The Lidice Tragedy (1942)

Titles read: “THE LIDICE TRAGEDY“. Illinois, United States of America. Various shots of a ceremony at Stern Park Gardens where they are changing the name of the place to Lidice, commemorating the Czech village that the Nazis destroyed in revenge for the killing of Gestapo tyrant Heydrich. Wendell Willkie makes a speech, telling the story of the Lidice massacre and of the revenge America is seeking. 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 the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British