Newsreel of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1949)

Demonstration in Bratislava in honor of the 70th birthday of I.V. Stalin, December 21, 1949. Portrait of Stalin.

Street views of Bratislava during the demonstration (top).

View of part of the festive rally.

Faces of rally participants.

A speaker delivering a speech.

Military personnel at the rally.

A speaker delivering a speech from the podium at a rally dedicated to Stalin’s 70th birthday, faces of rally participants.

View of the rally in Bratislava (top).

Rally participants applauding (panorama).

Speech by another speaker.

View of part of the rally.

Unveiling of the monument to Stalin on Stalin Square in Bratislava, panorama of the ceremonial rally.

View of one of the industrial regions of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

Rally on the square in honor of the unveiling of the monument to Stalin.

Workers of one of the enterprises in overalls stand in formation during the rally.

A plaque with an inscription about the laying of the foundation stone of the Stalin monument in the Holešovice district of Prague on December 21, 1949. The leadership of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on the rostrum under a canopy.

The President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Gottwald K. and the Prime Minister Zapotocky A. on the rostrum during the ceremonial event of laying the foundation stone of the Stalin monument in Prague.

The military are standing in formation.

Zapotocky speaking from the rostrum.

A view of the rostrum with the guests of honor.

A panorama of a part of the rally and the site for laying the foundation stone of the monument.

The participants of the event applaud.

Gottwald K. symbolically strikes the namestone with a hammer.

The inscription on the plaque of Gottwald’s namestone.

Zapotocky strikes the namestone with a hammer and leaves.

The guests of honor applaud while standing on the rostrum.

A view of the ceremonial event.

The participants of one of the rallies in the Liberec Region dedicated to Stalin’s 70th birthday are standing with banners in their hands.

The speaker speaks from the rostrum.

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Stalin monument in the Liberec Region.

Meeting the Minister of Foreign Affairs A.J. Vyshinsky at the airport, who arrived in Prague.

Vyshinsky's face.

Vyshinsky and his entourage walk from the plane to the airport building.

Factory workers demonstrate national embroideries.

Embroidery samples.

Making a giant tapestry of embroideries as a gift to Stalin.

Visitors examine the exhibits in one of the halls of the exhibition of gifts to Stalin from the people of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

Gifts presented at the exhibition.

Toys made by Czechoslovak children and drawings presented at the exhibition, children's faces.

A model of the new Tatra passenger car.

The process of hand-assembling the Tatra T600 as a gift to Stalin.

Workers inspect the assembled car.

The faces of the workers.

Hand polishing the body.

Installing the engine lighting and protective caps.

Tatra T600 at the exhibition in Prague.

Light aircraft and cars of various makes at an exhibition in Prague.

A giant tapestry of embroidery intended as a gift to Stalin hangs under the ceiling of the exhibition hall.

A statue of a foundry worker.

Production processes in the foundry of an industrial enterprise.

Making a five-pointed star by casting.

The enterprise management observes the process.

A ceremonial meeting in the workshop dedicated to the making of a gift to Stalin, the plant director speaking from the podium.