Outside the Soviet consulate in an unidentified Spanish speaking country, students hold a memorial for the Czech student and protester Jan Palach A group holds signs and a picture of Palach as people stop by to light candles and leave flowers. The students then burn a Soviet flag. Palach had immolated himself to protest the Soviet suppression of Prague Spring.

No titles. Funeral of Czech student Jan Palach. <br/> <br/>Prague, Czechoslovakia. <br/> <br/>Several shots of people filing past Jan Palach's coffin outside a church (?). He was a philosophy student who killed himself as protest against the Russian occupation of his country. Shot of mass of wreaths on the ground. M/S of girl weeping at window. C/U of photograph of Jan Palach. <br/> <br/>Several shots of the hearse moving along the streets, followed by the mourners and mass of people. Huge crowds line the streets. The hearse is followed by mother of dead boy and relatives. <br/> <br/>C/U of cross in cemetery. Side view of coffin beside grave surrounded by people, pan to clergyman reading service. M/S of mother and close relatives weeping. M/S of the coffin. C/U of old woman weeping. C/U of boy's mother weeping, pan to wreath.

Czechoslovakia prepares for war

Officials discuss amongst themselves in Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak General Jan Syrovy and Major General Ludvik Krejci enter hall. Officers discuss standing outside a building. Exteriors of Ministry of War. Exterior of Sudetan-Deutche headquarters. The Rudolfinum (Alsovo nábr. 79/12, 110 00 Stare mesto-Stare Mesto, Czechia) on Jan Palach Square. Exterior of House of Parliament with street traffic. Location: Czechoslovakia. Date: April 11, 1938.

newsreel - 1989 revolution in Czechoslovakia - massive demonstration - 1/15/89 - sound - Prague, Wenceslas Square - printed pamphlet w/ photo of Jan Palach & Czech writing - high angle police in street - police in square, national Museum in background - public surveillance camera on pole, pan down to crowd - police in riot gear walk in formation - mass of protesters sing Czech national anthem, media films - riot police run toward crowd, crowd runs - some protesters on ground and hit by police - police with dogs crowd watches & mills about - crowd behind barrier - protests - Communism - Democracy - police brutality - freedom

B&W PRINT 250 SILENT VS CEREMONY AT CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN HONOR OF JAN PALACH WHO SET HIMSELF ON FIRE AS A PROTEST TO RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF CZECH. VS ACADEMIC FUNCTIONARIES IN FULL COSTUME. VS FUNERAL PROCESSION. CROWDS LINE THE STREET. VS PALACH'S FAMILY. VS BURIAL CERE- MONY. CI: GEOGRAPHIC: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, PRAGUE. WAR: CZECHOSLOVAKIA. PERSONALITIES: PALACH, JAN/ ABOUT/ . SUICIDES: JAN PALACH. BUILDINGS: SCHOOLS CHARLES UNIVERSITY.

Aerial view of Jan Palach Square in Prague, Statue of Josef Manes on Jan Palach Square, Rudolfinum on Jan Palach Square, Statue of Antonin Dvorak on Jan Palach Square Jan Palach Square (Czech: Náměstí Jana Palacha) is a town square in the Old Town of Prague. It is located on right bank of the Vltava River next to the former Jewish Quarter.

