Summary

Hungarian refugees offered haven by 23 countries first arrive in the Netherlands and Belgium

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # D-7956
Clip SR005224_01_02.mov
Date 11/20/1956
Title Hungarian refugees offered haven by 23 countries first arrive in the Netherlands and Belgium
Description Title card: "Haven…Doors Opened to Hungarian Refugees" / Title "Netherlands" superimposed over train arriving at station / platform crowded with people who greet train, refugees hang out windows / man hands cigarettes out to men in train windows / VS men, women, children carry bundles off train // WS exterior large convention center or sports arena lit at night / interior: long tables filled with seated refugees / woman pours water into cups at long table, refugees sit quietly waiting /VS as officials fill out forms, refugees wait, some drink from cups / CU old man / VS long tables filled with seated refugees // Belgium: train arrives / CU station sign "Andenne" / man carries infant off train / man & woman with baby / CU very young boys / woman carries toddler / little girl yawns / toddlers in beds lined up against wall, infant in a basket on one bed / little girl in bed sucks thumb / baby in bed with pacifier in mouth
Country Netherlands

Keywords

archival
newsreel
Paramount Issues
Hungarian people
refugees
trains
train stations
babies
children
toddlers
cigarettes
shelters
tables
cups
beds
yawning
arrivals
Belgium
convention centers
documents
pacifiers
thumb sucking
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