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Upheaval Behind the Curtain

Date released

29 Oct 1956

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1430

NoS ID

021281

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Upheaval Behind the Curtain. DESCRIPTION: In Budapest, the Hungarian effort to rid themselves of Russian domination, quickly followed the apparently successful change-over in Poland....

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Hungarian Uprising (2008)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £7.99

On October 25th 1956, many Hungarians attending a peaceful demonstration were fired upon by the secret police - the hated AVH. Hundreds were killed, the incident provoked civil war, and on October 29th the...

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25th anniversary of Hungarian uprising (1981)

Genre

Interview

Author and emigrant Monica Porter talks about her new book, The Paper Bridge: A Return to Budapest, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Gareth Furby reports on Romanian revolution (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

As many as four thousand people may have been killed in Romania since the weekend, when demonstrations began against the twenty-four -year-old regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. Gareth Furby reports from the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Romanian revolution - Hungarian slaughter (1989)

Genre

News report

Two IRN bulletins (may or may not be of same date). Gareth Furby reports on the slaughter of protesters in Timisoara, Romania. Most of the victims are Hungarians.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Hungarian exile’s story (1981)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the emigration of Hungarians following the revolution 25 years ago. London cake shop owner Louis Bel Myer(?) tells his story of emigration. Male reporter not identified. Interview is in mono.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Fall of Eagles (2004)

Subject

Drama; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 690 minutes), £49.99

The classic1974 BBC dramatisation of the declining years and final collapse of three of the most powerful European dynasties - the Hapsburgs, Romanovs and Hohenzollerns - between the mid-19th century and the...

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Great Events of the 20th Century (1999 Video)

aka: Greatest Events of the 20th Century, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

A collection of newsfilm covering 101 newsworthy events of the 20th century. Items are: 1) Opening credits; 2) Queen Victoria’s funeral; 3) Wright brothers’ first flight; 4) Suffragette dies under...

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