Communist Premier Klement Gottwald of Czechoslovakia addresses a mass meeting of workers in Wenceslas Square, Prague.
L/S Czech workers marching in procession. C/U workers walking towards camera. C/U side view of workers walking towards camera. L/S procession with banners. L/S top shot of the procession. Various shots mass crowds in Wenceslas Square. M/S unidentified Minister speaking from platform. C/U Ripka listening. C/U applauding crowd.
L/S arrival of Gottwald and Nosek. C/U cheering crowds. C/U man applauding. C/U crowds applauding. M/S Gottwald and Nosek walking through crowds towards rostrum. M/S crowd cheering. L/S Gottwald speaking from rostrum. C/U Czech people listening. C/U sour-faced old gent listening. Various shots applauding crowd. L/S rostrum. Nosek and others applauding. M/S's applauding mass of people.
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