We don't want to live on our knees

United Kingdom, 1984

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Episode number 10 of Series “History in action”.
On 2nd August 1968, Soviet planes and tanks invaded Czechoslovakia. The invasion came as a surprise because only two weeks before a meeting at Bratislava between Dubcek, Secretary of the Czech Communist Party and the entire Russian Politbureau appeared to have gone well. Why then was Czechoslovakia invaded, and why did the Russians fear the new freedoms which had taken place?

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Credits

producer/director

Julia Spark

production company

Granada Television International

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1984

Appears in

History in action

Group of items

History in action

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306067

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Prague (Czech Republic)

History → Czech Republic - History - Intervention, 1968

History → Dubcek, Alexander, 1921-

History → History

People → Dubcek, Alexander, 1921-

Places → Prague (Czech Republic)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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