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Documentary titled 'Czechoslovakia 1919-1968' depicts the lives of its people duirng 1918 and later years till World War II.

Documentary titled 'Czechoslovakia 1919-1968' depicts the lives of its people and various crisis. Houses and buildings in Czechoslovakia during 1918 and later years. People in the cities during their routine lives. Buildings and agricultural farms. Women pray in churches. People during festivals and marriage occasions. Horse carts and pedestrians walk on roads and river bridges as cities develop with time. People purchase commodities in markets. Nazi army invades in year 1938. Adolf Hitler and Herman Goering with other Nazi leaders in Reichstag, Germany. Nazi military invades Poland. Adolf Hitler walks ahead the German Army troops during a parade on the streets of Polish cities. A large crowd watches the parade. Adolf Hitler's motorcade drives through the roads of Polish cities. Polish Nazis greet Adolf Hitler with flower bouquet. People taken as prisoners by the Nazis. Men and women inmates of the Nazi concentration camps in miserable conditions.

Location: Czechoslovakia

Date: 1968

Duration: 3 min 3 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Soviet forces outpost Nazis from Czechoslovakia in World War II and continue their dominance years later resisted by civilians.

History of Czechoslovakia from 1919 to 1968 depicts lives of its people and various crisis. A burning Nazi plane shot by Soviet military during World War II. Soviet Red Army marches in Prague, Poland in May 1945 to rescue from German occupation and atrocities. People destroy Nazi emblems and symbols from buildings. People assemble in large numbers on roads and cheer for the incoming Soviet troops and tanks. Civilians of Czechoslovakia during normal life after the World War II. Workers in mines, farmers in field and women work in houses. Spread of communism and communists make a star formation during a rally in Prague. President Edvard Benes signs a pact with Soviet government. Photos of Soviet General Joseph Stalin and other Soviet leaders in his office. Various Presidents and leaders of Czechoslovakia during the later years. Military marches on streets. Workers work in factories and shops till night hours. Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Brezhnev arrive for a meeting with Czechoslovakian President. Civilians on roads of cities. Czechoslovakian President signs a treaty with Soviet leaders. The party after the treaty is signed. Soviet tanks, armored vehicles, infantry and warplanes start their movement in Prague, Bratislave and other cities. Civilians inspected by Soviet soldiers on streets and various sanctions imposed on them. Protesters on roads met with harsh measures by the Red Army. A large crowd of civilians watch the retreating Soviet forces from Czechoslovakia. Red Army met with agitation and resistance on streets by civilians. Soviet troops fire at demonstrating civilians.

Location: Czechoslovakia

Date: 1968

Duration: 7 min 49 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Color

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Soviet military use harsh tactics to curb civilian protesters and meet resistance while retreating from Czechoslovakia.

History of Czechoslovakia from 1919 to 1968 depicts lives of its people and various crisis. Soviet military dominance in Czechoslovakia years after the World War II gets over and their harsh tactics imposed on civilians. Various street signs and notices used by the Soviet Army during their reign in Czechoslovakia. Protesters run to escape from Soviet tanks and military in a city. Wounded demonstrators taken in ambulance. People demonstrating peacefully ran over by Soviet tanks and armored vehicles. People weep during the funeral ceremony of those killed by the Soviet Army. Soviet Army retreats from Czechoslovakia met with resistance and demonstrations by civilians.

Location: Czechoslovakia

Date: 1968

Duration: 3 min 41 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Color

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Demonstrators are captured by police as they set fire to Soviet flag during a demonstration in Prague,Czechoslovakia.

Violent anti-Soviet demonstrations in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Large crowds of anti-Soviet demonstrators on street, outside the Soviet Embassy. A Soviet flag on the building of Soviet Embassy. Demonstrators set fire to the Soviet flag. The flag burns. Demonstrators spread violence on the street. Police capture a demonstrator and take him away. Demonstrators set Soviet flag on fire on street.

Location: Prague Czechoslovakia

Date: 1968, December 4

Duration: 60 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None