Foggy skyline of Prague, Czechoslovakia during the Cold War. Czechoslovakian people crowd the streets of Prague. Huge crowds of people in Wenceslas Square in the New Town quarter of Prague. Czechoslovakian Prime Minister Antonin Zapatocky addresses the crowd in Wenceslas Sqaure. Crowds listening to Zapatocky’s speech in Wenceslas Square. Czechoslovakian man listens to speech. Czechoslovakian woman, wearing headscarf, listens to speech. Huge crowds near King Wenceslas statue in Wenceslas Square. Czechoslovakian President Klement Gottwald addresses crowd.
A monument in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A Russian tank, the first into Prague, placed on the top of a stone monument. A small board with a writing fixed on the monument. A building beside the monument.
Opening scene shows British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, at the airport, having just returned from the Munich conference where Britain and France acquiesed to Nazi Germany's annexation of the Sudetenlands and part of Czechoslovakia. He holds up copy of the agreement signed by Chancellor Adolf Hitler as symbolic of British and German determination never to wage war against each other again. Crowd cheers. Newspaper poster quotes Chamberlain's statement: "Peace in Our Time." Newspaper headlines about the Agreement. Map shows Nazi encrouchment on Czechoslovakia. In violation of the Munich agreement, German forces roll into Czechoslovakia, on March 14, 1939. Local residents give Nazi salute from sidewalks. Animated map shows area of German occupation with Poland next. Prime Minister Chamberlain telling an audience that a threat to Polish independence would start a general conflagration involving Britain. Hitler attending a formal occasion. Star shown atop a building in Moscow, Russia. British, French and German military missions arriving at airport to confer with Soviets. Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov shakes hands wih German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. August 23, 1939 Newspaper headline reads: "Russo-German Pact Signed." German and Russian diplomats sit at a table. Joseph Stalin and Molotov reviewing troops on parade in Red Square.
Czech heroes who were killed during the liberation of Prague, Czechoslovakia. A civilian looking at a decorated place on a building on a street in Prague. The place is decorated with the pictures of Czech heroes who were killed during the liberation and small wreaths offered to them. Men and women who pass along the walkway look at the decorated place.
The tomb of Czech heroes who were killed during the liberation of Prague, Czechoslovakia. A walkway along the side of a street in Prague. Buildings along the side of the street. A tomb of several Czech heroes killed during the liberation, on the side of the walkway. Two children offer flowers at the tomb. Men and women on the walkway. The tomb marked by a cross mounted with a helmet. Vehicles on the road.
People walk on Wenceslas Square (called Václavské náměstí) in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Traffic passes nearby the shops. Shops include a gift shop and a jewelry store. Store of the Bata Shoe Company on the street. Neon signs of illuminated map showing London, Paris, New York, and Prague marked on it.