Coronation parade of Emperor Karl I of Austria, who is also being crowned as Karl IV of Hungary. ( As Emperor of Austria-Hungary he holds both titles) Procession passes on the street in Budapest. Emperor Karl is seen riding a large white horse. Royal horse guards parade with the Emperor. Officials, and nobles in traditional dress, take part in the parade
roads and at the government buildings in Budapest, Hungary. They burn Soviet flags in the streets. Soviet machine guns and tanks fire at the revolutionaries. Hungarian citizens drive on tanks on the roads of Budapest. A tank drives past Heroes’ Square (Budapest, Hősök tere, 1146 Hungary). A man fires at government tanks. Damaged buildings in Budapest following battle with Soviet forces. Molotov cocktails prepared by protestors to throw at Soviet forces. Bodies of combatants killed during the revolution lying on the roads. Hungarian communist Prime Minister Imre Nagy addresses the nation during the Hungarian revolution of 1956.
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Stalinist government in Hungary. Civilians, police and military mingling amiably. Hungarian Communist Leader, Janos Kadar enters a car with an Army General. Civilians walk around a Soviet tank in a market. Hungarian soldiers stand on roads and talk to each other. Animated map shows flow of Soviet Forces surrounding Budapest to put down the insurrection. Soviet tanks firing point blank into buildings. Fires raging. A radio announcer is seen at a center from which multilingual broadcasts are being made about the events in Budapest. A technician in broadcast center. Speaker labeled "Hungarian." Brief view of UN meeting in New York. Revolutionaries fire on Soviets from remnants of destroyed buildings. Damaged Soviet tank. Hungarian National flags fly over abandoned litters in a small park. Dead revolutionary in a coffin being transported for burial in a cemetery. Some snow on the ground. People in various parts of the world express sympathy for the Hungarian insurrectionists. Black wreathes are hung. Youth in West Berlin, Germany, carry banner calling for Freedom for Hungary. Supportive demonstrations in Vietnam, France, and Italy. Black wreathes are placed in Poland.
People in Ruthenia (Northeast Hungary) in Hungary. A Jewish cemetery in Ruthenian village. Jewish inscriptions on the graves. A thatched hut in the area. Men standing outside the entrance door to a synagogue. Children in Budapest, holding violins. The violin playing children seated outside a house. The group of children play their violins, led by a man instructing the children. Another man arrives and talks to the instructor.
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.
Panoramic views and monuments of Budapest, Hungary. The Liberty Statue (Szabadság-szobor, 1118 Budapest, Gellérthegy) on the Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. Rising sun in the background. Sun rays falling on Danube River. Industrial smoke pollution being emitted from stacks. Workers arrive at factory.