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SYND 28 12 68 CZECHOSLOVAKIA UNREST PRIOR TO FEDERALISATION
As federalisation approaches threat of unrest increases over hinted political purge of Josef Smrokovsky, Parliament President. Czech President Ludwig Svoboda, First Secretary of the Communist Party Alexander Dubcek Prime Minister Oldrich...
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SYND 2 5 68 PRESIDENT AND PARTY LEADERS ATTEND MAY DAY PARADE
President of Czechoslovakia Ludvik Svoboda and Czech Communist Party Secretary Alexander Dubcek attend may day parade in Prague
1. Prague skyline and buildings, pan to long top shot over crowds in street below
2. ms parade along...
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CAN495 BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY MICHAEL STEWART MEETS WITH CZECH CONTEMPORARY VACLAV DAVID
The Czechoslovakian and British Foreign Ministers confer in Prague. British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart meets with his contemporary Vaclav David in Prague. Cuts for story no. a0020361
1. vs exterior Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2....
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CAN721 SCENES OF THE MODERN PHILHARMONIC HALL IN PRAGUE
Scenes of the modern Philharmonic Hall in Czechoslovakia.
1. cu title Filharmonia w Czestochowie (Philharmonic Hall in Czechoslovakia)
2. ws exterior building
3. vs interior stairwell
4. cu flowers
5. ms young woman puts flowers in small...
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SYND 18 05 68 SOVIET OFFICIALS ARRIVE IN PRAGUE
Soviet Defence Minister Andrei Grechko arrives in Prague
1. russian airliner taxies
2. ls airport clock: 1235 hrs
3. ms Soviet Defence Minister Andrei Grechko down steps followed by Alexi Jepisheve and others, greeted by Czech...
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CAN124 ROMANIA BEAT SWEDEN AT HANDBALL
Romania down Sweden 25-22 in the final of the world handball championships in Prague.
1. vs newspaper headlines
2. ms Japanese spectators
3. vs of play in progress
Film: Neg - Sound: Mute - B&W - NYFilm: a0015938 - LN Number:...
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CAN727 FIRST WINTER SEASON MOTORCROSS HELD IN PRAGUE
First winter season motorcross is held in Prague.
1. gv motocross starts, pan race
2. ms riders racing across humpy and muddy terrain towards and past camera
3. ms to gv youngsters seated on ground, looking on as motorcycles speed past...
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CAN368 47TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE GREAT REVOLUTION
President of Czechoslovakia Antonin Novotny leads 47th anniversary celebrations of the great revolution
1. wide, top shot pan across crowds in the Old Town Square, Prague
2. ls crowds in square
3. ls Czech Communist party leaders on...
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SYND 10 10 68 prague airport
Prague airport open again since invasion by Soviet forces
1. gv exterior airport building
2. interior airport, passengers enter
3. passenger at desk
4. ms departure board, indicating flight to London
5. ms passengers across tarmac to...
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CAN596 ANTI-US SPEAKERS ADDRESS AUDIENCE IN PRAGUE ON ISSUE OF VIETNAM
Czechoslovak workers gather in a hall in Prague to hear speakers protesting against United States (US) activity in Vietnam. Speakers included Mrs Leferova, North Vietnamese Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (?) Mr Phan van Su and Viet Cong...
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CAN814 RON CLARKE WINS RACE AT ATHLETICS COMPETITION IN PRAGUE
Australian athlete Ronald "Ron" Clarke wins a running race at an athletics competition in Prague.
1. vs high jumpers clearing bar
2. ms tilt up / down pole vaulter makes jump
3. ms pan discus thrower throws
4. ms official with broom on...
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CAN379 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
Executive Committee of the International Union of Students conference in Prague
1. ms ISU emblem on wall
2. top shots students seated at tables in conference
3. various shots, Student delegates of various nationalities listening, wearing...
