International News Photos Soviet Tank Fires in Budapest Square

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GLC#
GLC09677.09-View header record
Type
Images
Date
29 October 1956
Author/Creator
International News Photos
Title
Soviet Tank Fires in Budapest Square
Place Written
Budapest, Hungary
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 18 cm, Width: 22.7 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Fifties

One wirephoto released by International News Photos dated October 29, 1956. Shows a tank on the left side of the image and a crowd standing in front of a building on the right side of the image. The attached press release states that the tank fired over the heads of the people after Anti-Soviet rebels pulled down a statue of Stalin in the background. The photo is stamped on the back with International News Photos information. The Wirephoto is blurry and pixilated.

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