UFA-Wochenschau 15/1956 07.11.1956

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

Narration

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

Translated by Microsoft Translator

Title:

UFA-Wochenschau 15/1956

UFA-Dabei (Other title)

Country of Origin:
Federal Republic of Germany

Year of Production and/or Release

Date of Release:
07.11.1956
Year of Production:
1956

Credits

Origin:
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

Technical Data

Save all sequences:
Delete all:

Have you seen these gems?

  • UFA-Dabei 1057/1976
    26.10.1976

  • Neue Deutsche Wochenschau 625/1962
    19.01.1962

  • UFA-Wochenschau 74/1957
    27.12.1957

  • UFA-Dabei 608/1968
    19.03.1968

  • Friedrich Ebert, Bilder aus seinem Leben
    1918

  • UFA-Wochenschau 338/1963
    18.01.1963

  • UFA-Wochenschau 62/1957
    02.10.1957

  • El Mundo al Instante 1153/1988
    04.05.1988

  • Die Zeit unter der Lupe 1002/1969
    08.04.1969

  • Welt im Film 21/1945
    05.10.1945