May Day In Czechoslovakia (1949)

Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Documentation states May day, the international day of all working people, Gottwald reviewed in his speech the successes achieved in the two year plan and in the first five year plan. He spoke of in remembrance of the fourth anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia by the great Red Army of the Soviet Union. LS. Elevated pan units of the Czech armed forces gathered in Wenceslas Square for review. MS. President Klement Gottwald and Prime Minister Antonin Zapotocky driving past in car. They are standing up. MS. Troops standing to attention. MS. Back view troops lined up. MS. Gottwald addressing crowds from balcony. LS. Elevated massed assembly of troops. MS. Personalities listening. MS. and SCU. Troops standing to attention. SCU. Gottwald speaking. MS. Crowds lining street clapping. MS. People on platform clapping. LS. Elevated troops marching in parade. SCU. High ranking officers looking on. MS. Troops marching. (2 shots). LS. ’Planes flying in formation o