Overview
- Description
- First Meeting of the Constituent Assembly Elected on May 26, 1946. LS exterior of Parliament. LS entrance of Parliament. In FG the Russian Pennon on the Ambassador's car. LS the facade of Parliament. LS one of the lobbies of Parliament. Shots of the civil servants placing sheet of paper and pencils on the places of the members of the Government. Shot of the coat-of-arms of Czechoslovakia above the seat of the president of the Chamber of Deputies. LS Deputies entering and taking their seats. MSs British and Russian Ambassadors speaking and shaking hands before the sitting of the Constituent Assembly. Mr. Nichols, British Ambassador, is on the right. LS and MS Prime Minister Fierlinger opening the meeting and speaking. LS Deputies standing up and then sitting. LS Deputies taking oath by shaking hands with Prime Minister Fierlinger under coat-of-arms. CU Deputies taking oath. MS from left to right: General Svoboda, Minister of National Defense; Ursinsi and Syroky, Ministers; and Gottwald, chairman of the Communist Party and new Prime Minister. CU General Svoboda. CU Svoboda and Nosek, Minister of the Interior. LS Deputies taking the oath. CU Gottwald. MS Deputies speaking wth Gottwald, Syroky, and Ursini. MS General Svoboda with other Ministers and Deputies taking oath. MS Nosek and Spotesky, Minister of Information (bald). First meeting of the Constituent Assembly, several shots of ballot boxes. Shots of the Deputies voting and putting votes into polls. Several shots of men counting the votes after the ballot, sitting around a table.
- Film Title
-
Czechoslovakia-The Soviet's Neighbor
- Duration
- 00:06:56
- Date
-
Event:
1946 May 26
Censor: 1946
- Locale
-
Prague,
Czechoslovakia
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Director:
Jean Pages
Producer: March of Time, Inc.
Camera Operator: Marcel Rebiere
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Outtakes.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 04:11:47:00 to 04:18:43:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 925 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 925 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 925 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 925 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 925 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 925 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 925 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 925 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
- Note
- Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files.
- Copied From
- negative
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1491
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 1150 L - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:37:34
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