In 1956, crowds of Hungarians walk peaceably in their Capital, Budapest, calling for establishment of their own style of communist rule. A woman waves a Hungarian flag from a window. A communist star is pulled down from atop a building. On October 24, 1956 Hungarian authorities crack down, with police supported by Russian troops from local garrison. Russian soldiers in T-34 tanks seen on city street. View of Russian soldiers leaving the area aboard a T-34 tank. Hungarians battling their police. View of Prime Minister,Imry Nagy, ascending steps of a government building. Narrator states that Nagy declares Hungary neutral in conflict between Soviet Union and the West. Soviet books and documents being burned. The next sequence shows Soviet T-34 tanks entering Hungary in force, on November 4, 1956. One is seen firing from a city street. Picture of Imre Nagy shown as Narrator says his execution was announced on June 17, 1958.
Corn Tones Blood Donation Show at AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Service) Radio Studio in Tokyo, Japan. The Corn Tones play music and sing a song. Members of the Corn Tones who are the Signal Corps Officers introduce themselves. They play their own song called 'Heartbreak Ridge'. The song is about a wounded man who is spotted by the medics on the Heartbreak Ridge, brought in and given a transfusion that saves his life. Lieutenant Bill Glaza signs off stating that this show commemorates National Blood Donor Campaign. He makes a final appeal for blood donation.
Corn Tones Blood Donation Show at AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Service) Radio Studio in Tokyo, Japan. The Corn Tones play music and sing a song. Members of the Corn Tones who are the Signal Corps play their own song called 'Heartbreak Ridge'. The song is about a wounded man who is spotted by the medics on Heartbreak Ridge, brought in and given a transfusion that saves his life. Lieutenant Bill Glaza signs off stating that this show commemorates National Blood Donor Campaign. He makes a final appeal for blood donation.
American President Woodrow Wilson in France. President Wilson and Mrs Wilson arrive at the Palace of Versailles during the signing of Peace Treaty between Germany and the Allies at the end of World War I. French Premier Georges Clemenceau tips his hat before he gets into the building. Delegates assembled in the Hall of Mirrors for the signing of the treaty. Premier Clemenceau opens the assembly and addresses the delegates. President Wilson, U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing, chief advisor to President Wilson Colonel E. M. House, U.S. diplomat Henry White and Lieutenant General Tasker H. Bliss walk up to the table to sign the Peace Treaty.
Russian people in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Soviet Union. (Narrator states it is also called Gorky.) People at a fair. A barker at the fair talking and gathering a crowd. A small baby seal in a pool. Children enjoy themselves on vintage amusement park rides including swings, ferris wheel and merry-go-round that is hand-cranked by an operator. View of musical organ for carousel. Children buy ice-cream from a vendor with a wheeled cart. Aerial view of industry and factories in the area. Circa 1929-1930.
Vichy France leaders in France during World War II. Chief of State of Vichy France Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain and President of the Council Pierre Laval in an office. Henri Petain sits in a chair and talks to Pierre Laval. Inside view of the office of Vichy France. Marshal Petain and Pierre Laval on a bench discuss a document.
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