Liberation in Prague

Identifier
irn1001530
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.174.1
  • RG-60.0480
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United News Company (Producer)

Scope and Content

Issue 163, Part 1: Prague liberated, street signs ripped down. Street fighting between civilians and SS units. Good shots of street battles. Czechs use rifles, grenades. Dead in street. Germans shell city, burning buildings. Trucks of Russian army enter city, units of first Czechoslovak army, tanks. Pres. Edvard Benes dismounts from train. Shot of him at balcony.

Subjects

  • CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  • FIGHTING
  • PARADES
  • RESISTERS/RESISTANCE
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • BENES, EDVARD
  • CIVILIANS
  • STREETS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL)
  • WEAPONS/ARMS
  • LIBERATION
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)

Places

  • Prague, Czechoslovakia

Genre

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