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CAN515 VLASTIMIL VALEK OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA WINS PRAGUE MOTOCROSS RACE
Vlastimil Valek of Czechoslovakia wins the International 250cc Motorcross World Championship race in Prague. Other riders featured include Victor Arbekov of the Soviet Union (USSR), Joel Roberts of Belgium, Torsten Hallman of Sweden, and...
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CAN771 YOUNG HORSES AND BOARS FILMED AT FARMS NEAR PRAGUE
New horse and boar broods (foals and baby boars / boar piglets) filmed at farms in Czechoslovakia.
1. ws horses in a field
2. vs horses
3. ms pan young foal galloping
4. ms pan young foals galloping
5. ms young foal suckling
6. mcu pan...
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CAN262 SOVIET PREMIER SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CZECH PREMIER IN PRAGUE
On the final day of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushev's visit to Czechoslovakia, he signs a communique agreement with Czech President Antonin Novotny.
**also listed under z053067
1. ms Khrushchev and Novotny arrive and sit, prepare to sign...
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CAN428 PRAGUE TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS WON BY SWEDEN AND BRITAIN
Kjell Johansson of Sweden wins the men's singles, playing against Hans Alser, also Sweden. Mary Wright-Shannon of Britain wins the women's singles playing (?) Rome, in the Prague Table Tennis Championships. In the doubles, the Swedish...
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CAN668 CZECHOSLOVAKIA VS SWEDEN HOCKEY MATCH IN PRAGUE
Czechoslovakia wins return hockey match against Sweden in Prague. Final score: Czechoslovakia 5 - 2 Sweden.
1. ws stadium roof; tilt down to teams lined up on the ice
2. ms Czechoslovakian team
3. ms Swedish team
4. mcu referee...
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CAN505 FILE FOOTAGE OF GOTTWALD AND ZAPOTOCKY AT COMMUNIST RALLY
File footage of rally in support of Czech President Klement Gottwald featuring speeches by prominent Communist politicians and Antonin Zapotocky.
**Note: approximate date for file film- shot before 1953, Gottwald died in March 1953.
1....
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SYND 11 5 68 CZECH SOVIET FRIENDSHIP MEETING
Czechslovakia Soviet friendship meeting to mark 23rd anniversary of end of the second world war and the liberation of Prague by the Soviet army
1. ls audience
2. ms audience seated
3. tracking shot along front row of czechoslovakian...
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SYND 16 8 68 PRESIDENT OF ROMANIA VISITS PRIME MINISTER DUBCEK
Czechoslovakian Communist Party Chief Alexander Dubcek visits an aircraft factory with Romanian Leader Nicolae Ceausescu, and denounces downtown "free speech corner" in Prague.
1. ms shots crowd at factory
2. vs car arrives
3. ms...
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CAN367 DUKLA OF PRAGUE WIN HANDBALL
Dukla of Prague wins international handball against Spanish teams
1. interior sports hall, cu teams shake hands at centre line
2. cutaway to spectators
3. game in progress
4. cu spectators
5. Spain penalty throw and score: (Slow...
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CAN233 CUSTOMS AND POLICE RIVER PATROLS
++Date is Approximate++
Police and customs river patrols along the River Elbe at border points. See also story number: z052616
1. ms river authority / customs launch turning on river
2. ls barge moored in middle of river
3. various ls,...
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SYND 21 12 68 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Prague prepares for christmas
1. wide shot Prague, Vltava river
2. ms bridge over river, church in background
3. ms pedestrians along street
4. cu people along carrying christmas parcels
5. cu woman along with parcel
6. ms people past...
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CAN771 PEACE RACE CEREMONY AND RACE AT STADIUM IN PRAGUE
Scenes at a stadium in Prague as Stage 1 of the Peace Race cycling tour from Prague to Berlin via Warsaw ends. Cyclists enter the stadium and the winners are seen on the podium.
Film unidentified - information may be inaccurate
1. ms...