Reactions of Czech people on death of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The exteriors of Soviet Embassy. A long line of people carrying flowers and wreaths entering Soviet Embassy. People place the wreaths near bust of Joseph Stalin.
Reactions of Czech people on death of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Black flag on a building. People placing wreaths and flowers at the statue of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. A flaming torchlight.
Close-up images of a slide projector as it is turned on and as its Kodak zoom lens moves forward. A picturesque Czech town is seen with numerous historic looking buildings. View of Červená Lhota (Red Village) Castle in South Bohemia. (It has bright red roof tiles, not seen in black and white photos.) A town square and buildings nearby, including one that appears to be a cathedral. A bucolic hillside scene with sheaves of wheat stacked in groups and a village in far background. Farmers moving loaded wagons with teams of oxen. Farming scenes. Local people gathered around a church building, in a rural setting. Closeups of several young girls with their heads covered. A priest conducting mass at a section of the church with altar and backdrop open to the outdoors. Many women are attending and most have their heads covered. Closeup of a woman drinking from a bottle and girls at a marketplace. Girls and a man dressed in traditional costumes. A couple in traditional costumes. Glimpse of bridge over the River Vitava in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Glimpse of isolated church spire in area near city. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts and wagons moving over the Charles bridge in Prague. Woman with baby in carriage and other pedestrians walking past Statue of Francis Borgia. on the bridge. View from bridge overlooking Wenceslas Square and statue of St Wenceslas, Prague. A tram moves below. Time moves to 1937. Police directing traffic and pedestrians at a busy corner in Prague. People at a flower stall. Glimpse of Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering. People boarding and riding on trams. Children holding bouquets of flowers. A heavy gun barrel being raised. A backyard with line of wash and children playing in the field. Year is now 1938. German soldiers move a large artillery piece into position on a road. Agreements being signed related to the German annexation of the Sudetenland, portion of Czechoslovakia containing Germans who were incorporated into Czechoslovakia after World War I ). German troops moving into the Sudetenland. Czechs and Germans signing Munich Agreement documents, German forces driving into a city. Hitler meeting with Czech officials. Hitler heading a group including Hermann Goering and other high ranking German officials, as they walk along a road in a Sudetenland city where citizens welcome them enthusiastically. Momentary glimpses of persons being mistreated. Sudden change of scene to persons posing, including some in concentration uniforms. Hitler being overwhelmed by flowers. Empty street scene with flowers discarded on the road. Year advances to 1942. Concentration camp inmates pose behind barbed wire. Year, 1943. A young Jewish woman is seen with Jewish Star of David and word "Juden" displayed on her jacket and the number 671 on a tag around her neck. Year advances to 1943-1944. View of inmates crammed into a concentration camp barracks room.
Leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marshal Josip Broz Tito in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Marshal Tito talks with his Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Vladimir Clementis in a train. View of Prague Petrovice station. Other men in group talking. A crowd at a station. Marshal Tito at a window of the train acknowledging the throng's greeting. The train moves off. The crowd waves. Marshal Tito at a window. Marshal Tito leaves the train in Prague and is greeted by Czech Prime Minister Zdenek Fierlinger and others. A crowd waving at Prague station. A car pulls away. A huge poster on a building with Tito's picture. The car enters the Prague Castle (Hradčany, 119 08 Prague 1, Czechia). Marshal Tito reviews an honor guard.
Former President of Czechoslovakia Eduard Benes returns from Prague during Czech Army parade in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A crowd gathers around a jeep. A large crowd of Czech civilians. Buildings in the background. Views of Czech civilians, soldiers, officers and police. Former President of Czechoslovakia Eduard Benes gets into a car to return from Prague. A sign on a building reads 'Ambassador'. Civilians watch parade from windows of the building. Crowds cheer the former President Benes as he rides along the streets. Civilians stand on either side of the road and wave. (World War II period).
The opening of a nonstop Prague-New York flight in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A Pan American World Airways (PAA) plane lands at Prague airport (Prague Ruzyně International Airport, Aviatická, 161 00 Praha 6, Czechia). U.S. flag and name 'Praha' in foreground. The plane taxis. The passengers disembark. A crowd applauds for them. Labels on the parcels carried by the plane. The crew disembarks from the plane. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) delegates shake hands with them. Farmers' employees loosen the ropes of a cargo of hatching eggs. The freight is unloaded from the plane. A truck carries boxes of eggs. German prisoners pass by the plane. The hatching eggs are placed into artificial hatches in a hatchery near Prague. Men and women carry the UNRRA' boxes full of eggs. Young chicks in the coops.