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Prague Leaders Face Occupation as Smrkovsky Announces Terms and Dubcek Urges Calm in 1968

Czechoslovakia - Circa 1968: Footage shows Prague on August 27, 1968: officials and Soviet envoys coming and going at the Castle and parliament; Vasil Bilak departs as Jozef Smrkovsky addresses deputies under heavy guard. A somber funeral honors a 20-year-old youth leader killed by tanks. Later, Smrkovsky announces that troops will stay but the legal government and January reform program remain, while Dubcek urges calm, unity, and prudence. (Footage by Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images)
Czechoslovakia - Circa 1968: Footage shows Prague on August 27, 1968: officials and Soviet envoys coming and going at the Castle and parliament; Vasil Bilak departs as Jozef Smrkovsky addresses deputies under heavy guard. A somber funeral honors a 20-year-old youth leader killed by tanks. Later, Smrkovsky announces that troops will stay but the legal government and January reform program remain, while Dubcek urges calm, unity, and prudence. (Footage by Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images)
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Credit:
Roberto Machado Noa
Editorial #:
2246552370
Collection:
Archive Films: Editorial
Date created:
August 20, 1968
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Clip length:
00:04:46:06
Location:
Slovakia
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QuickTime 8-bit H.264 4K 3840x2160 24p
Source:
Archive Films Editorial
Object name:
4k11411-5