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1956 - Hungary: Hungarian Revolution R2 of

Reel Number: 220775-07

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1956,1950s

Country: Hungary

Location: Budapest

TC Begins: 10:40:54

TC Ends: 10:51:22

Duration: 00:10:28

1956 - Hungary: Hungarian Revolution Fire burning in the street - papers thrown on. Snipers, including brief shot man at window. Soldiers put man in truck. destroyed military equipment. Men hammering at toppled statue ? Hungarians w/ guns in back of truck. Papers thrown from windows onto bonfire - crowds on street - damaged, bullet marked buildings. People walking on streets. Burned out tram - destroyed shop windows - various shots debris in streets. People climbing on tank - body lying in street. 10.46.30 Bullet holes in Red Star lying on ground. Pile of bodies. Men trying to pull Communist Red Star from building. Man under arrest. Loudspeakers. 10.48.43 Interior hospital ward - injured in beds. Man on crane trying to cover Communist sign with Hungarian flag - Hungarian soldiers smiling as they watch. Relief trucks ? People queue. Women with baskets mob back of truck as food handed out. Crowds - demonstration. People gathered in square. Two graves covered with flowers. Cold War; Uprising; Anti-Communist; Anti-Communism; 1956; 1950s; Cold War;

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