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Pre-WWII - 1937/38, Czechoslovakia: Czech Crisis

Reel Number: 220584-26

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1937,1938

Country: Czechia,Czechoslovakia

Location: Bohemia,Lany,Prague Castle

TC Begins: 09:48:57

TC Ends: 10:02:30

Duration: 00:13:33

Pre-WWII - 1937/38, Czechoslovakia: Czech Crisis Panning shots over outskirts of town through trees. Stockshots buildings - fountain in courtyard - interior large house - details of bedroom, desk. Maid / nurse prepares tea tray. 09:51:09 Thomas Masaryk with family ? taking tea. Horse drawn carriage passing through field - farm labourers doff their hats / caps. Masaryk and two young boys in carriage. Masaryk seated in grounds of Castle Lany. Date on desk calendar 14th Zari ? 1937. 09:53:44 Scenic shots countryside - farmers stop work and remove hats, one makes sign of cross (death of Masaryk ?) Interior - machinery stopped, workers stand in silence / respect. 09:54:49 Prague - flower seller outside Wilson railway station - pedestrians pass and CUs flowers. Interior station showing glass roof. Train pulling out of station. Sign in Czech Praha - Wilsonovo Nadrazi - tracking shots of overhead electric wires and train signals. 09:56:07 Mountains - snow covered - clouds. q 09:57:10 Small girl in national dress looking skyward and waving scarf - Cemetery / graveyard - crosses seen against snowy mountains. Sheep grazing on mountainside. Rural shots - shepherd. Man ploughing with horses 09:57:58 Good close shots children in national dress at play - see saw. Time lapse as clouds pass over fields / farms. Horses. CU face of old woman - laughing children. River flowing (Excerpt from The Earth Sings). 09:58:54 President Benes visits Zlin. Benes and group inside building - man in Morning Suit and top hat showing Mr Benes around. 09:59:38 Benes visits open cast ? mine in mountains - arrives in in open top car - Water pressure used on soil ? 10:00:55 Benes and wife ? standing on balcony looking down on square / parade ground. Huge crowds - Benes speaks. Pre-WWII Czechoslovakia; Central Europe;

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