History · GCSE · The 20th-Century World
The Hungarian Uprising, 1956
gcse-hist-1bc-2-3aFree1:32Heddy Score 2 of 7, below the standardPlays from youtube-nocookie.com. No YouTube cookies until you press play.
What you need to know
- In 1956 Hungarians rose against Soviet control.
- Nagy promised free elections and to leave the Warsaw Pact.
- Soviet tanks crushed the rising and the West did not intervene.
In this clip
3:12–4:44The Hungarian Uprising, 1956gcse-hist-1bc-2-3a6:05–7:00The Prague Spring and the Brezhnev Doctrinegcse-hist-1bc-3-3Heddy ScoreSeven checks every clip must pass before students see it: trusted, on the map, accurate, focused, accessible, safe, and proven by students.2/7, Below the standard
- Trusted source · passed. The creator's own upload, live and playable here.
- On the map · not judged yet. A teacher watched it: it mainly teaches this map topic.
- Spec-true · not judged yet. Accurate, and right for the current UK specification.
- Focused · passed. One idea, short enough to watch in one go.
- Accessible · not judged yet. Good captions, clear sound and pictures.
- Safe for children · not judged yet. Right for 11 to 16 year olds, with no sales pitch.
- Proven · not judged yet. Earned from our students: they learn from it, find it helpful and watch it to the end.
Our students
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Our own students' answers. These are what move ★7 Proven.Why we picked it
Short documentary on the USSR from Stalin's death to its collapse; mostly Soviet domestic history beyond the GCSE Cold War topics.
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