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Memorial service in Lidice, Czechoslovakia; Edvard Benes and officers put wreaths on graves honoring massacred civilians

A memorial service for Czech people killed by Nazi Germany after Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich's assassination in Lidice, Czechoslovakia. People walk for the ceremony. People observe silence for the people killed by the Germans after the assassination of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich. President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Benes puts wreaths on graves at the site where the burned down village of Lidice had been. Officers salute. Wreaths placed on the graves. Children gathered at the ceremony. Soldiers stand at attention. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068485
Soldiers and officials gather for the celebration of V-J day in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia.

Celebration of VJ Day (victory over Japan day) in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia at the end of World War II. Czech girls in native dresses dance in front of a reviewing stand. American, Russian and Czech troops parade through the streets. A Liaison plane drops pamphlets. U.S. Army Major General Ernest Nason Harmon speaks from the reviewing stand. American Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Laurence A. Steinhardt, Russian Colonel General Zhadou and other dignitaries in the background.

Date: 1945, August 18
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062816
Adolf Hitler enters Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, where crowds greet him enthusiastically

A motorcade of open cars carrying Adolf Hitler and his entourage along a street in the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. Next, Hitler is seen standing on a balcony overlooking the Marktplatz in downtown Cheb (German: Eger). Among those seen with him are Hermann Goering and Konrad Henlein (wearing glasses). Henlein is head of the Nazi Party in Czechoslovakia, and Reichskommissar for the Sudetenland. Crowds of noisy Sudeten Germans are gathered in the Marktplatz (Jatechni 476/2, Cheb 350 02, Czech Republic) to greet their liberator. Most of the footage focuses on Hitler.

Date: 1938, October 7
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027041
Czechoslovakian army withdraws from Prague, Czechoslovakia as the Nazis seize more territory and complete invasion of Czech lands.

The Nazis seize Czechoslovakian territory in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Scenes of the Czechoslovakian Army marching in formation out of Prague, as they withdraw from Prague under orders from President Emil Hácha, facing threat of German Luftwaffe aircraft attacks. President of Czechoslovakia, Emil Hácha, signs a document. Czech military vehicle tows artillery as they withdraw. A group of Czech soldiers assist in pulling it with rope during the withdrawal.

Date: 1939, March 15
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043519
German troops and tanks parade in Prague, Czechoslovakia during German occupation in World War II.

German troops parade in Prague, Czechoslovakia during German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War 2. German troops parade in Prague. German artillery and tanks roll through central Prague. Troops march at Wenceslas Square. Equestrian statue of Wenseslas, Duke of Bohemia, in armor, carrying a banner. Troops and tanks parade as German officers watch them. German Luftwaffe planes fly overhead.

Date: 1939, March
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675074058
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring inspects Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht troops in Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) prior to WW2.

Sudeten Germans welcome Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief and Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and German troops into Reichenberg (today Liberec), Czechoslovakia prior to World War II. Liberec civilians crowd Adolf-Hitler-Platz (nám. Dr. E. Beneše 1/1, 460 59 Liberec, Czechia ?) and watch German troop parade with warm reception. Nazi Swastika banners adorn buildings in Liberec. Hermann Göring addresses the crowd on stage. The Nazi Germany Reichadler (Imperial Eagle) emblem is on display behind Göring. German troops stand at attention in front of the stage. German troops and band in military parade on the streets. Feet of Wehrmacht soldiers marching. Liberec civilians cheer and perform the Hitler salute. Hermann Göring and other military officials join the parade. Hermann Göring visits an airfield in the afternoon. Luftwaffe officers salute and talk to Göring. Göring with a bewildered expression. Ju-52 planes with Nazi Swastika markings landing and taxiing on airfield. Göring and other officials watch the planes. A group of Ju-52 planes on the ground. German soldiers run while pulling a wagon. They march in a single file in front of Göring. Civilian perform the Hitler salute to arriving troops. Göring nods and talks to Sudeten German boys and girls. A woman pins a corsage of flowers on a German soldier’s chest. A soldier speaks to Göring. German soldiers stand in front of bicycles in the airfield. Göring bids good-bye to a Sudetenland official and leaves in a staff car. Göring waves from departing car. Göring arrives in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad/ Carlsbad), Czechoslovakia. Crowds gathered at the city center and the (likely Muehlbrunn) colonnade to welcome Göring. Karlsbad civilians perform the Nazi salute to welcome Göring. Göring’s guard clears out the way for Göring and other officials. Göring and other Nazi officials board a car. Göring inspects the Luftwaffe and airfield. Göring and a German soldier salute to each other. Göring holds his Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall baton while inspecting his troops. Göring speaks to the Luftwaffe and soldiers in attendance. Wehrmacht soldiers form a line.

Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080102