Czech workers gather in Wenceslas Square as communist government comes into power (1948)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Workers pack Wenceslas Square in Prague as the communist government takes power in Czechoslovakia, and Klement Gottwald (Communist Premier) speaks Full Description: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: Crisis in Czechoslovakia CZECH REPUBLIC: Prague: Wenceslas Square: EXT BENES AND WIFE Receives Gottwald and Zapotocky and Nosek at Prague Castle and agrees to receive resignations of Socialist partys CZECHOSLOVAKIA Shots of Wencelas Sq., Prague when people from factories etc fill sq. to overflowing. Gottwald arrives, joins members of his cabinet on balcony. States that Pres. Benes has “bowed“ to will of the people. Next day, at assembly of Trades Union committees, Premier Gottwald states the new proposals for country. Delegates give vote of agreement by raising an arm CZECHOSLOVAKIA Benes, receives Klement