Arrest of collaborators; Germans leave Prague, May 1945
The arrest of a Czech collaborator with the Nazis (man wearing glasses). They lead him up to an official building. People hit him on the head. Street activity, pedestrians. Clock at 1:20 PM. Puddles in the street. Quick shots of Prague, a Czech flag. Two men on a motorcycle. German soldiers leaving the city. Covered wagons pulled by horses move through the streets, along with people on foot. Trucks whip around a bend. Dead German soldiers. More military vehicles, soldiers sitting in and on the cars. Fires rage at the edge of a field. Wreckage of tanks and trucks on the road. Dead horse, an overturned car. WS of the town in the distance. Burning a Nazi flag.
- Film Title
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Humpolec na konci 2 sv.v.
- Duration
- 00:03:31
- Date
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Event:
1945 May
- Locale
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Prague,
Czechoslovakia
- Language
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Silent
- Genre/Form
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Amateur.
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Národní filmový archiv
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:15:29
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