"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. THE SOVIET'S NEIGHBOR CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. THE SOVIET'S NEIGHBOR CZECHOSLOVAKIA

1946

On reconstruction in Czechoslovakia, emphasizing Russian influence. Reel 1, women clear rubble from Prague streets. Clement Gottwald presides at a Communist meeting. Eduard Benes is warmly received in Prague. He signs a mutual defense pact with Gromyko and greets Marshall Tito, Brit. Gen. Montgomery, and Gen. Eisenhower. Czech traitors are tried and hanged. Shows graves at Lidice. Sudeten Germans are deported. Reel 2, Czechs vote in the 1946 elections. Transportation facilities are repaired, the army trains, and industry is nationalized under Gottwald. UNRRA agricultural equipment is used. La Guardia dances with Czechs. Shows scenes of Prague University.

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 6514327

National Archives at College Park

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