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CAN870 CZECH CATHOLIC CLERGY PEACE MOVEMENT CONGRESS OPENS IN PRAGUE
The Czech Catholic clergy Peace Movement Congress opens in Prague with speaker Health Minister Josef Plojhar, health minister and chairman of the Catholic Peace Movement.
1. ts gathering in hall
2. ws same
3. ms same
4. ms priest
5....
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SYND 4 9 68 FUNERAL OF COLONEL HELENA PETRANKOVA
Czechoslovakia's most honoured woman soldier is buried in Prague Colonel Helena Patrankova, aged 64, fought in Spanish Civil War. Chairman of the National Assembly Josef Smrkovsky, Czech General Lonsky, Colonel Vadat Kuzel and Mrs...
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SYND 11 8 68 PRESIDENT TITO ARRIVES
Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito is welcomed enthusiastically in Prague after supporrting Czech independence. He is met by Alexander Dubcek and President Ludvik Svoboda.
1. vs of Tito off plane and greeted by Dubcek and Svoboda
2. vs of...
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CAN785 NOVOTNY ADDRESSES DELEGATES AT THE 13TH PARTY CONGRESS MEETING
Opening meeting of the 13th Congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in Prague. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Mr Antonin Novotny addressed assembled delegates. General Secretary of the Central...
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CAN452 PRAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
Czechslovakian and British foreign ministers confer in Prague.
1. ws Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2. ms British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart out of car
3. ms British flag on Stewart's car
4. ms Stewart enters room, shakes hands with...
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CAN262 SOVIET PREMIER KRUSHCHEV SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CZECH PRESIDENT
On the final day of Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev's visit to Czechoslovakia, he signed a communique agrement with Czech president Ontonoin Novotny, in Prague. Date is Approximate.
1. ms Krushchev and Novotny arrive and sit
2. vs...
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CAN838 WARSAW PACT COMMEMORATION PARADE
The military forces of four Warsaw Pact nations mount a parade in Czechoslovakia to mark the end of manoeuvers.
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**Reverse at z067671, UPI03471
1. ts engineers' unit vehicle and equipment along street
2. ms pan right...
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CAN690 PRESIDENT NOVOTNY MEETS WITH MINISTERS IN PRAGUE
President of Czechoslovakia and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Mr Antonin Novotny greets ministers in Prague after a cabinet reshuffle.
1. ws interior Novotny shakes hands with ministers
2. cu Novotny
3. ms...
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CAN563 CZECH ATHLETES DISPLAY
Czech athletes give 'Physical Culture' display
1. ws pan arena filled with hundreds of athletes and thousands of spectators
2. vs women performing flag display and crowd reactions
3. vs thousands of athletes performing synchronised...
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CAN838 WARSAW PACT COMMEMORATION PARADE
The military forces of four Warsaw Pact nations mount a parade in Czechoslovakia to mark the end of manoeuvres.
*** Duplicate Positive at z067050, UPI03180
***Cuts a0034640
1. ts engineers' unit vehicle and equipment along street
2. ms...
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CAN586 CANADIAN DELEGATION MEETS CZECHOSLOVAKIAN PRIME MINISTER LENART IN PRAGUE
Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia Jozef Lenart and Cezechoslovakian delegation receive in Prague Canadian delegation for a meeting.
1. ms Lenart and Czechoslovakian delegation greeting Canadian delegates at the room entrance
2. cu...
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CAN504 CZECH ATHLETES GIVE A DISPLAY DURING THE SPARTAKIADE
Czech athletes give a display of their physical culture during the third day of the Spartakiade. First hundreds of female athletes perform synchronised walking followed by exercises and then it is the turn of their male counterparts....
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CAN643 INDOOR CYCLE CIRCUS IN PRAGUE - BICYCLE POLO AND BICYCLE BALANCING DISPLAY
Indoor cycle circus at the Sparta Praha sports hall in Prague. Teams from Sweden and East Germany play bicycle polo. Bicycle balancing performances by two women (the Monh sisters?) and East German international trick cycle champions Kral...
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CAN464 CZECH NORWAY OFFICIALS SIGN AGREEMENT
Norwegian and Czech agreement reached and signed.
1. ms Norwegian and Czech diplomats at table, signing documents as officials stand by
2. mcu Czech official on right pan left to Norwegian representative signing document
3. ms officials...
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CAN303 SOVIET PREMIER KRUSHCHEV AND NOVOTNY VISIT FACTORY
The Premier of the USSR, Nikita Krushchev and his wife Nina on a visit to a Factory near Prague, Czechoslovakia, accompanied by Czech President Antonin Novotny. Cuts of a0008000
1. vs workers waiting
2. ms workers waving flags, pan to...
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SYND 2 2 68 ICE HOCKEY CZECHS V CANADA IN PRAGUE
World champions Czechoslovakia beat Canada 2 - 1 in ice hockey match in Prague.
1. ws interior stadium
2. ms and pan Czech team
3. ms and pan Canadian team
4. cu coaches Pitner and Kostka
5. ms first bully
6. ws Suchy in action
7. ws...
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CAN736 MIME ACT REHEARSALS
Mime act rehearses and demonstrates part of production as they black out in dark costumes to show inanimate objects moving apparently without aid.
1. cu poster in Czech translation: Black Theatre Prague
2. cu feet dancing in circle
3. ms...
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CAN437 PRAGUE COMECON MEETING
Nineteenth session of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon) opens in Prague.
1. ws pan down exterior of International Hotel
2. ms delegation cars in parking lot
3. ms hotel sign 'International' and flags
4. ms Deputy...
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CAN630 PRESIDENT RADHAKRISHNAN OF INDIA VISITS PRAGUE
President of India Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan arrives in Prague for a four day state visit to Czechoslovakia. He was met on arrival by President of Czechoslovakia Mr Antonin Novotny.
1. ws crowd waves Indian flags outside airport...
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CAN852 DELEGATES MEET FOR CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
Unidentified dignitaries from Finland and Czechoslovakia convene for talks in Prague.
1. ms men enter room and are greeted
2. cs pennants of Finnish and Czech flags
3. elevated ms conference table
4. various mcu and cu dignitaries,...
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CAN495 PORTUGAL BEAT CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1-0 IN WORLD FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
The world football championship, Portugal beat Czechoslovakia, 1-0 in a rain-soaked contest.
1. ms teams walk out onto pitch, Portugal in dark uniform
2. ws crowd, press in foreground
3. ls kickoff, game ensues
4. vs game in progress...
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SYND 1 11 68 CZECH LEADERS MEET OLYMPIC TEAM
Czech leaders welcome return of Czech olympic athletes
1. interior, ms Czech leaders, including Alexander Dubcek and Czechoslovakian Prime Minister, Oldrich Cernik applaud, pan to cu President of Czechoslovakia, Ludvik Svoboda
2. ms...
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CAN554 HUNDREDS OF CZECH ATHLETES PERFORM SYNCHRONISED EXERCISES IN THE SPARTAKIADE
Hundreds of Czech athletes perform synchronised exercises in the middle of the vast stadium in Prague during the Spartakiade.
1. ws Black Tower in Prague
2. ls high angle crowds seated in stadium
3. ws hundreds of children in lines,...
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CAN535 FOREIGN OFFICIALS ARRIVE IN PRAGUE AHEAD OF LIBERATION DAY CELEBRATIONS
Foreign officials arrive in Prague ahead of Liberation Day (VE Day) celebrations.
1. ws airport car park with Eastern Bloc flags; pan to terminal building
2. ms aerial on the control tower
3. ms sign: Letiste Praha (Prague Airport)
4. ws...