Visitor Benes, Ex-Czech President, In U.S. Aka Ex-President Benes In America (1930-1939)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown. Title reads: “Visitor Benes, ex-Czech President, In U.S.“ New York, United States of America. CU Eduard Benes, former President of Czechoslovakia, talking to camera about how he learned about democracy from studying the USA. Benes and his wife are greeted by Mayor of New York, Fiorello La Guardia. Title reads: “Land Grab Czech Coup Illegal, Benes, Hurban Insist.“ Benes, speaking in Chicago, about the independence of Czech republic. He will continue the fight for the freedom of his people. N.B. This is presumably after the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1939. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from
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