Liberation in Prague
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- United News Company (Producer)
Scope and Content
Issue 163, Part 1: Prague liberated, street signs ripped down. Street fighting between civilians and SS units. Good shots of street battles. Czechs use rifles, grenades. Dead in street. Germans shell city, burning buildings. Trucks of Russian army enter city, units of first Czechoslovak army, tanks. Pres. Edvard Benes dismounts from train. Shot of him at balcony.
Subjects
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY
- CIVILIANS
- LIBERATION
- SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL)
- FIGHTING
- RESISTERS/RESISTANCE
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- PARADES
- BENES, EDVARD
- STREETS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
- WEAPONS/ARMS
Places
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
Genre
- Film
- Newsreels.