Detail
| Title ID | 5817 | Collection ID | 828 | ||||||||
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| Title | A Window On Wenceslas Square | ||||||||||
| Date | 1965 | ||||||||||
| Collection | Wilf Green | ||||||||||
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| Theme | Leisure Travel | ||||||||||
| Keywords | Holidays Urban Areas Rural Areas Airports Boats Ceremonies Social Class Travel Sport Propaganda Weddings Steamships Armed Forces | ||||||||||
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| Format | Colour Silent | ||||||||||
| Duration | 00:57:09:13 | ||||||||||
| Copyright & Access | Copyright restrictions apply, contact Screen Archive South East for details | ||||||||||
Summary
A travelogue film of a family holiday to Prague in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), including a gymnastics event, a parade and various scenes around the city.
Description
The main subject of the film is the Communist Third National Spartakiade (Gymnastics event) held at the Strahov Stadium in Prague [included in the online clip]. The film also contains footage of a parade on Wenceslas Square (following the Spartakiade), the Charles Bridge, and areas to the south of Prague - Kalstejn, Slapy and Konopiste. [Note: the online clip shows a 21 minute section from the middle of the film featuring the parade at Prague stadium and the parade to Wenceslas Sq.]