Underplayed Gems

Czechoslovakia 1968 (1969)

Czechoslovakia 1968 poster
Directed by
Denis Sanders
Genre
documentary film, propaganda film
Country
United States
Runtime
13 min
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This short documentary covers the Prague Spring protests and the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. It uses newsreel footage and graphic design to explain the political events of that year.

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What happens

Czechoslovakia 1968 (also known as Czechoslovakia 1918-1968) is a 1969 short documentary film about the "Prague Spring", the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. The film was produced by the United States Information Agency (USIA) under the direction of Robert M. Fresco and Denis Sanders and features the graphic design of Norman Gollin. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject and in 1997, was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress having been identified as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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