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Prague 1968: From Reform to Invasion & Oratorio for Prague documentary
October 4, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location
Library West Room 212
Brief Intro
Prague 1968: From Reforms to Invasion & screening of documentary Oratorio for Prague as part of the Prague Spring: Culture, Context, & Normalization series
An introduction by Professor Holly Raynard contextualizing the build up to the Prague Spring.
The 26-minute documentary is a unique document of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The movie began as a documentary about the liberalization of Czechoslovakia and then became a record of the entry of Russian tanks into Prague. The only filmed footage of the Soviet invasion, it was seen by more than 600 million people when broadcast on television, and it was the first information that the Soviet Army had not been “invited” in. The film also includes never-before-seen scenes from the Prague Spring before the invasion.
