Votes For the Future
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A film on the 1971 national election in Czechoslovakia. The film captures the build up to, and the result of, the Czechoslovakian National elections, which were held on 26-27 November. Footage includes a gala pre-election concert, where famous singers such as the Czechoslovak band The Rangers (Plavci) perform. Most of the film is preoccupied with capturing citizens of Czechoslovakia placing their vote, although there is a brief segment of expatriates in the USSR going to the polling stations. The voter turnout is declared to have been 99.45%, with candidates of the National Front winning 99.85% of the total number of valid votes. The induction ceremony of the successful candidates is captured towards the end of the film.
Credits
Jan Kavan (director)
Complete catalog record
Original source: Reproduction of: Czechoslovakia, 1971. 16mm Comb BW pos. | The British Film Institute | Archive Reference: N-508139. | Production Company: Krátky Film (Praha). | Production Company: Newsreel Team, Prague.
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:34:48) : sound, black and white | monochrome
Subjects: Elections -- Czechoslovakia -- History | Politics and government | Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government -- 1945-1992 | Communist Party (Czechoslovakia) | Government | Elections | Socialism | Miners and mining | Workers | Currency | Modernisation | Czechoslovakia | Prague | Bratislava | USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) | Moscow | Kodes, Jan (1946- ) | Svoboda, Ludvik (1895-1979) | Štrougal, Lubomír (1924- ) | Valek, Miroslav (1927-1991) | Dufek, Milan (1944-2005) | Hajek, Antonin (1944-1989) | Newsreel/Cinemagazine | 1954-1975 | 1945-1992 | Webcast
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:34:48) : sound, black and white | monochrome
Subjects: Elections -- Czechoslovakia -- History | Politics and government | Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government -- 1945-1992 | Communist Party (Czechoslovakia) | Government | Elections | Socialism | Miners and mining | Workers | Currency | Modernisation | Czechoslovakia | Prague | Bratislava | USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) | Moscow | Kodes, Jan (1946- ) | Svoboda, Ludvik (1895-1979) | Štrougal, Lubomír (1924- ) | Valek, Miroslav (1927-1991) | Dufek, Milan (1944-2005) | Hajek, Antonin (1944-1989) | Newsreel/Cinemagazine | 1954-1975 | 1945-1992 | Webcast
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Record added 2026-11-08 20:56:11