1918 - Czecho-Slovak Revolution, The Reel 1

The Czecho-Slovak Revolution Reel 1 On 1918 celebrations in Prague as the Habsburg reign ends - independence of Czechoslovakia. Crowds tear down Austrian street signs, greet provisional cabinet members (Klofac, Habrman, et al.), and cheer the poet Machar and Premier Kramar. Signs in German torn from shops and buildings. St. Wenceslav monument and crowds. Armored train sent from Vienna to put down revolution and captured bloodlessly by Czechoslovaks. View of crowded Celetena Street and Old town Square. Dummy of Emperor Charles on cart. Crowd parade waving handkerchiefs. Klofac and Ms. Stivin address crowds. Former Franz Joseph Bridge now called president Wilson Bridge. Yugoslav delegation welcomed. Crowds cheer Czechoslovak troops returning from the Italian Army, troops returning from Austria. Statue of Radecky covered up in cloth. Cartoons and caricatures of Kaiser and Crown Prince. Photographs on wall of Cabinet of Czechoslovakia w/ President Wilson. Troops depart for Slovakia to hold the Hungarian border. Battisti, the brother of the executed Italian deputy in a car. Deputies arrive from Switzerland. First meeting of the Czechoslovak National Assembly. Soldiers’ barracks in Prague. Dr. Scheiner, President of the Sokol gymnastic association. Huge American & British flags over crowded square. Inspection of troops on Old Town square. Post-WW1; Post-WWI; 1918;