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Liberation in Prague

Film | Accession Number: 1993.174.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0480 | Film ID: 409

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.


Film Title
United Newsreel
Duration
00:02:42
Date
Event:  1945 May 10
Production:  1945
Locale
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Language
English
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United News Company
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
01:22:47:00 to 01:25:29:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 409 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 409 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 409 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 409 Video: One Inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 409 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 409 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 409 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 409 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection of United Newsreel segments from the National Archives and Records Administration in March 1993. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Learning Center.
Copied From
35mm FGMC; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 2076
Source Archive Number: 208 UN 163

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
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.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:02:37
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