Russian Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Valerian Zorin in Czechoslovakia. Valerian Zorin addresses the meeting of the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR. Large posters of Soviet figures Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin hang behind Zorin. The audience listen to Zorin’s speech. Zorin speaks into a microphone. The crowd applauds.
The 1955 Chrysler Falcon, designed by Virgil Exner with bodywork by Ghia, is unveiled at an auto exhibition in New York. View of the exposed exhaust system attached to the car. A woman at the steering wheel operates the controls of the car. A man drives a 1955 Chrysler Falcon. The man operates the buttons in the car.
A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Warren Austin and Britain's representative to the UN Alexander Cadogan seated next to each other. Warren Austin states that te Soviet Union has turned good people of Czechoslovakia into slaves. He says that democracy has now become the top security in Czechoslovakia and freedom of holding and acquiring property has been destroyed. He further states that the Security Council should consider the charges laid upon the Soviet Union which are charges of indirect aggression in Czechoslovakia.
Events prior to World War II. President Edvard Benes of Czechoslovakia along with a dignitary in a car during a reception ceremony in Czechoslovakia. The car drives past a large crowd and soldiers lined up for the reception of the dignitary. President Benes maintains firm stand on opposition to German annexation of Sudetenland territory.
Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after the end of World War 2. Horse cart loaded with expelled Germans and their belongings leaves an area in Czechoslovakia. A few men load a horse cart with baggages. The cart being parked beside a few buildings. Czechs in another cart arrive to reclaim their farm. Men unload baggages from the cart. Two Czech girls close the gate of the farm. People move about in the area. Another horse cart being loaded with the belongings of the expelled Germans. Women load their belongings onto the cart. The horse cart moves with the women and belongings. A few women and children beside the building wave. A convoy of carts move along the street. People standing on the threshold of their shops watch the convoy moving. The German names of the shops scratched out. The convoy of horse carts with Germans on their way to the camp of Karlovy-Vary.
Methods used by the Soviet Army during their Warsaw Pact invasion to put down the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Civilian protest cartoons, articles and signs against the Soviets. Czech civilian 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.