Synopsis
1st uprising in Hungary protest rallies in the Western world against the Soviet intervention in Hungary. Protest procession in Budapest. Roadblocks. Chatting in the streets. Rifles. Shootout. Street fighting. Wounded on stretchers. Machine gun fire. Storm on the building of the State security service. Burning of books and red flags. Dead are on the road. Devastation in the city. Bodies and shattered brick Communist emblems. Grieving. Intervention by Soviet tanks. There is a stream of refugees to the Austrian border. Refugee treks with children and babies. Weeping people leave their homes. Soviet tanks secure the border.
02. war in Egypt gun fires, bomb is released. Israeli tanks drive through the Sinai desert. England and France intervene in the fighting. Israelis take the border town of Gaza. War protests around the world. The UN Security Council decision fails on the British and French veto. Is the UN General Assembly by a large majority for peace. French and British soldiers go on troop transports. Eden before the Parliament. Protest rally in London against the war. Under pressure from the international community and a Soviet ultimatum, England and France set fire to the Suez.
03. Hamburg: Senate adopts all-German Olympic team breakdown from NDW 354/3. In the Town Hall, the Senate passed with Mayor Engelhard German athletes Melbourne, including Manfred Germar, Erika Fisch, Heinz Fütterer, Martin Lauer. At the airfield, Erika Fisch's autographs. Board aircraft. Waving.
04. Olympic city of Melbourne welcome Olympic Games. Street scene. Swimming and athletics stadium.
Origin / Type of content
Title: The revolution in Hungary origin: Austria, Metro, Metro, Pathé journal, Metro, Pathé journal, Austria, Metro, Incom war in Egypt + UN meeting origin: Pathe news, Pathé journal, Pathé journal, Metro, Metro riots in England origin: Pathe News Sports: departure of the German Olympic team to Melbourne camera: Seib, basic origin: Cine sound
Narration
The recent events in Hungary were the cause of numerous protest rallies. In America and in Western Europe outraged demonstrators turned against the armed intervention of the Soviet Union.
In Rome, Italian police had to protect a Communist newspaper building from attacks.
The first documentary evidence from Hungary show how it began. A seemingly harmless students rally became a huge national demonstration over the course of hours.
Through loudspeakers and leaflets called for the reinstatement of the former Prime Minister Nagy.
Hungarian armoured units were attempting to maintain the order of the State. But too late, the avalanche came rolling.
As Soviet tanks rolled in after a hasty call for help the Government against the rebels, the national uprising was a rebellion against communism. Parts of the Hungarian army moved into the camp of the revolutionaries. The insurgents received this weapons and ammunition. Open war broke out in the streets of Budapest. Hatred and bitterness of the insurgents knew no limit. After a dogged Street battle, they stormed the building of the AVO, the Hungarian secret police. Thousands fluttered Communist documents and brochures from the Windows onto the street, where they were burned. The occupants of this building were the first victims of the disastrous civil war. -The number of deaths increased from hour to hour.
The rebels gained more and more ground. Within a few days, the country was in the hands of the revolutionary councils. Ebbed away after the battles around Budapest, the Hungarian capital offered a picture of horror and devastation, between rubble and rushed Soviet tanks were ruins. The streets were covered with bodies of Russia and Hungary. The Government announced the withdrawal of Soviet troops. Everywhere in the country, the characters of the communism of the houses have been removed. The supremacy of the Soviet star appeared in Hungary to end cleaning.
Life began to normalize; but the pleasures of rallies over the supposed victory have been overshadowed by the mourning for the countless dead.
Rest for 2 days in Budapest, rejoined the deceptive calm before the storm.
10 days after the uprising, the Soviet Union opened a surprising big offensive against the revolutionary to restore the old state of the people's democracy. The Soviet tanks came back, the uprising was crushed.
Before the advancing tanks, thousands across the border fled to Austria.
The flares of the Soviet Vanguard gave the signal to the great escape. Overall, over 10000 people succeeded in reaching the borders to the West.
But suddenly ran dry the column of misery. The Soviet tanks were an iron ring around the country. The borders were sealed. While the world still looking East, boomed noise of war in the Middle East. Israeli combat forces invaded Egypt. After a disregarded ultimatum, British and French forces attacked Egyptian cities of Cyprus out.
The Israel troops pushed on the Sinai Peninsula up to the Suez Canal. The first strategic success was the capture of the border town of Gaza.
The protests against the threat of war piled up all over the world. The Western Alliance faced a tough ordeal, and the world stopped the breath, as the UN Security Council was convened. A special meeting called for the renunciation of any use of force in the Suez area. England and France representatives refused. The resolution of the UN General Assembly, to withdraw all armed forces, met with the votes against of Great Britain and France. -The situation on the Suez Canal, threatened to provoke a global conflict. The Anglofranzösischen intervention continued. France withdrew troops from Algeria. England sent troops transporter to troops transporter in the Mediterranean Sea.
In the English Parliament, the opposition sparked a storm of protest against Prime Minister Eden. On the London Trafalgar Square it was never experienced demonstrations and protests against the Government.
Under the pressure of a Soviet ultimatum, and under the pressure of world public opinion Great Britain and France decided to stop the fighting. The world breathed.
While tinged war and war cries across the globe, was the youth of the world to the peaceful contest of Nations. The German Olympic team was solemnly adopted in the Hamburg City Hall.
A last signing before the long journey, and then went the sport guns on board the Charter flight, which brought her to Melbourne.
The Australian city put on in recent weeks to the final sprint on the big days.
The Olympic battle sites. the architecturally A lot admired swimming pool and huge Stadium are completed at the right time. Here, the representatives of the Nations in the peaceful coexistence to measure forces. And despite all political shadows the Olympic Games may yet become a pageant of peace. Maybe...
Persons in the Film
Eden, Anthony ; Engelhard ; Stöck, Gerhard ; Fisch, Erika ; Fütterer, Heinz ; Germar, Manfred ; Lauer, Martin
Places
Hamburg ; Korea ; London ; Austria ; Hungary ; Israel
Topics
Sachindex Wochenschauen ; Demonstrations ; Refugees ; Olympics 1956 ; UN ; Unrest ; War, prisoners of war ; hotspots ; Flugzeugwesen, Flugwesen ; Autographs ; transport
Type
Newsreel (G)
Genre
Weekly Newsreel
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