| Czechoslovakia 1968 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Denis Sanders and Robert M. Fresco[1] |
| Produced by | Denis Sanders and Robert M. Fresco[2] |
| Edited by | Marvin Wallowitz |
| Music by | Charles Bernstein[3] |
Production company | Sanders/Fresco Film Makers for U.S. Information Agency[4] |
| Distributed by | Ocean Releasing |
Running time | 14:36 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Czechoslovakia 1968 (also known as Czechoslovakia 1918-1968) is a 1969 short documentary film about the "Prague Spring", the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.[5] The film was produced by the United States Information Agency (USIA) under the direction of Robert M. Fresco and Denis Sanders and features the graphic design of Norman Gollin.[6]
It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject[7] and in 1997, was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress having been identified as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[8][9]