Summary

Seven Hungarians hijack Hungarian airliner and force it to fly to Ingolstadt, Germany

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # D-7737
Clip SR005294_01_05.mov
Date 07/14/1956
Title Seven Hungarians hijack Hungarian airliner and force it to fly to Ingolstadt, Germany
Description Title "Freedom plane - Hungarians seize airliner, fly to West" superimposed over man walking alongside plane parked at airport / two cars pulling airplane along tarmac / man walking alongside plane / Soviet star on tail of plane / men inspecting wreckage inside plane where physical struggle took place / policeman pointing at bullet hole in ceiling of plane / bloodstain on seat / wreckage / close shot of document / parked plane / three shots of two Hungarian defectors who hijacked plane, Gabor Kiss on left and Joseph Jakaby, posing for photo opportunity / two shots of injured defector Georg Polyak with bandaged head being tended to by doctor / another injured defector Karl Tinter being tended to by doctor / Polyak and Tinter, lying next to each other on beds in hospital, shake hands / people looking at parked airplane
Personality Gabor Kiss, Joseph Jakaby, Georg Polyak, Karl Tinter
Country Federal Republic of Germany
City Ingolstadt

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