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CAN367 DUKLA OF PRAGUE WIN HANDBALL
Dukla of Prague wins international handball against Spanish teams
1. interior sports hall, cu teams shake hands at centre line
2. cutaway to spectators
3. game in progress
4. cu spectators
5. Spain penalty throw and score: (Slow...
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CAN233 CUSTOMS AND POLICE RIVER PATROLS
++Date is Approximate++
Police and customs river patrols along the River Elbe at border points. See also story number: z052616
1. ms river authority / customs launch turning on river
2. ls barge moored in middle of river
3. various ls,...
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SYND 21 12 68 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Prague prepares for christmas
1. wide shot Prague, Vltava river
2. ms bridge over river, church in background
3. ms pedestrians along street
4. cu people along carrying christmas parcels
5. cu woman along with parcel
6. ms people past...
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CAN771 PEACE RACE CEREMONY AND RACE AT STADIUM IN PRAGUE
Scenes at a stadium in Prague as Stage 1 of the Peace Race cycling tour from Prague to Berlin via Warsaw ends. Cyclists enter the stadium and the winners are seen on the podium.
Film unidentified - information may be inaccurate
1. ms...
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CAN870 CZECH CATHOLIC CLERGY PEACE MOVEMENT CONGRESS OPENS IN PRAGUE
The Czech Catholic clergy Peace Movement Congress opens in Prague with speaker Health Minister Josef Plojhar, health minister and chairman of the Catholic Peace Movement.
1. ts gathering in hall
2. ws same
3. ms same
4. ms priest
5....
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SYND 4 9 68 FUNERAL OF COLONEL HELENA PETRANKOVA
Czechoslovakia's most honoured woman soldier is buried in Prague Colonel Helena Patrankova, aged 64, fought in Spanish Civil War. Chairman of the National Assembly Josef Smrkovsky, Czech General Lonsky, Colonel Vadat Kuzel and Mrs...
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SYND 11 8 68 PRESIDENT TITO ARRIVES
Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito is welcomed enthusiastically in Prague after supporrting Czech independence. He is met by Alexander Dubcek and President Ludvik Svoboda.
1. vs of Tito off plane and greeted by Dubcek and Svoboda
2. vs of...
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CAN785 NOVOTNY ADDRESSES DELEGATES AT THE 13TH PARTY CONGRESS MEETING
Opening meeting of the 13th Congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in Prague. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Mr Antonin Novotny addressed assembled delegates. General Secretary of the Central...
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CAN452 PRAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
Czechslovakian and British foreign ministers confer in Prague.
1. ws Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2. ms British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart out of car
3. ms British flag on Stewart's car
4. ms Stewart enters room, shakes hands with...
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CAN464 CZECH NORWAY SIGNING
Czech and Norwegian officials signing agreement.
***Dupe Neg z057578***
1. ms Norwegian and Czech officials sitting desk signing books, people behind them
2. mcu Czech official signing, pan to Norwegian official
3. ms people watching
4....
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CAN262 SOVIET PREMIER KRUSHCHEV GIVEN GIFTS UPON DEPARTURE FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Final speeches and presentations on the last day of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's visit to Czechoslovakia (where he signed a communique agreement with Czech President Antonin Novotny).
1. ws conference room
2. mcu Czech official...
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CAN464 CZECH NORWAY OFFICIALS SIGN AGREEMENT
Norwegian and Czech agreement reached and signed.
1. ms Norwegian and Czech diplomats at table, signing documents as officials stand by
2. mcu Czech official on right pan left to Norwegian representative signing document
3. ms officials...
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CAN303 SOVIET PREMIER KRUSHCHEV AND NOVOTNY VISIT FACTORY
The Premier of the USSR, Nikita Krushchev and his wife Nina on a visit to a Factory near Prague, Czechoslovakia, accompanied by Czech President Antonin Novotny. Cuts of a0008000
1. vs workers waiting
2. ms workers waving flags, pan to...
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SYND 2 2 68 ICE HOCKEY CZECHS V CANADA IN PRAGUE
World champions Czechoslovakia beat Canada 2 - 1 in ice hockey match in Prague.
1. ws interior stadium
2. ms and pan Czech team
3. ms and pan Canadian team
4. cu coaches Pitner and Kostka
5. ms first bully
6. ws Suchy in action
7. ws...
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CAN736 MIME ACT REHEARSALS
Mime act rehearses and demonstrates part of production as they black out in dark costumes to show inanimate objects moving apparently without aid.
1. cu poster in Czech translation: Black Theatre Prague
2. cu feet dancing in circle
3. ms...
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CAN437 PRAGUE COMECON MEETING
Nineteenth session of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon) opens in Prague.
1. ws pan down exterior of International Hotel
2. ms delegation cars in parking lot
3. ms hotel sign 'International' and flags
4. ms Deputy...
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CAN630 PRESIDENT RADHAKRISHNAN OF INDIA VISITS PRAGUE
President of India Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan arrives in Prague for a four day state visit to Czechoslovakia. He was met on arrival by President of Czechoslovakia Mr Antonin Novotny.
1. ws crowd waves Indian flags outside airport...
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CAN852 DELEGATES MEET FOR CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
Unidentified dignitaries from Finland and Czechoslovakia convene for talks in Prague.
1. ms men enter room and are greeted
2. cs pennants of Finnish and Czech flags
3. elevated ms conference table
4. various mcu and cu dignitaries,...
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CAN554 HUNDREDS OF CZECH ATHLETES PERFORM SYNCHRONISED EXERCISES IN THE SPARTAKIADE
Hundreds of Czech athletes perform synchronised exercises in the middle of the vast stadium in Prague during the Spartakiade.
1. ws Black Tower in Prague
2. ls high angle crowds seated in stadium
3. ws hundreds of children in lines,...
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CAN516 SOVIET VETERANS HONOURED ON 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CZECH LIBERATION
Soviet war veterans honoured at Prague to celebrate 20th anniversary of liberation from Nazis.
1. ws plane taxis in
2. ms reception committee walk to plane
3. ms pan Russian veterans leave plane and are greeted
4. ws assembly
5. mcu...
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CAN814 FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER IN CZECHOSLAVAKIA FOR TALKS
The Foreign Minister of France, Henry Couve de Murville arrives in Prague for talks. He is greeted by the Czechoslavakian foreign minister Vaclav David.
1.ms la sign for Prague Airport and clock
2. ws airplane taxis in
3. ms greeting...
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CAN783 13TH PARTY CONGRESS OPENS IN PRAGUE WITH ADDRESS BY SOVIET PREMIER BREZHNEV
The 13th Congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia opens in Prague. General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics / USSR) and Soviet Premier Leonid...
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CAN508 BACKGROUND STORIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Various stories relating to Czechoslovakia - the building of a new airport, protecting Czechoslovakia's history by archiving historical books and parchments, Spring in the countryside, Easter eggs, the opening up of the country to...
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SYND 14/03/72 BULGARIAN DELAGATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA FOR TALKS
Bulgarian delegation meets Czechoslovakian delegation for friendly talks in Prague.
1. ms Bulgarian party led by Communist Party Leader Todor Zivkov enters room and are greeted by Communist Party Leader Gustav Husak and President Ludvik...