The first months of Czechoslovak independence IV.

  Authors

Deglové

  Item identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12801/3900071-01

 Date issued

1918

 Type

clip, video

 Language(s)

Nolinguistic content

 Description

Unedited film footage from the first days of the Czechoslovak Republic shot in Prague in autumn 1918. Footage from a festive parade with destroyed Austrian symbols on Wenceslaus Square. A parade on Charles Bridge with banners reading "Socialist Nation", "Long Live the Czech Republic", and other slogans. Footage from a public gathering on White Mountain on 8 November 1918 to mark the anniversary of the famous battle. The participants carry small flags and banners with signs reading "Hus´s People" and "Separation of Church and State". A view of a gathering in the third courtyard of Prague Castle. Footage from a military celebration on Old Town Square with the damaged Marian Column. Politicians Václav Klofáč, Gustav Habrman and František Udržal at the Jan Hus Memorial. Josef Svatopluk Machar delivers a speech in front of the Provincial War Office in Sněmovní Street in Lesser Town. František Staněk, Václav Klofáč, Alois Rašín and Karel Kramář emerge from the building. Footage from a ceremonial gathering on Wenceslaus Square. A view of the decorated Zlatá husa (Golden Goose) Hotel. A parade of people in folk costumes carrying a banner reading "Long Live the Socialist Republic". Politicians František Tomášek and Josef Scheiner deliver speeches in front of the Statue of St Wenceslaus. Footage from a gathering on Old Town Square. People paint over German signs. People speak from the roof of a tram.

 Publisher

Národní filmový archiv

 Subject(s)

vznik ČSR 1918 28. říjen 1918 shromáždění slavnostní znaky rakouské v průvodu průvod slavnostní lidé v krojích v průvodu kroje lidové nápis Socialistický národ nápis Ať žije česká republika nápis Lazaret sokolovna Žižkov nápis Husův lid nápis Odluka církve od státu lidé na voze hrad exteriér projevy veřejné pomník Hus Jan hotel exteriér nápis Ať žije socialistická republika znak zemský Čechy kameraman klobouky smekání lidé na střeše tramvaje nápis německý zamazávání Vznik ČSR

 Collection(s)

Birth of Czechoslovakia and celebrations of its anniversaries

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