Jack Rackam
Who Killed Austria-Hungary? | The Life & Times of Franz Joseph
It was a dark and stormy night, like any other in the big city. I was on my lunch break when the mutton-chopped Methusalah came through my door in a hurry. He said “I like my historians like I like my eggs. Hard-boiled.” “Then you’ve...
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Hungarian Uprising
/ Hungarian civilians shoot rifles at Russian Army tanks / civilians shot dead on street corner / civilians in horse drawn wagon / women in agony, crying as they evacuate the country and head to Austria / man walking with child on his...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
During the Hungarian Revolution, refugees cross into Austria
Title card: "Austria-Hungary Frontier, The Last Yards to Freedom..." / The border area between Hungary and Austria and the flimsy border gate with a flag on it / Several dramatic views of Hungarians running from Russian soldiers and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Refugees from Hungarian Revolution visit White House
Title card: "In Washington, President Greets Refugees" / Pres. Dwight Eisenhower at lower left stands with a group of Hungarian refugees during their visit to the White House / refugees pose with Eisenhower on the Rose Garden steps;...
Hearst Metrotone News
A crowd of Hungarian civilians tears down A Soviet flag and topple a Soviet star during the Hungarian Revolution.
A crowd of Hungarian civilians tears down A Soviet flag and topple a Soviet star during the Hungarian Revolution.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Budapest after Russian troops invade it to end Hungarian Revolution; mobile Catholic chapel in Rome to be sent to Hungarian border
Title card: "The streets of Budapest - Where terror struck" / Russian tank parked in deserted street / Hungarian Freedom Fighters riding on truck as it drives past camera / man runs across street and walks down sidewalk, then two men...
Bridgeman Arts
Thunder Over Hungary - account of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Budapest, Monday, October 22nd 1956. Shots of protest against the Soviet occupation and for the evacuation of Soviet troops. Ammunitions, bullets, gun fights. Armed groups exchange shots with the army. Soldiers run and wounded evacuated....
Hearst Metrotone News
A Communist star falls from a government building during the Hungarian Revolution in Budapest, Hungary in 1956.
A Communist star falls from a government building during the Hungarian Revolution in Budapest, Hungary in 1956.