This silent newsreel footage shows the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces in 1968, and the heroic resistance offered by ordinary Czech citizens. The assault followed the Prague Spring period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubcek was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC), and continued until 21 August when the Soviet Union and other members of the Warsaw Pact invaded the country to halt the reforms.<p><p>The Prague Spring reforms were a strong attempt by Dubcek to grant additional rights to the citizens of Czechoslovakia in an act of partial decentralization of the economy and democratization. The freedoms granted included a loosening of restrictions on the media, speech and travel. After national discussion of dividing the country into a federation of three republics, Bohemia, Moravia-Silesia and Slovakia, Dubcek oversaw the decision to split into two, the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. This was the only formal change that survived the end of Prague Spring, though the relative success of the nonviolent resistance undoubtedly prefigured and facilitated the peaceful transition to liberal democracy with the collapse of Soviet hegemony in 1989.<p><p>The reforms, especially the decentralization of administrative authority, were not received well by the Soviets, who, after failed negotiations, sent half a million Warsaw Pact troops and tanks to occupy the country. A large wave of emigration swept the nation. A spirited non-violent resistance was mounted throughout the country, involving attempted fraternization, painting over and turning street signs (on one occasion an entire invasion force from Poland was routed back out of the country after a day's wandering), defiance of various curfews, etc. While the Soviet military had predicted that it would take four days to subdue the country the resistance held out for eight months, and was only circumvented by diplomatic stratagems (see below). There were sporadic acts of violence and several suicides by self-immolation (such as that of Jan Palach), but there was no military resistance. Czechoslovakia remained controlled until 1989, when the velvet revolution ended pro-Soviet rule peacefully, undoubtedly drawing upon the successes of the non-violent resistance twenty years earlier. The resistance also became an iconic example of civilian-based defense, which, along with unarmed civilian peacekeeping constitute the two ways that nonviolence can be and occasionally has been applied directly to military or paramilitary threats.<p><p>After the invasion, Czechoslovakia entered a period of normalization: subsequent leaders attempted to restore the political and economic values that had prevailed before Dubcek gained control of the KSC. Gustáv Husák, who replaced Dubcek and also became president, reversed almost all of Dubcek's reforms. The Prague Spring inspired music and literature such as the work of Václav Havel, Karel Husa, Karel Kryl, and Milan Kundera's novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being.<p><p>We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference."<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

01/24/69 A0054764 PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA: THOUSANDS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA PAY HOMAGE TO DEAD STUDENTS JAN PALACH: LN 8082 "PRAGUE - PALACH" SHOWS: MS EXT UNIV AND CROWD: MS STATUE PULL OUT FOR COFFIN: MS PEOPLE CARRYING GARLANDS: MS PEOPLE ASSEMBLING IN STREET: MS GARLANDS AND CROWDS: ME BOY SCOUTS: LS COFFIN ZOOM INTO GARLANDS: MS PEOPLE: CU MS OLD PEOPLE 6 SHOTS: LS COFFIN: (SHOT 1/24/69 41FT) CZECHOSLOVAKIA - POLITICS ! FUNERAL - CZECHOSLOVAKIA - PRAGUE PALACH< JAM FUNERAL UPITN / 41 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG / R28156 41 FT / 16 FGM / POS /

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - APRIL 21: Hundreds joined a pro-Palestinian demonstration in the Czech capital Prague on Sunday to demand justice and a cease-fire in Gaza and condemn the ongoing Israeli aggression. The mass rally, held from Jan Palach Square to Wenceslas Square, was dominated by young local and international students from the capital city. Demonstrators performed a five-minute "die-in protest" by lying down at the Wenceslas Square to raise awareness of the number of victims of the ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza. Organizers of the protest, Prague4PalestineYouth, expressed their strong reservations over the Czech Republic’s support to Israel in its ongoing aggression in Gaza, while protesters demanded justice for the victims of the war and called out the nations that are complicit in it. The protesters chanted against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's illegal occupation in the West Bank. They also reiterated their commitment that they will not stop marching for Palestine, and keep the momentum going with more initiatives and protests. Lamis Khalilova Bartusek, a Palestinian-Czech activist, told the protesters that the Israeli military operation at the Al-Shifa Hospital -- the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip -- was a continuation of past massacres, and that it was carried out to destroy the healthcare system in northern Gaza and to make the city uninhabitable. (Footage by Ebad Ahmed /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Aerial view of Jan Palach Square in Prague, Statue of Josef Manes on Jan Palach Square, Rudolfinum on Jan Palach Square, Statue of Antonin Dvorak on Jan Palach Square Jan Palach Square (Czech: Náměstí Jana Palacha) is a town square in the Old Town of Prague. It is located on right bank of the Vltava River next to the former Jewish Quarter.

