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March of Time -- outtakes -- pre-war Prague; Sudetenland

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.210 | RG Number: RG-60.2157 | Film ID: 2246

Overview

Description: Air raid rehearsal in Prague. Tear gas released, soldiers, journalists, and cameraman wearing gas masks. Soldier on ground pretending to be dead. Nurses tend "injured." 01:17:52 Czech president Benes horseback riding near Prague. 01:18:53 Views of Prague. Konrad Henlein speaking to crowds in Hohenelbe in the Sudetenland. Parade. People wearing German national costumes.
Film Title: Czechoslovakia-Prelude to Conquest
Duration: 00:07:03
Date: Event: August 21, 1936; March 23, 1938
Locale: Prague, Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Hohenelbe, Czechoslovakia
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: March of Time, Inc.
Camera Operator: Rebiere

Physical Details

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Outtakes.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 01:16:57:00 to 01:24:00:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2246 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 2246 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 2246 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 2246 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation
Preservation 2246 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2246 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2246 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2246 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

Rights & 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.

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BENES, EDVARD COSTUMES CROWDS CZECHOSLOVAKIA GERMANS HENLEIN, KONRAD HORSES MARCH OF TIME NURSES PARADES REPORTERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY SUDETENLAND

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: This footage is from the March of Time Outtakes collection at the United States National Archives and Records Administration.The Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive purchased these videocassettes in June 2000.
Note: Outtake from edited March of Time story "Prelude to Conquest."
Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files.
See Story 2162, Film ID 2248 for similar footage of air raid rehearsal, although this sequence is shorter.
Copied From: b/w
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 2287
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 638 T
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:44:29
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