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CUTS 12/11/1971 EAST GERMAN PRIME MINISTER AND PARTY LEADER VISIT CZECHOSLOVAKIA
East German Premier Willi Stoph and Party Leader Erich Honecker in a meeting with Czechoslovakian Communist Party Leader Gustav Husak and Prime Minister Lubomir Strougal.
1. gv Lany Presidential Castle
2. ms Lany Castle
3. ms interior,...
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SYND 27/11/1971 PARTY AND COUNTRY LEADERS VOTE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GENERAL ELECTIONS
Communist Party Leader Gustav Husak and Prime Minister Lubomir Strougal vote in Czechoslovakian general elections.
1. ms Husak meets election officials
2. ms press
3. ms Husak to ballot box, places vote
4. cu sign on ballot box
5. cu...
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SYND 21/03/1970 SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Signing of the agreement between Russia And Czechoslovakia by Foreign Ministers Andre Gromyko and Jan Marko
1) ms Andre Gromyko and Marko at desk, signing the agreement
2) ms Gromyko, pan to Marko
3) ms official watch the signing
4)...
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SYND 19/07/71 CZECHOSLOVAKIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX IN BRNO
Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix in Brno.
1. ms bump start of motorcycle race and riders down straight
2. ms riders bunched round bend
3. ms riders over hilltop
4. ms riders down slope and round uphill bend
5. ms rider falls on...
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SYND 28 6 67 PRESIDENT SVOBDA ATTENDS MILITARY EXERCISES
Warsaw Pact countries take part in continuing military manoeuvres on the borders of Czechoslovakia. The manoeuvres were attended by Czech President LudvÄżËk Svoboda.
1. ms generals arrive at manoeuvres
2. mcu official on field...
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CAN979 COMMUNIST LEADERS SIGN DECLARATION ON LAST DAY OF CONFERENCE
The 1967 European Communist Parties' Conference comes to a close. It ends with all 25 leaders of Communist parties signing a joint declaration. The conference was attended by the leader of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Janos...
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SYND 12-12-72 VELKA PARDUBICKA STEEPLECHASE
Velka Pardubicka Steeplechase run on the second Sunday in October, in the town of Pardubicka in Czechoslovakia. The race is one of the oldest and considered to be the toughest steeplechase in Europe
1) race in progress, horses over...
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Soviet tanks start to withdraw, Havel Gorbachev agreement
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First Soviet tanks start to withdraw from Frendstat. Gorbachev and Havel signing
pull-out agreement.
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CAN312 TRADE FAIR IN BRNO SHOWS MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Scenes of a trade fair in Brno, the second largest city in Czechoslovakia.
1. pan from dome to ws interior fair
2. vs technical exhibits, insulators, electronic equipment
3. ts technical and mechanical exhibits, turbines
4. mcu drive...
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CAN 30 LARGE INFLATABLE TENT ERRECTED ON FIELD IN CZECH REPUBLIC, TRUCK DRIVEN INSIDE THE TENT
Large inflatable tent errected on field in Czech Republic, truck driven inside the tent.
1. gv lorry driving into a large tent
2. ms from the inside, lorry entering tent
3. gv lorry driving through large tent
4. ms pocket waving in wind,...
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CAN 312 SCIENTISTS MEET AT THE PUGWASH MOVEMENT CONFERENCE IN KARLOVY VARY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Scientists meet at the Pugwash Movement conference in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, to discuss nuclear disarmament
1. interior Pugwash Conference, pan around delegates seated at large table
2. ms President standing to speak
3. various...
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SYND 19-1-69 DEMONSTRATORS ON HUNGERSTRIKE IN WENCELAS SQUARE
Czech youths stage hungerstrike in support of suicide protest
1 gv Wencelas Square, tilt to youths
2 ms tent, pan to protesters
3 ms pan protesters
4 ms tilt down to posters on base
5 cu protesters
6 gv crowd:
7 gv statue in...
