1963 STATE VISIT OF CZECH PRESIDENT ANTONIN NOVOTNY TO INDONESIA GG47715e

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1963

Description:

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This fascinating 8mm home movie shows images from a diplomatic visit to Indonesia by Czechoslovakian President Antonin Novotny. At the time Sukarno was in power as the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Novotny's official designation at this time was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. It's not exactly clear what year these images were captured, but we believe it is almost certainly 1963 as he is known to have visited Cambodia, North Vietnam, Burma and Indonesia in January of that year. Most of the film is shot from a moving car that was part of Novotny's delegation, past large crowds and Indonesian and Czech flags. At :30, a painting of Sukarno and Novotny is seen by the side of the road, and a banner that welcomes Novotny at 2:06. At 2:38, an Indonesian official, probably part of Suharto's cabinet, smiles for the camera.

Complete Record: Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Website: www.PeriscopeFilm.com This fascinating 8mm home movie shows images from a diplomatic visit to Indonesia by Czechoslovakian President Antonin Novotny. At the time Sukarno was in power as the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Novotny's official designation at this time was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. It's not exactly clear what year these images were captured, but we believe it is almost certainly 1963 as he is known to have visited Cambodia, North Vietnam, Burma and Indonesia in January of that year. Most of the film is shot from a moving car that was part of Novotny's delegation, past large crowds and Indonesian and Czech flags. At :30, a painting of Sukarno and Novotny is seen by the side of the road, and a banner that welcomes Novotny at 2:06. At 2:38, an Indonesian official, probably part of Suharto's cabinet, smiles for the camera.