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  1. News from the Czechs

    Date released
    25 Jul 1965
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    65/60
    NoS ID
    111693
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Helicopter speeds power-wire contract. Whole street is blown up to make way for motor-road.

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  2. Gymnastics by Thousands

    Date released
    22 Aug 1965
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    65/68
    NoS ID
    111727
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    30,000 Czech men, women and children, give displays of mass callisthenics.

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  3. 30 Second News

    Date released
    1 Dec 1966
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    66/96
    NoS ID
    112321
    Story no
    5 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    A new idea in sport - under water racing by a pair of frogmen using one breathing apparatus.

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  4. Blowing-Up Buildings

    Date released
    23 Apr 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    67/33
    NoS ID
    112553
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    When an old building stands in the path of progress, Czech engineers have a spectacular way of disposing of it.

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  5. Motorcycle Hill-Climb

    Date released
    31 Dec 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/1
    NoS ID
    112888
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Sport of another kind. Czechoslovakian motorcycle hill-climb experts battled against an almost vertical gradient. The result: some spectacular spills.

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  6. Russian Invasion

    Date released
    25 Aug 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/69
    NoS ID
    113226
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The Red Army, which just a few short weeks before had gone home, was back. The Hammer and Sickle had returned to pound and cut the Czechs hopes of a Liberal self-governing way of Communist life. At Cierna...

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  7. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    18 May 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/41
    NoS ID
    113584
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The Czechs, despite their problems, haven’t forgotten how to enjoy themselves, especially recently when the Vienna Ice Revue came to town.

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  8. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    22 Jun 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/51
    NoS ID
    113630
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The Czechs, too, are old hands at daredevil stunts on two wheels. Two of their top riders tried their hand at steeplechasing with a couple of horses as competition!

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  9. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    31 Aug 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/71
    NoS ID
    113731
    Story no
    3 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Despite their internal political problems, the Czechs can still enjoy one of their favourite sports - road cycle racing. At Brno 171 competitors from 31 countries battled out a race of champs.

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  10. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    9 Oct 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/82
    NoS ID
    113808
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The final of the "Gingerbread Heart" football contest resulted in a rough, tough but high standard of soccer. Incidentally, the team were female!

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