The funeral of German SS Officer and Gestapo official, Reinhard Heydrich in Prague-Libeň, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Prague, Czech Republic). Exterior view of the Church of Our Lady before Týn. A large crowd gathers in Old Town Square for the funeral. Citizens stand and sit, crowded atop the Jan Hus Memorial. A man at a dais addresses the crowd. A Nazi logo in the background of the dais. Buildings in the background. Dignitaries attend the funeral.
The wedding of Frime Chaye Rivke, daughter of Rabbi Chaim Elazar, of Munkács, to Baruch Rabinovich, on March 15, 1933. Jewish men ride decorated bicycles along a street. They wear sashes containing Jewish blessings. They are surrounded by crowds and followed by other men on bicycles. A horse-drawn carriage moves through the crowd, carrying Jewish Rabbis, and elders and escorted by walking policemen and followed by men carrying banners in Yiddish. The procession and crowd goes toward a wedding pavillion set up in courtyard of the Synagogue. Policemen work to control the crowd. Rabbi Chaim Elazar speaks to the crowd, in Yiddish, exhorting Jews in America to keep the Sabbath. The crowd mills around as several persons make their way through the gates of the courtyard, being protected by police.The wedding party proceeds through Synagogue grounds to the wedding canopy, where Cantor Mordekhai Salomon sings and a Klezmer band plays. Reportedly, over 20,000 guests attended the wedding from all over Europe and the U.S.
Czech newspapers announcing the illness and later death of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. Newspapers dated 4th March 1953. Czech civilians read announcement from bulletin boards. Families listen to radio.
Czechoslovakian Chief of Police swears in new officers in Prague’s Old Town Square (Staroměstské nám., 110 00 Josefov, Czechia). Police troops parade around Old Town Square and surrounding streets. Czechoslovakian Interior Minister Vaclav Nosek meets Security-Service General Frantisek Janda. Vaclav Nosek speaks to assembled officers and Catholic priests.
Czechoslovakian women soldiers watch a demonstration during their emergency wartime duty training (early in the Cold War). Female Czechoslovakian soldiers learn first-aid wrapping techniques. Czechoslovakian women go over obstacle course by climbing, jumping and crawling. Spectators cheer on their comrades going over the obstacle course. A young Czechoslovakian woman stands up after crawling from obstacle and runs. Young Czechoslovakian woman successfully blocks her classmate holding pistol during self-defense training. Czechoslovakian women watch self-defense demonstration during training. Young Czechoslovakian women toss hand grenades together during training. Czechoslovakian women lying face down in field. Czechoslovakian women lie down and aim rifles in formation during rifle firing lesson. A box with small human figures as targets for rifle firing training. Young Czechoslovakian woman soldiers adjusts her rifle, aims, and shoots targets.
French military police with motorcycles stand near a crowd of French civilians outside a church in France near the end of World War 2. U.S. Army personnel with handheld cameras take pictures of services. Parisian girl standing with a U.S. Army soldier. Military Police lined up in front of the cathedral entrance. Bishops emerge from the church. General de Gaulle leaves the church in a motorcade. French car with a military official seated inside and four stars on the pIate. French soldiers as they give rifle salutes. Church cleric talking to a French officer. Gendarmes standing among civilians and American officer standing with a WAC (Women's Army Corps) officer. British guards lined up as people emerge from the church. Guard of Honor in the fore ground. Elderly French woman and man leave the church. GIs enters the church. Russian Bishop emerges from the church and enters car. French civilians around the church including children and a young boy on the shoulders of a man.
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