- Title: VM-1076C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:59:55 - "OPERATION MERCY" A PICTORIAL REPORT ON HUNGARIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM BUDAPEST THROUGH BORDER ESCAPE ROUTES INTO AUSTRIA & FINALLY TO CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY. 01:00:00 - NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE GI AS SHOWN WHEN ARMY WAS ASSIGNED OPERATION 'MERCY'. 01:00:37 - LS- HUNGARIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARRIVE IN U.S BY PLANE AND BOARD A BUS TO CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY. 01:00:58 - CU- A FREEDOM FIGHTER CARRIES HIS SMALL DAUGHTER WITH A PACIFIER IN HER MOUTH. 01:01:09 - LS- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER MAKES HIS 2ND INNAUGURAL ADDRESS. A GIANT TV ANTENNA AS IKE SPEAKS. (AS SEEN FROM THE BOTTOM UP) 01:01:30 - MS- TV ANTENNA ON THE CHRYSLER BUILDING AND ONE SEEN ON AN APARTMENT HOUSE. 01:01:43 - MS- INDOOR ANTENNA ON A HOME TV WITH HUSBAND AND WIFE WATCHING IKE FROM THEIR SOFA. OTHER PEOPLE WATCHING THEIR SETS AS IKE SPEAKS. 01:02:07 - MONTAGE- FREEDOM FIGHTERS FIRING RIFLES IN THE STREETS OF BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. RUSSIAN TANKS MOVE IN 01:02:46 - AERIAL- PEOPLE IN STREET LOOK UP AT HUNGARIAN BISHOP BLESSING THEM FROM HIS BALCONY. MONTAGE- ANTI-COMMUNIST RALLIES IN BERLIN AND PARIS. 01:03:30 - LS- RIOTING PEOPLE THROW OFFICE FURNITURE AND PAPERS OUT THE WINDOWS OF COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS AND BURN IT IN THE STREET. 01:03:55 - MONTAGE- STREETS LITTERED WITH BURNING BOOKS AND PAPERS. 01:04:00 - MONTAGE- SHATTERED BUILDINGS, CRUSHED TROLLEY CAR AND DAMAGED RUSSIAN ARMORED VEHICLES FOLLOWING THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS REVOLT IN BUDAPEST. 01:04:36 - MS- FREEDOM FIGHTERS PATROL THE STREETS WITH RIFLES. 01:04:45 - LS- RUSSIAN TANKS ROLL DOWN THE STREETS OF BUDAPEST TO PUT DOWN THE UPRISING. 01:05:30 - MONTAGE- SOME OF OVER 200,000 HUNGARIAN REFUGEES AND FREEDOM FIGHTERS STREAM INTO AUSTRIA. 01:06:30 - LS- ENTRANCE AND SIGN AT CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY WHERE THE OLD BARRACKS ARE CLEANED. 01:07:00 - MS- GIS FILL THE OLD BARRACKS WITH FURNITURE FOR THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS. MS- GIS MAKE SIGNS IN HUNGARIAN FOR THE NEW GUESTS 01:07:20 - MS- A DENTIST TESTS HIS DRILL AND GIS FILL THE PHARMACY SHELVES WITH DRUGS FOR THE NEW GUESTS MS- NURSE MAKES A BED IN CAMP HOSPITAL AND RED CROSS WORKERS FILL COMFORT BAGS FOR THE REFUGEES 01:08:05 - MS- ARM LOADS OF CLOTHING CONTRIBUTED BY THE RED CROSS ARE CARRIED OFF A BUS. MS- RED CROSS WORKERS ORGANIZE THE CLOTHING INTO TYPE AND SIZE. 01:09:12 - MONTAGE- HUNGARIANS BOAD SHIP TO AMERICA AT BREMEHAVEN, GERMANY. A MAN AND HIS SON POSE WITH TAGS ON THEIR LAPELS. 