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Welt im Film 7

Reel Number: 200392-01

Color: Black and White

Sound:

Year / Date: 1945

Country: Czechia,Czechoslovakia,England,France,Germany,Holland,United Kingdom

Location: London,Paris,Prague

TC Begins: 01:00:01

TC Ends: 01:12:32

Duration: 00:12:31

Welt im Film 7 Reel 1 1. Revolt in Prague - last days of the war - knocking down German signs - documents thrown from windows. Civilians burning German banner/ flag. Allied flags raised. SS troops on street with machine gun. German soldiers. Czechs who have taken over radio station broadcasting to free world. Fighting on the streets. Women helping to build barricades. May 9th Street fighting - bodies - resistance. Buildings on fire. German soldiers pulling out. Civllians playing water hoses in cellars to drive out SS. German POWs. Collaborators in handcuffs. 01:02:45 10th May Russian troops liberate city. Celebrations- Russian tanks. Crowds welcome President Benes back from exile. Czech troops. Crowds celebrate. Parade down crowd lined streets. 01:04:11 Looted Art Recovered * Colour version available on SOE 01:07:04 Prisoners released * Dutch holocaust survivors mostly children Reel 2 5. Civilian Affairs in Germany * Essen 6. War Crimes Commission * London

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