Pre-War Czechoslovakia: River Elbe - Mining - Germans

Pre-war Czechoslovakia: River Elbe - Mining - Germans Shots of the quays & bridges at Usti on the River Elbe - main port for exports to Germany en route to US. Barges on the river - barge marked with ‘N.D.B.E. Magdeburg’ & tug marked ‘Tabor, Praha’. Shot of Elbe with typical Sudeten village in background - mountains. Shot of the Elbe with town and two bridges. Usti railway station with trains leaving. Several shots of the Elbe with barges and freight train crossing bridge. German barge ‘Hermann Miller Ester’. Train loaded with Czech glass bound for US. Barge down river. 04:11:25 Czech & unid. flags flying off building. Open cast mine - small trains loaded with coal / iron ore ? - mine buildings 04:12:45 Germans in Czechoslovakia: street scenes - German people getting water from hot springs in the street - man drinking from strange beaker - signpost ‘Do Prahy - Mach Prag’ - Czech policeman in street. Hoarding over shop for German newspaper “ Die Beit “. Street market in village. Pre - WWII / Nazi Occupation. Sudetenland. Heavy Industry. Shipping. Waterways. 1930s.