04/21/69 A0056517 PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA THE CZECHOSLOVAKIA GOVERNMENT TRIES TO DISCOURAGE STUDENTS FROM SIT - INS AND THE PEOPLE OF PRAGUE PAY HOMAGE TO THEIR HEROES STUDENT JAN PALACH AND IAN MASARYK: LN 9189 "PRAGUE STUDENTS" SHOWS: GV WENCESLAS SQUARE: MCU WENCESLAS STATIE PAN DOWN: MS CROWDS WALKING ALONG STREET: MCU PEOPLE BUYING MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS: MS AEROFLOT OFFICES WITH SHUTTERED WINDOWS - 2S: MS PEOPLE LOOKING AT PHOTGS OF THE PALACH FUNERAL: MS CANDLESLIT AND WREATHES PLACED ON THE PAACH GRAVE 2 SHOTS: MS CEMETERY ABOUT 40 MILES FROM PRAGUE: MS MABARKY'S FAMILY GRAVE - 4 S INCLUDING MCU'S OF PLAQUES: MS PRAGUE UNIVERSITY BULLDING 2S: PEOPLE READING NOTICES ON DOOR OF SE OF STUDENTS UNION 2 SHOTS: CU OF NOTICES ON DOOR: CU PLAQUE OF FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, PRAGUE UNIVERSITY: MS PEOPLE READING NOTICES - PAN TO PICTURES OF SVOBODIA & DUBCEK: (SHOT 4/20/69 70FT) PALACH, JAN - GRAVE MASARYK, JAN - GRAVE CZECHOSLOVAKIA POLITICS CZECHOSLOVAKIA - PRAGUE (SS) WENCESLAS SQUARE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES - CZECHOSLOVAKIA - PRAGUE UPITN / 70 FT / 16 FGM / POS / R29222 70 FT / 16 FUPE / NEG /

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - DECEMBER 21, 2023: A total of 11 people, including the shooter, were killed and nine others “seriously” injured in a shooting incident at a university in Czech Republic’s capital Prague on Thursday, authorities said. Prague rescue service said on X that the incident took place in the building of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, located on Jan Palach Square. Nine people were “seriously” injured, while 16 others suffered moderate and minor injuries. Earlier, police said the suspected shooter was “eliminated” and the entire building was being evacuated. Authorities urged citizens to stay away from the scene and remain indoors. In videos circulated on social media, gunshots can be heard and a large police presence can be seen. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed her “deepest condolences” following the incident. “I express my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and to the Czech people as a whole. We stand and mourn with you,” she said on X. (Footage by AA/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

01/21/69 A0054643 PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA: CZECHOSLOVAKIA TRIBUNE TO STUDENT MARTYR: LN 8037 "PRAGUE DEM (2)" SHOWS: MS MARCH 3 SHOTS: GV MASS VIGIL IN WENCESLAS SQUARE: (SHOT 1/20/69 44FT) MASS CZECHOSLOVAKIA - POLITICS PALACH, JAN - MEMORIAL UPITN / 44 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG / R28109 44 FT / 16 FGM / POS /

1/019/69 A0054573 PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA: CZECHOSLOVAKIA YOUGH STAGE CAMPING VIGIL IN SUPPORT SUICIDE PROTEST: NX 41215 "PRAGUE VIGIL" SHOWS: GV WENCELAS SQUARE, TILT TO YOUTHS: MS TENT, PAN TO PROTESTERS: M SPAN PROTESTERS: MS TILT DOWN MEMORIAL TO POSTERS ON BASE: CU PROTESTERS: GV CROWD: GV MEMORIAL: (SHOT 1/19/69 39FT) LN 8011A CZECHOSLOVAKIA - POLITICS PALACH, JAN - SUPPORTED SELF IMMOLATION UPITN / 39 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG / R28094 39 FT / 16 FGM / POS /

Police said that at least 14 people were killed and at least 25 others were wounded in a mass shooting in the Czech capital, Prague, on December 21, according to https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67793962 reports . The suspect was among the dead, they said. Kevin Grant Kegler's video captures evacuations with gunfire in the background. According to https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/shooting-at-prague-1-s-jan-palach-square-leaves-multiple-people-dead-injured local media , the incident took place at the faculty of arts of Charles University, which is located on the square. (Footage by Kevin Grant Kegler/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)

A newlywed British couple have told of the moment a police officer ordered them to stay down during a mass shooting in central Prague. Ten were confirmed dead after gunfire at a school in Jan Palach Square in the Czech Republic capital on Thursday. Tom Leese, 34, a video producer and his wife Rachael, 31, an account director, who are on their honeymoon in the country, were having a drink in the Slivovitz Museum, close to where the shooting occurred.

