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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
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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
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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 -...
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SYND 11 5 68 CZECH SOVIET FRIENDSHIP MEETING
Czechslovakia Soviet friendship meeting to mark 23rd anniversary of end of the second world war and the liberation of Prague by the Soviet army
1. ls audience
2. ms audience seated
3. tracking shot along front row of czechoslovakian...
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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
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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...