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SYND29/01/71 PARTY LEADER HUSAK MAKES A SPEECH TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY
A meeting in Prague of the Communist Party of Czechoslavakia at which party chief Gustav Husak was made chairman, also present were President Ludvik Svoboda and Prime Minister Lubomir Strougal.
1. WS of the assembly
2. MS of Evzen Erban,...
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UPITN 2 5 73 CZECHOSLOVAKIAN MAYDAY PARADE IN PRAGUE ATTENDED BY THE PRESIDENT LUDOVIK SVOBODA
Czechoslovakian Mayday parade attended by the President Ludvik Svoboda.
1. various of mass crowd on streets with flags, banners, photographs, flowers etc.
2. gv platform with leaders on, pictures of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Gottwald on...
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CAN303 SOVIET LEADER KHRUSHCHEV DEPARTS FROM PRAGUE AIRPORT
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and his wife Nina leave Hungary at the end of a state visit. Hungarian President Antonin Novotny and his wife Bozena were there to say goodbye.
1. ws Prague airport, motorcade arrives
2. vs cheering...
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CAN 115 UNIDENTIFIED ARAB OFFICIAL ARRIVES TO PRAGUE
Unidentified Arab official arrives to Prague for a series of meetings.
1. gv plane taxiing
2. ms dignitaries out of airport terminal and onto tarmac
3. ms unidentified Arab official out of United Arab Airlines plane and greeted by Czech...
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More world leaders arrive for nuclear summit
1. Wide of Air China aircraft touching down
2. Wide of Air China aircraft taxiing on tarmac
3. Chinese President Hu Jintao walking down steps, being met by US and consular officials
4. Pan of car driving away
5. US troops with US and...
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US President Bush leaves for Czech Republic and G8 in Germany
1. Wide shot of helicopter carrying US President, George W Bush, arriving at base
2. Wide shot of Air Force One parked on tarmac
3. Bush and wife Laura coming out of helicopter and walking towards plane
4. Cutaway of marshall
5. Bush and...
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SPAIN: MADRID: KING & QUEEN HOST DINNER FOR NATO LEADERS
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After the heavy work of NATO meetings on Tuesday the leaders met for dinner amidst the splendour of the Spanish palace in Madrid.
The King and Queen of Spain hosted the banquet.
NATO, the Western bulwark defending...
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SYND 5 4 74 HUSAK WITH RUMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MACOVESCU
Romanian Foreign Minister George Macovescu had talks with Czech President Gustav Husak Czech Foreign Secretary Bohuslav Chnoupek, and
1. vs Macovescu welcomed by officials, shakes hands with Husak and Chnoupek2. mcu two men sitting 3. ws...
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CZECH REPUBLIC: PRAGUE: CITY CLASHES
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Black-clad demonstrators have torn cobblestones from Prague's historic streets and torched police with Molotov cocktails as they made good their promise to besiege the annual meetings of the World Bank and the...
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SYND 28 12 68 CZECHOSLOVAKIA UNREST PRIOR TO FEDERALISATION
As federalisation approaches threat of unrest increases over hinted political purge of Josef Smrokovsky, Parliament President. Czech President Ludwig Svoboda, First Secretary of the Communist Party Alexander Dubcek Prime Minister Oldrich...
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SYND 2 5 68 PRESIDENT AND PARTY LEADERS ATTEND MAY DAY PARADE
President of Czechoslovakia Ludvik Svoboda and Czech Communist Party Secretary Alexander Dubcek attend may day parade in Prague
1. Prague skyline and buildings, pan to long top shot over crowds in street below
2. ms parade along...
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CAN 276 CZECH - GERMAN BORDER CROSSING AT FURTH IM WALD RE-OPENED AFTER 15 YEARS
++Date is Approximate++
The Border Crossing At Furth Im Wald Between West Germany And Czechoslovakia Was Re-Opened. It Had Been Closed For 15 Years. It Is The First Border Open Between A NATO Country And A Member Of The East European...
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CAN495 BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY MICHAEL STEWART MEETS WITH CZECH CONTEMPORARY VACLAV DAVID
The Czechoslovakian and British Foreign Ministers confer in Prague. British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart meets with his contemporary Vaclav David in Prague. Cuts for story no. a0020361
1. vs exterior Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2....
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SYND 18 05 68 SOVIET OFFICIALS ARRIVE IN PRAGUE
Soviet Defence Minister Andrei Grechko arrives in Prague
1. russian airliner taxies
2. ls airport clock: 1235 hrs
3. ms Soviet Defence Minister Andrei Grechko down steps followed by Alexi Jepisheve and others, greeted by Czech...
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SYND 21/11/67 DEMOLITION OF AMMUNITION FOUND IN FOREST
Czech army demolition squads destroy World War Two German ammunition.
1. ws and pan clearing in forest, felled trees
2. ms sunlight falling through trees
3. cu officer and civilian, tilt down to ground
4. ws explosion in forest
5....
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CAN368 47TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE GREAT REVOLUTION
President of Czechoslovakia Antonin Novotny leads 47th anniversary celebrations of the great revolution
1. wide, top shot pan across crowds in the Old Town Square, Prague
2. ls crowds in square
3. ls Czech Communist party leaders on...
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CZECH TOURISTS WHO SURVIVED DEADLY BUS CRASH RETURN HOME
The group of Czech tourists that survived the deadly bus crash in Croatia began their journey home on Sunday.
Some of the 25 tourists that were injured in Saturday's crash boarded a Czech military plane, while others that were more...
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CAN262 SOVIET PREMIER SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CZECH PREMIER IN PRAGUE
On the final day of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushev's visit to Czechoslovakia, he signs a communique agreement with Czech President Antonin Novotny.
**also listed under z053067
1. ms Khrushchev and Novotny arrive and sit, prepare to sign...
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CAN428 PRAGUE TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS WON BY SWEDEN AND BRITAIN
Kjell Johansson of Sweden wins the men's singles, playing against Hans Alser, also Sweden. Mary Wright-Shannon of Britain wins the women's singles playing (?) Rome, in the Prague Table Tennis Championships. In the doubles, the Swedish...
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SYND 10 10 67 PARDUBICE STEEPLECHASE
The seventy eighth Pardubice steeplechase in Czechoslovakia
1. vs start of race and crowd and grandstands
2. ws water jump two fall
3. ms crowd
4. ws slow motion jump with pile up
5. cu jockey falls and remounts
6. ms crowd
7. vs jump...
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CAN668 CZECHOSLOVAKIA VS SWEDEN HOCKEY MATCH IN PRAGUE
Czechoslovakia wins return hockey match against Sweden in Prague. Final score: Czechoslovakia 5 - 2 Sweden.
1. ws stadium roof; tilt down to teams lined up on the ice
2. ms Czechoslovakian team
3. ms Swedish team
4. mcu referee...
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CAN505 FILE FOOTAGE OF GOTTWALD AND ZAPOTOCKY AT COMMUNIST RALLY
File footage of rally in support of Czech President Klement Gottwald featuring speeches by prominent Communist politicians and Antonin Zapotocky.
**Note: approximate date for file film- shot before 1953, Gottwald died in March 1953.
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CAN924 CZECH RIDER WINS INTERNATIONAL WINTER MOTORCROSS
Czech rider wins international winter motorcross competition. Scenes of race in progress
1. ws start of race riders past camera
2. vs race in progress
3. cu onlooker drinking
4. vs race on progress
5. ms flags
6. vs race in progress -...