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Pre-WWII - Czechoslovakia, 1937/38: Prague Scenes

Reel Number: 250074-06

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1937,1938

Country: Czechia,Czechoslovakia

Location: Prague

TC Begins: 02:35:17

TC Ends: 02:45:57

Duration: 00:10:40

Pre-WWII - Czechoslovakia, 1937/38: Prague Scenes LS crowded sidewalk in city, pedestrians cross street w/ traffic policeman. CU Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamil Krofta (? probably not) talking on telephone at desk & making notes; moving about in very high ceil office then enters w/ male secretary carrying papers. Signs papers. MCU talking; on telephone. 02:36:45 Leaving building thru glass doors in colonnade hallway. View thru doors past policeman patrolling. LS of building w/ ornate entrance. Traffic past. 02:37:50 LS busy street traffic w/ trams & ornate gothic tower in background. Large historical municipal buildings on square, traffic passing. 02:38:11 Man eating beside man at serving trays in cafeteria . 02:38:35 Brief shot of exterior of Automat & Buffet. Interior w/ well-dressed people dancing, violinist playing & people seated in background; view over drummer & guitar player. People at tables eating & moving about. MCUs. Couples dance. 02:39:28 Prime Minister Milan Hodza out of car. 02:39:34 Czech military men at wall map. General Jan Syrovy, w/ eye-patch, cranks up cover from map. Men enter map room, look at maps scattered on table. 02:41:55 Street scene w/ pedestrians & cars & trams on cobblestone street in front of large modern building complex. 02:42:08 Policeman on raised box directing traffic. 02:42:23 LS thru arch of very large ornate stone building. LS down arched walkway w/ pedestrians. Statue w/ dagger in fg, flag on building in background. 02:42:42 Tomb of King Karel IV / Charles IV. CU metal w/ Karel on plaque; priest enters & kneels in prayer; monk doing same on opposite side. 02:43:06 LS of gothic towers & cathedral or ?? on hilltop beyond buildings of old city; pedestrians & road beside river in fg. 02:43:19 Old city narrow street scene; wrought iron-work & man pumping bucket of water. View along Vltava River to Charles Bridge. 02:43:59 LA of stone church front. LS of pedestrians crossing Charles Biidge w/ baroque statues. 02:44:18 Dark, church interior. 02:44:40 Priests or monks open gate to crypt of Karol & leave.; re-enter & kneel. 02:45:23 LS from church balcony or roof of wide street, traffic, trams & pedestrians. 02:45:51 Street shot of crowds of pedestrians, policeman directing traffic. 1938 Munich Crisis; Sudeten Crisis; Pre-WW2; Daily Life; NOTE: Card also mentions Framtisck Machink.

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