Hungary Free Now But Faces New Red Threat

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Synopsis: Starting as a grass-roots student protest and morphing into a full-fledged uprising against Soviet domination the pro-Communist Government of Hungary has collapsed and Hungary is now free of Red tyranny with scenes of devastation to its streets and the burying of its victims Hungary turns to the UN for protection and hopeful for a brighter future...(read more)

Date: 1956
Duration: 00:01:12
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Hungary

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Hungary Free Now But Faces New Red Threat

Fraternization along Hungary's borders symbolize the nation's independence of Russian domination. But as medical supplies are shipped in, the debris of battle is cleared from Budapest streets as the revolution's dead are buried, Soviet troops move into Hungary again, a new threat that follows Premier Nagy's declaration of neutrality and appeal to the U.N. for a guarantee of Hungary's hard-won sovereignty.