“ CZECHOSLOVAKIA COMES BACK ” 1957 AMERICAN RELIEF FILM POSTWAR REBUILDING EDVARD BENES XD45474

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1957 B&W film by American Relief for Czechoslovakia, Inc. highlights reconstruction and aid efforts post-WWII with narration calling for provision of more support by empathetic Americans. Title: (0:16). “…. A report to the American people filmed in Czechoslovakia since the Liberation.” Raymond Massey, Alexander Hammid, David Epstein. Prague from hill with flowers (0:40). Crowd on street beats statue of Hitler with sticks (0:52). People wave to passing soldiers (after liberation) (1:00). Soldiers give flowers from military vehicle. Tanks, Czechslovakian flag. People wave flags from windows above street (1:21). Soldiers march in ranks in parade (1:25). Crowds as President Edvard Beneš emerges from car, salutes, pictures, waving (1:30). Woman in traditional costume offers Beneš bread and salt from basket (1:45). More parade scenes. Convertible with Beneš. Beneš