01:09:37 - MONTAGE- SMILING MEN AND WOMAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS CHAT ON BOARD DECK TELLING STORIES OF THEIR UPRISING IN BUDAPEST. A WOMAN SOBS AS THE SHIP LEAVES PORT. 01:10:27 - LS- REFUGEES WAVE GOODBYE AS THE SHIP LEAVES THE PIER. CU- A SMILING WOMAN PEERS OUT OF A PORTHOLE 01:10:59 - MONTAGE- WOMEN AND CHILDREN MAKE THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE ON THE SHIP'S LIMITED QUARTERS. THEY ARE FED IN THE DINING ROOM BY WAITERS ON THE SHIP 01:11:22 - MS- A PIANO PLAYER PLAYS AND A GROUP OF MEN SING MS- PEOPLE ON DECK WATCH THE COAST OF EUROPE DISAPPEAR. MONTAGE- THE SEA GETS ROUGH AND THE PEOPLE ON DECK ARE TOSSED ABOUT. 01:12:38 - MS- THE ROUGH SEAS AS SEEN THROUGH A PORTHOLE 01:13:18 - MONTAGE- OFFFICIALS AND CROWDS GREET THE HUNGARIANS AT A BROOKLYN PIER. BUSES ARE LOADED FOR TRIP TO CAMP KILMER. 01:14:27 - LS- A WELCOME SIGN IN HUNGARIAN AT ENTRANCE TO CAMP KILMER. MS- A HUNGARIAN SPEAKING GI GREETS EACH PERSON AS THEY GET OFF THE BUS. 01:15:30 - MONTAGE- DOCTORS EXAMINE THE REFUGEES AND NURSES GIVE KIDS SHOTS. THE REFUGEES ARE INTERVIEWED AND FINGERPRINTED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS. 01:16:16 - MS- A BLACK GI PHOTOGRAPHS A HUNGARIAN MAN FOR HIS IMMIGRATION CARD. 01:16:20 - MS- A GI TRANSLATES A HUNGARIAN MAN'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM AN IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL 01:17:33 - MONTAGE- SPONSORS INTERVIEW THE HUNGARIANS FOR JOB OFFERS. 01:18:47 - MONTAGE- HUNGARIANS AWAITING TRANSFER TO U.S. ON CHOW LINE IN AUSTRIA. MS- A LITTLE BOY PICKS UP AN ORANGE THAT ROLLS ON THE FLOOR 01:18:52 - MS- A MAN ON THE CHOW LINE SHAKES HIS HAND IN PAIN AS THE HOT TRAY BURNS HIM. 01:18:57 - MS- VICE PRESIDENT NIXON VISITS AND CHATS WITH THE REFUGEES IN AUSTRIA. ON HIS RETURN BACK TO THE U.S. ALL EMPTY SPACES ON HIS PLANE WERE ALLOTED TO REFUGEES. NIXON GREETS THEM ABOARD. 01:19:42 - CU- A REFUGEE WRITES HOME AND TELLS OF HIS 'NEW HOME' IN AMERICA AND OF THE HOSPITALITY OF THE AMERICANS. 01:20:25 - MS- A REFUGEE SITS IN LIBRARY AND READS A HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER. MS- 2 REFUGEE MEN PLAY A GAME OF CHESS. 01:21:00 - MS- YOUNG ADULT PRACTICES HIS SHOTS AT A BASKETBALL COURT ON THE CAMP GROUNDS. ANOTHER LIFTS WEIGHTS. 01:21:26 - MS- A HUNGARIAN WOMAN IS GIVEN POINTERS ON A SEWING MACHINE BY RED CROSS VOLUNTEER. 01:21:58 - MS- A REFUGEE MAN USES A PAY PHONE TO SPEAK TO RELATIVES IN AMERICA. MS- A COUPLE IS MARRIED IN THE CAMP CHAPEL. A WOMAN CRIES AT THE CEREMONY
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1076C