Prague - The Sad City

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

718

Date Released

26 Sep 1968

Date recorded

29 Aug 1968

Length of issue (in feet)

796

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Prague - The Sad City

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Prague is Europe’s saddest city. Pathe Pictorial visited the Czech capital in April 1968 at the height of the optimism and hope for the success of Dubcek and his comrades’ new libralism. The harsh events of summer have changed all that but the dignity of the people and the beauty of the city they are so proud of remains. The castles of medieval feuding kings, the palace of Franz Ferdinand, assassinated at Sarajevo in 1914, the great statue of King Wenceslas, these are ever present reminders to young Czechs of awesome ghosts of the past. Czech youth, ever in the forefront of change, was typified to us by Olinka Berova, a film star who made her mark in the movie capitals of the west. She showed us her Prague - the old city, the gardens, the ornamental lakes, the fabulously beautiful Gothic cathedral of St Vitus. A journey that has become a sad memory of a spring when beauty and freedom were on the Czechs’ side. Let us hope they will see those days again soon.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Scenery and travel; Newsreels

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

736

Story extras:

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