Russian Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968
Brief INT shot political rally. INT meeting of politicians - new Communist Czech President Klement Gottwald Feb48. Crowds gathered in square addressed by Gottwald.
03:52:37 Budapest, 1956 - Hungarian Revolution: Troops on back of trucks. Demonstrations through city - woman waves Hungarian flag from window ledge. Mutilated bodies, one strung up from lamppost, another w/ spear ? shoved in mouth & portrait of Lenin on top of body.
03:53:09 Map of Czechoslovakia & surrounding countries in Russian; VS newspaper & magazine reports in English & French.
03:54:28 Russian tanks rolling into Prague, 21Aug68 - crowds on streets. Line of tanks, aircraft over. Demonstration - Czech flags waved. Casualties. Russian troops & vehicles push through demonstrating crowds. PEOPLE IN STREETS LISTENING TO TRANSISTOR RADIOS - DISTRIBUTING LEAFLETS. Tanks through crowd; tanks on fire. VS Dissidents. Riots - burning vehicles - burning buildings - firefighting - INJURED ON STRETCHERS. Czech people arguing with Russian soldiers. Ends abruptly.
USSR. Communism. Military Occupation. Warsaw Pact.
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Russian Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968 Brief INT shot political rally. INT meeting of politicians - new Communist Czech President Klement Gottwald Feb48. Crowds gathered in square addressed by Gottwald. 03:52:37 Budapest, 1956 - Hungarian Revolution: Troops on back of trucks. Demonstrations through city - woman waves Hungarian flag from window ledge. Mutilated bodies, one strung up from lamppost, another w/ spear ? shoved in mouth & portrait of Lenin on top of body. 03:53:09 Map of Czechoslovakia & surrounding countries in Russian; VS newspaper & magazine reports in English & French. 03:54:28 Russian tanks rolling into Prague, 21Aug68 - crowds on streets. Line of tanks, aircraft over. Demonstration - Czech flags waved. Casualties. Russian troops & vehicles push through demonstrating crowds. PEOPLE IN STREETS LISTENING TO TRANSISTOR RADIOS - DISTRIBUTING LEAFLETS. Tanks through crowd; tanks on fire. VS Dissidents. Riots - burning vehicles - burning buildings - firefighting - INJURED ON STRETCHERS. Czech people arguing with Russian soldiers. Ends abruptly. USSR. Communism. Military Occupation. Warsaw Pact.