International Peace Campaign in London, England. Policemen ride horses on the street. Buildings in the background. Demonstrators move from Trafalgar Square and march to the Czechoslovakia Legation Building (8 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7SH, UK) at Grosvenor Place. Parade is led by men carrying flags of America, Britain, Czechoslovakia, and Russia. A banner carried by marchers reads 'Stand by Czechoslovakia, No plebiscite'. Buses, cars, and cyclists pass by. The crowd swells until it fills the entire street and sidewalks, so there is no room for vehicles. Mounted police control the crowd at the Czechoslovakian Legation and facilitate traffic on Grosvenor Place. Four men hold flags of America, Czechoslovakia, Britain, and Russia, in front of the Legation. Double decker buses traverse the area. One marcher carries French Tricolor flag. Several men march with drums.
The Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States) in New York City. Views of the Empire State Building in 1970. Views of the Empire State Building under construction in 1930 and 1931. A blimp passing near the Empire State building in the 1930s. People gathered in front of the Empire State Building for its grand opening in May 1931. Next scene shows the 79th floor of the Empire State Building engulfed in flames after a B-25 aircraft crashed into the building in 1945. Views of the fire from the ground and from the 79th floor areas as firemen extinguish flames. The final scene is street levels views of the Empire State building from a moving vehicle, again in 1970.
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 the Soviet Union has turned the good people of Czechoslovakia into slaves. He says that the system of democracy in Czechoslovakia is threatened, and the 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.
Internees at a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. Victor Herskovics, a Jewish teacher of German language and history from Prague, Czechoslovakia interviewed at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. He tells how he was badly treated in prisons and concentration camps after the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. (World War II period).
Internees at a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. Victor Herskovics, a Jewish teacher of German language and history from Czechoslovakia interviewed at Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany. He talks about how he was badly treated in prisons and concentration camps after the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. He states that he is the only person alive from his family. He thanks the American Army for liberating him from the concentration camp in Buchenwald. (World War II period).
U.S. Commandant-General of the 5th Division Major General Albert E. Brown arrives in Protivin. Czechoslovakia. Major General Albert E. Brown arrives by plane and greeted by Russian officers. Officers get into cars parked on a field. Commandant-General Major Brown and other officers leave in cars.
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