| Yanks Freed: German Reds, Czechs Release Prisoners | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1757 |
| Catalog #: | 425663 | |
| Clip Number: | 425663-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-012-01 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Germany, Czechoslovakia | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: School-age child CROWDS: Misc. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Diplomacy LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia, Bohemia) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Passenger | |
| Description: | A total of five Americans are released after being held prisoners in both Communist East Germany and in Czechoslovakia. West Berlin: four, including a girl, are released after serving one year on charges of helping East Germans flee to the west. New York: Czech-born American travel agent Vladimir Kazan-Komarek is freed from prison in Prague after diplomatic moves. He was sentenced to eight years on subversion charges. Establishing shot - Four men and a woman sitting at a table with microphones. CU - Fredrick Matthews. Moses Reese Harem. CU - Mary Ellen Babble. CU - William Wyatt Lovet. all were prisoners for more than a year. CU - Vladimir Kazan-Komarek disembarking from a plane, and he is overjoyed to be free. ECU - Vladimir kissing his wife.CU - Vladimir's five children, 3-boys and 2-girls. CU - Vladimir, his wife and his children sitting down together. | |
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