Summary

Two men escape Communist Czechoslovakia in small plane

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 36880
Clip SR001219_04_02.mov
Date 12/1/53
Title Two men escape Communist Czechoslovakia in small plane
Description Title card: ‰ÛÏTwo Czechs Flee Reds In Tiny Airplane‰Û superimposed over view of Jiri Wertheimer and Zdenek Volfstanding next to plane / WV plane in field in Bavaria after a rough landing, soldier patrolling in foreground / WV truck parked next to plane, two men standing next to it / Jiri and Zdenek sit at table during press conference / CU Jiri / journalists in audience sitting in chairs / CU Jiri and Zdenek / Jiri and Zedenk walk up to plane and examine it / [Note: exact day not known]
Personality Jiri Werthaimer, Zdenek Volf
Country Germany
Province/State Bavaria
City Regensburg

Keywords

archival
newsreel
Czechoslovakia
airplanes
escapes
communism
press conferences
small airplanes
news media
journalists
Cold War
Iron Curtain
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