, and Romania. Then a German Air Force officer is seen dispatching aircraft to attack Soviet tanks on the Eastern front. Next are views from a cockpit of German Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka dive bombers) in flight. Closeup of a Stuka airplane inflight. It is equipped with a machine guns under its wings. More views from a cockpit of smoke rising from the ground, and then of Ju 87s strafing Soviet tanks. Narrator states that more than 300 Soviet tanks were destroyed. Scene changes to German soldier in a defensive position in Hungary, during the German invasion of that country in March, 1944 (Operation Margarethe). View of explosions in the distance. Brief closeup of a German soldier. German infantry leaving their defensive positions and advancing along a hill crest where they are silhouetted against the light sky. Artillery firing from hidden position near trees. Several scenes of burning buildings. German gun crew holding their ears as they fire a heavy artillery piece. A burning tank.