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(27 Oct 1956)
Austrian army control border PLUS funeral in Hungary for approx 6 coffins in one grave - location is Gyor. LS of army vehicles lined up at side of road. Soldiers seen in foreground. Various shots of soldiers around border area. Civilians are waved through in their cars. CU of soldiers. LS and MS of soldiers standing around talking. Soldiers at border. CU of woman in uniform serving hot drinks to soldiers at border control. Various shots of the soldiers having a drink and a piece of bread. LS of ambulances and military vehicles carrying medical supplies crossing the border. Various shots of people standing at border control point - soldiers, civilians, reporters. POV shot from vehicle traveling around border location. Many people are seen on the streets. Funeral scenes - large crowd of mourners watch as several coffins and wreaths are put into the ground. LS and MS of coffins being carried by large number of mourners. CUs of a tower of coffins - there are several funerals being held at the same time. LS of several coffins in mass grave - some may be children. LS of mourners standing at graveside. LS of group of men standing beside small crater in ground. A man and a boy appear to spit on the ground. LS of the group moving away from crater. LS of religious building with large crowds outside. LS of graveyard with large crowds. MS soldiers walking towards camera, funeral procession follows. Various shots of funeral procession through graveyard. MS of coffin being lowered and CU of family crying. CUs of soldiers watching funeral. Various shots of people crying and general shots of funeral. LS of men standing around crater which has a Soviet star propped up in the earth. Men spit into crater at star. Camera moves past crowds standing beside a road - people wave at the camera. Location is Gyor. LS people walking along a road - some push bicycles. LS of trucks with large number of people on board - refugees - they wave. Interior of official Soviet building. Looters have smashed windows and torn up documents. POV shots from moving vehicle of people walking alongside roads, many people wave at camera. Hungarian uprising. Camera passes war memorial. LS of city square - location unknown. Large number of civilians in streets. LS of official building. Soldiers on guard outside. Various buildings with black flags flying. CU of men shaking hands. Interior of official buildings, two Hungarian soldiers look at results of looting. Funeral - MS of earth being placed into grave, wooden crosses being erected, flowers being thrown into grave, CUs of the mourners, LS of crowds in graveyard, coffins being carried, wreaths being placed on graves, Hungarian flag flying, flowers being placed on grave. Night shots of cars waiting to cross border. Ambulance drives towards border. Soldiers in Soviet HQ? Shots of unidentified building - prison? HAS of people walking through a crowd (there are British policemen in this shot so perhaps is erroneously in with Hungarian material). CUs of mourners at funeral.
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(27 Oct 1956)
Austrian army control border PLUS funeral in Hungary for approx 6 coffins in one grave - location is Gyor. LS of army vehicles lined up at side of road. Soldiers seen in foreground. Various shots of soldiers around border area. Civilians are waved through in their cars. CU of soldiers. LS and MS of soldiers standing around talking. Soldiers at border. CU of woman in uniform serving hot drinks to soldiers at border control. Various shots of the soldiers having a drink and a piece of bread. LS of ambulances and military vehicles carrying medical supplies crossing the border. Various shots of people standing at border control point - soldiers, civilians, reporters. POV shot from vehicle traveling around border location. Many people are seen on the streets. Funeral scenes - large crowd of mourners watch as several coffins and wreaths are put into the ground. LS and MS of coffins being carried by large number of mourners. CUs of a tower of coffins - there are several funerals being held at the same time. LS of several coffins in mass grave - some may be children. LS of mourners standing at graveside. LS of group of men standing beside small crater in ground. A man and a boy appear to spit on the ground. LS of the group moving away from crater. LS of religious building with large crowds outside. LS of graveyard with large crowds. MS soldiers walking towards camera, funeral procession follows. Various shots of funeral procession through graveyard. MS of coffin being lowered and CU of family crying. CUs of soldiers watching funeral. Various shots of people crying and general shots of funeral. LS of men standing around crater which has a Soviet star propped up in the earth. Men spit into crater at star. Camera moves past crowds standing beside a road - people wave at the camera. Location is Gyor. LS people walking along a road - some push bicycles. LS of trucks with large number of people on board - refugees - they wave. Interior of official Soviet building. Looters have smashed windows and torn up documents. POV shots from moving vehicle of people walking alongside roads, many people wave at camera. Hungarian uprising. Camera passes war memorial. LS of city square - location unknown. Large number of civilians in streets. LS of official building. Soldiers on guard outside. Various buildings with black flags flying. CU of men shaking hands. Interior of official buildings, two Hungarian soldiers look at results of looting. Funeral - MS of earth being placed into grave, wooden crosses being erected, flowers being thrown into grave, CUs of the mourners, LS of crowds in graveyard, coffins being carried, wreaths being placed on graves, Hungarian flag flying, flowers being placed on grave. Night shots of cars waiting to cross border. Ambulance drives towards border. Soldiers in Soviet HQ? Shots of unidentified building - prison? HAS of people walking through a crowd (there are British policemen in this shot so perhaps is erroneously in with Hungarian material). CUs of mourners at funeral.
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