01/20/69 A0054601 PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA: THOUSANDS OF CZECHS HOLD SILENT MARCH IN MEMORY OF STDDENT "MARTYR": LN 8022 "PRAGUE DEMO" SHOWS: MS DSMOSTRATION 5 SHOTS: MS MARCH PASSING THROUGH GATES, SPEAKER 3 SHOTS: MS PEOPLE AROUND DEATH MARK: CU CANDLES: MS PAN FROM MONUMENT TO CROWD: (SHOT 1/20/69 45FT) CZECHOSLOVAKIA - POLITICS PALACH, JAN - REMEMBERED UPITN / 54 FT / 16 DUDE / NEG / R28102 45 FT / 16 FGM / POS /

01/27/69 A0054720 PRAGUE CZECHOSLOVAKIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA HONOR FUNERAL OF SELF - IMMOLATES YOUTH WHO OPPOSES SOVIETS. NX 41253 "PRAGUE FUNERAL" SHOWS: MS MOURNERS: MS COFFIN OUT AND INTO CAR: MS PROCESSION: MS HEARSE: MS RELATIVES: MC WREATHS: MC FUNERAL PROCESSION 2 SHOTS: MS SPECTATORS: MS COFFIN BY GRAVESIDE: MS SERVICE BEING READ: MS MOTHER: MS COFFIN INTO GRAVE: (SHOT 1/25/69 46FT) RECUR FROM LN0893 CZECHOSLOVAKIA - POLITICS PALACH, JAN - FUNERAL FUNERAL - CZECHOSLOVAKIA - PRAGUE UPITN / 46 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG / R218163 46 FT / 16 FGM / POS

A mass shooting in central Prague has left 10 people dead and about 30 others injured while the person who opened fire is also dead, Czech police said. A police spokesperson said officers were deployed due to a shooting at a school in Jan Palach Square.

Tour of Jan Palach Square, Prague

08/21/73 A0065240 - B&W CZECHOSLOVAKIA: RUSSIAN TANKS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA DURING THE INCASION WHICH PUT DOWN A REVOLUTION LED BY ALEXANDER DUBCEK FIVE YEARS AGO. LNC 45756 "CZECHOSLOVAKIA FILE" SHOWS: GV TANKS ENTERING CZECHOSLOVAKIA 5 YEARS AGO: (SHOT FILE FILM 70FT) CZECHOSLOVAKIA - POLITICS 8/21/68) CZECHOSLOVAKIA - PRAGUE - OLSANSKE CZECHOSLOVAKIA - POLITICS CEMETERIES - PALACH, JAN - GRAVE UPITN / 70 FT / 16 B&W / PRINT / R48145

01/22/69 A0054658 PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA: DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND NOW FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BURNED THEMSELVES TO DEATH IN PROTEST OF THE SOVIET INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF THE COUNTRY: NX 41238 "PRAGUE TUESDAY" SHOWS: GV ENCESLAS S AND CROWD STARTS TOGETHER: MCU PICTURE OF THE DEAD STUDENT JAN PALACH: MS BOOKSHOP WINDOW DISPLAYING LIBERAL LITERATURE: MS NIGH SHOT CROWDS PREPARE TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE QUQRE: GV PRAGUE STREET SCENE, POLICE INTERVIEW DEMONSTRATORS: TS DEMONSTRATORS SLEEPING, PREPARING COFFEE ETC 2 SHOTS: GV POSTER ON THE WALLS OF BUILDINGS: (SHOT 1/21/69 49FT) CZECHOSLOVAKIA - POLITICS UPITN / 49 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG / R28122 49 FT / 16 FGM / POS /