General information

Call No.:

306-0-3:11/1

Part of series

HU OSA 306-0-3 Collective Fonds - Records Relating to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Audio materials Relating to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

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Audio cassette #11 / No. 1

Original Title

A forradalom hangjai

Date of air

1956-11-04

Date of production

1956-10-23

Date

1956

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

Hungarian

Notes

See in AV Box No. 50. All copyrights are held by the producers.

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

Voices of the Revolution, 23 October – 4 November 1956; Kossuth Radio, Budapest
1. Speech of Ernő Gerő (First Secretary of the Hungarian Workers’ Party)
2. Speech of Imre Nagy
As the President of the Council of Ministers of Peoples Republic of Hungary Nagy announces that he will be the head of the government.
3. “You have 15 minutes…” - Public announcement for laying down of arms.
4. News broadcast - October 25, 1956 - the First Secretariat of the Central Committee of Peoples Republic of Hungary have relieved Ernő Gerő from his office and appointed János Kádár to be the First Cecretary.
5. Imre Nagy announces that instead of the one-party system, the democratic multi-party system will be introduced in Hungary.
6. Speech of János Kádár, the First Secretary of the Central Committee.
7. “This is the start of the new period in the history of the Radio.” “The Hungarian Radio was telling lies night and day, on all its frequencies.”
8. News broadcast about the Mindszenty Trial.
9. News broadcast – the Soviet tanks, that surrounded the building of the Parliament have left the scene few minutes ago.
10. Imre Nagy gives a speech in front of a large audience – German voice over. (“We will not tolerate any intervention in the internal affairs of Hungary.”)
11. Interview with an unknown English (American?) person about the situation in Hungary. (How the rebels fight, what methods they use, what kind of arms they have, etc.) English language interview!
12. News broadcast November 1, 1956.
Prime Minister Imre Nagy have called Andropov (ambassador of the USSR) into his office and announced that Hungary has declared its sovereignty and that Hungary cancelled its membership in the Warsaw Pact.
13. Cardinal Minszenty talks to the Hungarian Nation. (Kossuth Radio, Budapest and Free Petőfi Radio, Győr.)
14. Imre Nagy’s famous speech – he announces that the Soviet troops are attacking on Budapest.
15. “This is Kossuth Radio, Budapest”. The Englishh language version of the previous Imre Nagy-speech.
16. “This is the Association of the Hungarian Writers speaking.” “Our time is limited. Help Hungary! Help, help, help!”
Excerpts of Hungarian Radio broadcasts. Recordings are part of the collection of the Open Society Archives, Budapest, Hungary.