Jan Palach Funeral 1969

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No titles. Funeral of Czech student Jan Palach.

Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Several shots of people filing past Jan Palach's coffin outside a church (?). He was a philosophy student who killed himself as protest against the Russian occupation of his country. Shot of mass of wreaths on...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57087
Sort Number:
69/010
Time in/Out:
01:19:45:00 / 01:21:01:00
Canister:
69/10
Film ID:
2091.17
Issue Date:
30/01/1969

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