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ST. GEORGE FOR GERMANY
Pictures show the annual dragon festival at Furth-im-Wald, on Germany's Czechoslovakian border. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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IT'S AN UP AND DOWN WORLD
From Russia a contest for firemen. The competitors run a 100 metres distance with obstacles and climb a four storey building. ® From Czechoslovakia, parachutists take part in a free fall contest to find the national champion. ® Near...
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Calling at the White House to present his credentials, Dr Vladimir Prochazka, the new Czech Ambassador, was picketed by exiles from his own country. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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Czech Miners Clear Havoc Of Explosion
Country's worst disaster in coal shaft spreads vast ruin, involving many fatalities at Osseg. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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ROUND AND ABOUT
Over to Rome, where the Italian State Police have been celebrating their one hundred and eleventh anniversary. If you want to learn teamwork, it's best to start young. Twisting tots at Berlin's International Dancing Tournament. The...
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WATER IS WET!
The heavy Spring snow melting in the mountains resulted in unusually high water levels which made conditions for kayak racing very difficult. Before long, competitors were making the traditional schoolboy discovery, that water's not only...
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LIDICE SHALL LIVE
The ""Lidice-shall-live"" Movement, conceived in Britain very soon after the Nazis' brutal blotting-out of the Czechoslovak village, received its official blessing when President Benes recently visited Hanley, in Staffordshire....
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CONFERENCE ON FREEDOM -
The second Inter-Allied Meeting was held at St. James's Palace. Mr Eden was in the chair and Mr Maisky addressed the meeting. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA SPEEDWAY SPECTACULAR
Champion drivers meet in appalling conditions for a Speedway Spectacular. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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PARDUBICE STEEPLECHASE
The World's toughest steeplechase again provides some spectacular falls. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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KAMA - ORANG-UTAN
Prague Zoo's new baby orang-utan weighs 4½ lbs. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not...
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CZECH STEEPLECHASE
An extremely difficult course for the steeplechase entrants in the Pardubice event. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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BUILDING BY HELICOPTER
Foundation pillars for the National Museum Metro Station, Prague, installed by helicopter. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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ROYAL DUKES SEE OLYMPIC FINALS
The Duke of Edinburgh with the Duke of Kent recently attended the Olympic Games at Helsinki, during which they saw the 1,500 metres and the Marathon Race. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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YOUNG GORILLAS
Baby Gorillas at the Prague Zoological Gardens make friends with the ladies. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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Tension In Europe - Cabinet Meets At No 10
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CONTINENTAL CYCLING
A cycling race, from Warsaw through Prague to Berlin, and twenty four countries were competing, giving the event an international flavour. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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SYND 25 5 68 ALEXANDER DUBCEK MEETS KOSYGIN IN KARLOVY VARY
Czechoslovakian leaders meet Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin who is taking the waters of the natural hot springs during a visit to Karlovy Vary
1. wide shot of Karlovy Vary skyline
2. low angle building
3. interior, Czech Communist Party...
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CAN720 NORTH-WESTERN BOHEMIA AND OTHER PARTS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA HIT BY FLOODS
North-western Bohemia and other parts of Czechoslovakia hit by floods.
1. gv bridge covered in snow, pan to flood waters
2. gv floodwaters and semi-submerged cart
3. gv flood waters, fence and tree in foreground
4. various of flooded...
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CAN478 CZECHOSLOVAKIA IS BADLY HIT BY SPRING FLOODS
Czechoslovakia is badly hit by spring floods.
1. ws boats and barges on river
2. ws flooded transhipment area, zoom to water level marker
3. ms wooden pallets lying in water
4. ws flooded fields
5. ws water level marker
6. vs railway...
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CAN588 CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GRAND PRIX MOTORCYCLE RACE IN BRNO
Czechoslovakian Grand Prix motorcycle race in Brno.
1. gv start of race, bikes away, pan
2. gv spectators
3. gv rounding ben on first lap, man looking on in foreground
4. gv race
5. ms pits
6. various of the race
7. ms cameramen
8. gv...
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SYND 26-01-69 FUNERAL OF CZECH STUDENT, JAN PALACH
Funeral of Jan Palach, Czech student who set himself on fire, in protest to Soviet invasion
1) people file past coffin and wreathes
2) zoom in, press take phots, by wreathes
3) various funeral procession
4) 2 people watch from...
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SYND 21 6 68 MILITARY EXERCISES IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Military exercises in Czechoslovakia
1. various cu officers
2. cu troops on parade
3. cu officer salutes
4. ls troops on parade
5. cu officer saluting
6. various shots, officers inspect guard of honour
7. troops march past
8. officers...
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CAN551 SCENES AT TREBLINKA DEATH CAMP AND TEREZIN CONCENTRATION CAMP
Film footage of people visiting the former Nazi Treblinka death camp in Poland and the Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. At Treblinka people visit the erected memorials and Gravel Slave Labour Pit and the...