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CAN944 ULBRICHT SIGNS FREINDSHIP TREATY WITH CZECH NEIGHBOURS
Czechoslovakia and East Germany sign a "Friendship and Support" treaty. Those representing the two countries are: Antonin Novotny, General Secretary of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia; Walter Ulbricht, East German leader; Willy...
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SYND 8-8-72 WATER SKIING IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
A water skiing competition is held in Czechoslovakia.
1. ms of the crowd gathered
2. vs of the engines of the tow boat being prepared
3. vs of the water skiiers in action and doing tricks and jumps as the crowd watches
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SYND 28-1-72 COMMUNIST CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING IN PRAGUE
Kosygin and Brezhnev attend Czechoslovakia Communist Central Committee meeting in Prague
1) gv Prague skyline and river Vlatava
2) ms exterior of Central Committee building
3) sign above door
4) flags flying
5) soviet delegation arrive...
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SYND 14-8-72 WARSAW PACT ARMIES TAKE PART IN MILITARY EXERCISES
Warsaw Pact armies take part in military exercises, observed by President of Czechoslovakia, Ludvik Svoboda and Czech officials
1) gv military officers and VIP's
2) cu Ludvik Svoboda
3) officials watch exercises, along river
4) ms...
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SYND 12/11/1971 EAST GERMAN PRIME MINISTER AND PARTY LEADER VISIT CZECHOSLOVAKIA
East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph and Party Leader Erich Honecker arriving to Czechoslovakia for official visit.
1. various of railway station and welcoming crowds and press
2. ms Czech Communist Party Leader Gustav Husak waits at...
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SYND 17 10 68 RUSSIA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA SIGN TREATY LEGALISING SOVIET INTERVENTION
Soviet Premier, Alexei Kosygin and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko arrive in prague where he signs the trearty leagalizing the Soviet invasion and Soviet troops presence in Czechoslovakia
1. ms clock at Prague airport
2. cu ground crew...
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CAN303 SOVIET LEADER KHRUSHCHEV VISITS SLOVAKIAN WAR MEMORIALS
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev arrives in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia (part of Czechoslovakia) with Czechoslovakian President Antonin Novotny, and is met by Slovak politician Alexander Dubcek. He visited two war memorials and takes part...
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LIB 15/12/73 YUGOSLAV PRIME MINISTER BIJEDIC MEETS CZECH PRIME MINISTER STROUGAL
Yugoslav Prime Minister Dzemal Bijedic meets Czech Prime Minister Lubomir Strougal
1 Yugoslav Prime Minister Bijedic into room and shakes hands with Czech Prime Minister Strougal and other officials
2 conference table as both sides sit...
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SYND18/11/71 MEETING IN ROTHENBURG BETWEEN GERMAN AND CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Meeting in Rothenburg between German and Czechoslovakian government officials:
1) gv rothenburg street with clock tower
2) Czechoslovakian delegation arrives at hotel
3) hotel sign, old steel helmet suspended outside
4) delegation enter...
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CAN937 CZECHOSLOVAKIA VS HOLLAND SEMI FINALS
Czechoslovakia defeats Holland to enter semi finals of European Football Cup.
1. ws players on field, zoom into game
2. various high shots fans with posters
3. ws poster and spectator
4. vs kick off and play
5. ws spectators
6. ws...
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SYND 21 8 73 FILE / ARCHIVE FOOTAGE MARKING 5 YEARS SINCE THE SOVIET INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
File / Archive footage marking 5 years since the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia which subdued a revolution led by Alexander Dubcek
1. ls armoured vehicles through crowded street
2. ms Soviet tanks through streets, Czech people...
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SYND 1-5-69 CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S NEW LEADER, GUSTAV HUSAK, REVIEWS A MAY DAY PARADE IN BRATISLAVA
May Day is celebrated in Bratislava in front of the new Czechoslovakian leader Gustav Husak.
1. MS of the marchers moving along the street with banners waving and carrying portraits of Communist leaders
2. MS of Husak and his family on...