Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Of Czechoslovakia Arrives In Prague
Armed civilians fire on German soldiers / man shoots gun while dead man lies in street nearby / man pulls body in street / Russian Red Army rolls into the city / crowd rejoices / President Eduard Benes arrives by train / Benes is greeted...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Adolf Hitler in Czechoslovakia after 1939 German invasion
Montage German tanks, armored vehicles, goosestepping soldiers in Czech streets after German invasion of Czechoslovakia / German leader Adolf Hitler salutes, waves from balcony as Hermann Goring and other Nazis stand behind / pan crowd...
Bridgeman Arts
Tuesday, August 27, and Wednesday, August 28, 1968 People against the Moscow Protocol. Public meeting at night. Remembrance service for those killed.
Part six of Seven Days to Remember Part 2, documenting events which followed the invasion of Czechoslovakia in August, 1968. Made by valiant Czech filmmakers, who risked their lives to film the defiance in the streets and to get their...
Bridgeman Arts
Monday, August 26, 1968 Prague citizens watch tanks go by and mourn the dead.
Part four of Seven Days to Remember Part 2, documenting events which followed the invasion of Czechoslovakia in August, 1968. Made by valiant Czech filmmakers, who risked their lives to film the defiance in the streets and to get their...
Bridgeman Arts
EDIT IMW996439 Occupation of Czechoslovakia, 1938
EDIT IMW996439 Occupation of Czechoslovakia, 1938
Curated Video
Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Romania, Refugees
Solidarity election campaign vehicle
Solidarity publicity stunt - mime artists represent Solidarity's ability to cure Poland's ills
Lech Walesa casts vote
Woman holds dog with Solidarity sticker on head
Reburial of Imre Nagy
President...
Curated Video
Traditional holiday home as popular as ever
1. Wide shot Russian countryside
2. Mid shot countryside lane
3. Mid shot gardens
4. Woman gardening
5. Wood work
6. Old woman at window
7. Dachas
8. Pan of dachas
9. Pavel Lobkov, Russian TV presenter, in garden
10. SOUNDBITE (English)...
Curated Video
Czech People Strike At Heart Of Communist Empire: Prague And Bratislava
Full Story: w046092
N.B. A Beta SP copy of this tape is held in the library
GS27118912 BRATISLAVA. The resignation of Party leader Milos Jakes and
27.11.89 many other hardline Politburo members failed to satisfy
...
Curated Video
Czechs mark 25th anniversary of Velvet Revolution, protesters call for president to resign
Thousands of Czechs gathered in central Prague on Monday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the launch of the 'Velvet Revolution' that toppled communism - but festivities turned into an appeal for President Milos Zeman to resign.
The...
Curated Video
Russia says Poland, Czech Republic risk being targeted if they host US bases
Moscow, 19 February 2007
1. Wide shot General Nikolai Solovtsov, commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, at press conference
2. Mid shot Solovtsov (in centre) with other officials
3. Cutaway journalists
4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian)...
Curated Video
Pilsen Radio Station, Russian Trains, Glozar Speaks From London
RR6835/A: HOW THE CZECHS RESISTED, Full Story: w009443
The invasion of Czechoslovakia by troops from the
Soviet Union and four of her Warsaw Pact allies has
shocked the world. But it was not quite the bloody
repetition of Hungary that...
Curated Video
Czech and Turkish supporters party ahead of match
1. Turkish fans singing in the streets
2. Various of Turkish fans showing off their flag
3. Two Turkish fans dressed as Superman eating kebabs
5. Close up of Turkish fans
6. Various of Turkish fans in the streets
7. SOUNDBITE (Turkish)...
Curated Video
Protesters pelt President Zeman with eggs and tomatoes at anniversary celebration
Celebrations on Monday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic became a platform for protest against the current Czech president.
To cries of "Resign! Resign!" Czechs in Prague pelted President Milos...
Curated Video
President Rivlin welcomes visiting PM Sobotka, comments from both
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka met Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on Wednesday as he continued his tour of the region.
Sobotka began his visit on Tuesday, when he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He...
Curated Video
Czech Republic - Reconcilliation with Germany
German Foreign Minster Klaus Kinkel and his Czech counterpart Josef Zieleniec signed a protocol in Prague on Friday (20/12) formally approving the wording of a declaration to end disputes dating from World War II. The declaration of...
Curated Video
SYND 22 08 68 INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA PROTEST AND SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
People picket outside the United Nations in New York, protesting about the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Inside, the Security Council meet to deabte action.
1. vs pickets marching and protesting with placards
2. ws United Nations...
Curated Video
USA: REACTION TO DISCLOSURE OF MADELEINE ALBRIGHT'S FAMILY HISTORY
English/Nat
Arab and other world leaders are being urged to deal with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on the basis of her U-S position, not her probable Jewish ancestry.
On Tuesday, the State Department expressed confidence that...
Curated Video
CZECH REPUBLIC: VELVET REVOLUTION CELEBRATIONS (2)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of then-Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution, former world leaders have been honoured in Prague for their efforts to topple communism across eastern...
Curated Video
Preview of elections in the Czech Republic
1. Mid of people walking down Charles Bridge in Prague
2. Wide of woman feeding gulls over a poster of Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg, candidate in Czech presidential elections
3. Mid of woman and poster
4. Close up of poster...
Curated Video
UPITN 10 1 79 PRINCE SIHANOUK OF CAMBODIA VISITS TOKYO
Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia in Tokyo for an official visit. In 1975 Sihanouk's guerillas, the Khmer Rogue, led by Pol Pot overthrew the Prime Minister Lon Nol, and took Phnom Penh. In January of 1979 the Vietnamese took back Phnom Penh...
Curated Video
SYND 25 8 68 CZECHOSLOVAKIAN'S RETURN TO PRAGUE ON SPECIAL TRAIN FROM VIENNA
About 100 Czechoslovakian's return to Prague on special train from Vienna
1. gv train at station platform
2. ms woman helps little boy onto train
3. family walk away along platform, holding hands
4. ms people on train, look out from...
Curated Video
Spain: Fascism Joins Hands, Munich Pact: The Policy Of Appeasement
Spain: Fascism Joins Hands
The Spanish Civil War provides Germany and Italy with a testing ground for new weapons and tactics they plan to employ in wider conflicts. The two powers, now the Rome-Berlin Axis, send troops and technicians...