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Pioneers Parade In Opera House - Rakosi Speech

Reel Number: 221084-12

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: Hungary

Location: Budapest

TC Begins: 10:11:03

TC Ends: 10:16:19

Duration: 00:05:16

Pioneers Parade In Opera House - Rakosi Speech INT opera house / theatre - unid. man speaking at podium. Processions of kids enter hall carrying huge Hungarian flag w/ portrait of Matyas Rakosi - audience claps. Two kids carry bouquet of flowers onto stage & present to Rakosi who kisses them. Two more processions of men & women march in carrying oversized Hungarian & Soviet flags. Military processions w/ flags. High shots stage as unid. general? makes speech - group of military standing to attention nearby. 10:12:52 Rakosi makes speech from behind long table. Standing ovation. 10:14:05 Large choir on stage singing patriotic song. Applause. Another choir of female military sings; Rakosi watching from royal box. Applause. Pre-1956 when Rakosi removed from office. Post-WWII Hungary. Hungarian Communist Party. 1950s.

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