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Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion of Israel meets Canadian Prime Minister and Governor General during official state visit to Ottawa, Canada
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion of Israel arrives in Ottawa, Canada. Stepping down from a “Department of Transport Canada” plane, Prime Minister Ben-Gurion meets Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker. After the welcome, the two prime ministers walk away from the tarmac. Arab sympathizers holding anti-Zionist and anti-Israel signs in Ottawa. Signs seen include, "Israel Zionist Creation," "B. Gurion The Eichman of Arab World," "Ask Your Guest About Arab Refugees," "Ben Gurion and Eichmann Partners in Murder," and "John Stop Tax Free Israel." Prime Minister Ben-Gurion lays a wreath at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Prime Minister Ben-Gurion visits the Canadian Governor General Georges Vanier at the Government House, also known as the Rideau Hall, in Ottawa (1 Sussex Dr, Ottawa, ON K1M). Prime Minister Ben-Gurion poses with Canadian Governor General Vanier and his wife, Pauline Vanier, as well as Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker.
Life under Soviet domination in Eastern Europe following World War II
Legislators entering a hall in Czechoslovakia, in 1948. Inside,an image of the Small Coat of Arms of the Republic of Czechoslovakia (1920) dominates the scene. New scene shows Gustav Husak, acting Prime Minister, delivering an address urging support for the Communist Party. The next sequence shows violent Communist-led demonstrations, as armed trade unionists riot in the Prague streets, attacking the offices of the political opposition. Police attempt to restore order. On February 25, 1948, the communists achieve a Czechoslovak coup d'état. On February 27th, Czech President, Edvard Benes, receives a delegation including communist Premier Klement Gottwald and the 12 new members of the cabinet, at the Presidential Palace. He is seen signing documents accepting the communist cabinet. Change of scene shows Czech Foreign Minister, Jan Masaryk, giving a speech rejecting the change. (He remained in office, but died under suspicious circumstances on On March 10, 1948.) View of Masaryk in his casket. Mourners at his funeral.The Czech Parliament Building with flag at half staff. President Benes seen strolling, using a cane, accompanied by his wife, Hana Benes, in the garden of their summer home, Benesova vila, in Sezimovo Usti. Narrator notes that he refused to sign a new constitution drawn up by the communists. He died of natural causes at his villa on September 3, 1948. Scenes of his funeral and of him in his casket. Views of Benes' state funeral, with mourners lining the streets. View of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Narrator describes circumstances using Churchill's term "Iron Curtain." A communist parade in an Eastern European city. A person who was roughed up on the street. View of East German uprising in 1953, being suppressed with Soviet tanks. Uprising in Poland in 1955 being put down by local police and Russian soldiers. Polish musicians playing and examples of Polish political cartoons permitted under relaxed communist rule.
The second Secretary General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld visits Israel.
The Secretary General of the United Nations visits Israel. The second Secretary General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld deplanes at Lod Airport (present day Ben Gurion Airport) in Israel and is greeted by local officials. Hammarskjöld's car is escorted by motorcycle outriders. He enters a building with officials. Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion seated in a conference room with officials. Among those present at the table, in addition to Dag Hammarskjöld, are Golda Meir, David Ben-Gurion, and Ralph Bunche.
President of Israel and leader of world Zionism, Dr Chaim Weizmann passes away in Israel.
The funeral of Dr Chaim Weizmann in Israel. He was the President of Israel and leader of world Zionism. Pallbearers hold the casket and other officers walk with them. People watch and bow towards the casket. The President is buried on his estate. People place wreaths on the grave.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon meets with Defense Minister of Israel Moshe Dayan in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Former Vice President Nichard Nixon tours Israel on a fact-finding tour. Nixon arrives and greets Defense Minister of Israel Moshe Dayan in Tel Aviv. The two leaders with their aides. The meeting in progress. The press takes photographs and records the event.
Czechoslovak coup with Communists coming to power; anti-Communist demonstrations in various European nations over 10 years
U.S. propaganda piece about threats by communists against various European countries. The Czechoslovak coup and demonstrations. Czech citizens moving on a street in Czechoslovakia during a strike forcing conservative elements to resign from the cabinet. Scenes of police brutality and beatings against strikers. Communists take over the police. Czech President Edvard Benes with conservative politicians in a government building. Huge crowd on a street. Police clashing with crowd. Czech Prime Minister Klement Gottwald with officials. President Edvard Benes, facing possible civil war or invasion by the Soviet Union, accepts a Communist cabinet. He is seen signing documents to that effect on February 25, 1948. Other officials beside President Benes during the signing. View of the first President of Czechoslovakia Tomas Masaryk's son, Jan Masaryk, who remained the Foreign Minister, and did not agree to the new government. Two days later Jan Masaryk is discovered dead. The body of Jan Masaryk in a coffin. Edvard Benes, who resigned in June 1948 after refusing to sign the communist constitution, is seen walking slowly outside the Parliament using a cane. A guard saluting Benes. View of the body of Edvard Benes, who died in September 1948, laying in a coffin. Mourning citizens offering flowers and cry. Officials bearing the coffin. Shift several years later to street strikes in East Germany in 1953. People during a strike and riot in Poland in 1956. Russian tanks moving on a street and Soviet soldiers are seen. Elevated view of panic and Polish citizens fleeing soldiers. October 1956: Student demonstrators on street in Budapest Hungary during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. Soviet Russian red star is toppled by crowds from a building roof in a sign of defiance. Russian troops respond with tanks on the streets in Hungary. Crowd fights back. Russians retreat. Crowd overwhelms local police. Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary, ascends steps. Hungarian crowd on streets burn communist books and papers. Russian tanks invade Hungary to crush revolt. Tanks fire guns on Hungarian street. Imre Nagy's execution announced June 17, 1958.
