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.
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.
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.
Vltava River in Prague, Czechoslovakia. City of Prague and various buildings of Prague seen along the Vltava riverbank from an elevated position. The Straka Academy (nábř. E. Beneše 128, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia) on the bank of the Vltava River. View of the Charles Bridge (Karlův most, 110 00 Praha 1, Czechia). Three persons stand along bank and talk.
Catholics attend mass in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Catholic churchgoers pray inside the St. Vitus Cathedral (III. nádvoří 48/2, 119 01 Praha 1-Hradčany, Czechia) of Prague. Children with flowers stand in front. An old woman worships. Worshipers pray near the tomb of the Kings of Bohemia. A procession leaves the Catholic church of St. Nicholas (Malostranské nám., 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia) and proceeds along the streets of Prague. The procession passes in front of an arcade and arrive at a street altar. Girls in white veils and dresses walk in the procession. Nuns and priests in the parade.
Leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marshal Josip Broz Tito in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Marshal Tito is greeted and decorated by Czech President Edvard Benes in the Prague Castle (Hradčany, 119 08 Prague 1, Czechia). Cheering spectators on the sidelines as a car containing Russian Marshals Ivan Konev and Pavel Rybalko drives past. Russian officers in the car waving to the spectators. Czech girls waving flower bouquets. Crowds throw flowers at staff car. The Marshals review an honor guard accompanied by Commander-in Chief of Czech Army General Ludwig Svoboda. A building decorated with Czech signs that read “LONG LIVE THE RED ARMY” and “LONG LIVE MARSHAL KONEV” and “LONG LIVE GENERAL STALIN”.