Communist Conflict

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2044

Date Released

5 Aug 1968

Stories in this Issue:

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Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Communist Conflict. DESCRIPTION: The recent crisis in Czechoslovakia reflects a wide-spread distrust, among millions of Communists, of Russia’s oppressive hold over her satellites. Alexander Dubcek and the other Czechoslovak leaders seem to have called the Russians bluff - but for how long? Could Czechoslovakia still become another Hungary? SHOTLIST: GV Prague on the river. LS tram cars in city. LS memorial statue. MS ditto. GV Prague on the river. MS from bridge over river. Library material - GV pan countryside around Cierna n Tisou. CU sign Cierna n Tisou. GV town. GV ditto. MS police check motor-cyclist’s identity card. MS old lady with young girl on bench. MCU car with Slobada sign on window. CU ditto. CU car with Suverinita sign on window. MCU ditto. German Shipment - TS Budapest streets at time of Hungarian uprising. LAS wrecked buildings. MCU Communist books and papers burned in street. GV ditto. MCUs young Freedom Fighters (4 shots). GV pan wrecked streets in Budapest. MS tank in street. MS ditto. MS pan Russian tank unloaded from plane. Zoom out tank drives off runway. LAS MIG Fighter flying overhead. GV bombs exploding. GV Russian aircraft flying overhead (3 shots). GV bombs exploding. MS Russian tank in action. GV Russian troops advance in field. MS Czech soldiers run towards camera.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Fires; Explosions; War damage; Propaganda; Censorship; Occupied territories; Military

Locations

Prague; Budapest; Hungary; Czechoslovakia; Cierna n Tisou

Footage sources

Germany
Library

Card file number

93790

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

182

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