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Warsaw Pact Forces Seize Prague in 1968, Arresting Leaders as Crowds Resist the Invasion

Czechoslovakia - Circa 1968: Footage shows the overnight Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, Aug 20–21, 1968: Antonov transports landing at Ruzyne, tanks pouring into Prague, emergency radio bulletins, and a Presidium meeting cut short. Paratroopers seize party HQ and arrest Dubcek, Smrkovsky, Krygl and others; armored vehicle 002 fires, causing the first deaths. Confused troops trade fire as crowds chant Dubcek, Svoboda. Government sites and Prague Castle are ringed with guns as dawn breaks over an occupied city. (Footage by Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images)
Czechoslovakia - Circa 1968: Footage shows the overnight Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, Aug 20–21, 1968: Antonov transports landing at Ruzyne, tanks pouring into Prague, emergency radio bulletins, and a Presidium meeting cut short. Paratroopers seize party HQ and arrest Dubcek, Smrkovsky, Krygl and others; armored vehicle 002 fires, causing the first deaths. Confused troops trade fire as crowds chant Dubcek, Svoboda. Government sites and Prague Castle are ringed with guns as dawn breaks over an occupied city. (Footage by Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images)
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Credit:
Roberto Machado Noa
Editorial #:
2246548580
Collection:
Archive Films: Editorial
Date created:
August 20, 1968
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
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Clip length:
00:06:07:16
Location:
Slovakia
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit H.264 4K 3840x2160 24p
Source:
Archive Films Editorial
Object name:
4k31304-1